fall

A finish in time for fall: my jo's broken dishes, measuring 50" * 60", using the lovely and thin Quilters Dream request cotton batting.

This quilt started with a gifted Accuquilt GoBaby and a 4" hourglass die back in 2010. It is both machine and hand quilted. I used a mix of quilting cottons and thrifted shirts, including a lot of Jo Morton's beautiful designs. The back (not showing) is also by the same designer - a happy purchase from Two Thimbles in Bellingham WA. One of my favourite quilt stores, with a great selection of reproduction fabrics.

We are having a beautiful fall season this year. I love this time of the year. (when it's not raining or storming that is...)

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scrappy with some shirts

Summer is slowly coming to an end. I have put away the pastel vintage sheets I've been working on this summer and recovered some hourglass blocks I made earlier. The masculine and subdued colors are calming. I have used a lot of Jo Mortons lovely reproductions, and mixed them in with some thrifted mens shirts. It might not show in the pictures, but most broken dishes blocks have a variety of fabrics to give them a scrappy and more random look.

The colors makes me think of dark chocolate! There might be some snacking on chocolate and coffee drinking this weekend, as I would like to put this top together...

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