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| Quilt inspiration from Unconventional and Unexpected, by Rod Kiracofe. Early last year, Sujata Shah put out a challenge to quilters, to make a quilt inspired by a quilt from the book. Mine is finally done! |
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| I started with a vintage string quilt made by my grandma, Frances Heggestad. Grandma signed her letters "love, Gramps and FH", so I call this FH Quilt. I took the blocks apart - which were about 12-1/2" square - and recut the blocks into (4) 6" square blocks. Many of these 6" blocks were not used, due to damage. Her quilt was well-loved! You can see my first post about this here. |
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| Auditioning fabrics for sashing and cornerstones. After trying muslin, and gray, I ended up with various blues and reds for sashing, and several different prints for the cornerstones. |
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| Progress on the design wall. As usual, I had not purchased enough of the reds and blues, so I ended up supplementing with some in my stash. I love scrappy quilts, so this was a happy accident. Grandma never purchased fabrics for her many quilts. She used old clothes, and scraps, given to her by friends and family. Grandma made some quilts which she kept, or gave to family members, but she gave many more to charity. |
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| I love this old photo of my grandma, c. 1940. That's my dad, a new sailor with the Navy (he enlisted), and his brothers Orville and Gordon. |
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| Here is the original quilt top, before I ripped apart the blocks. |
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| Ta da! The completed project - FH Quilt Reimagined. I used my favorite poly cotton blend batting, and soft muslin on the back. |
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| Photo shoot. I love how it turned out! I think Grandma would have liked it. |
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| Close up, showing the ties and binding. |
