Closing In!!

We have a few more to post here.....we are truly getting close to the final blocks.  We have two more to complete and we'll be finished.  Wow!  Annie has said all along that she hoped we'd get the blocks completed by the beginning of September, and we just may do it.

Last weekend was a rough time for me, and one of the things that helps me in times of difficulty is to create. So, I spent quite a bit of time with browns and golds and reds and blues and came up with these, which thankfully Annie likes, too.   And just a heads-up here.  Annie and I both love a good pinwheel.  :-)

Peace and Plenty

Pinwheel-Square-in-a-Square-in-a-Square

Pretty cool.  At least we think so!

Yankee Puzzle

This is also a "Broken Dishes" pattern.

The header at the top of the page is a

Broken Dishes quilt in Civil War reproduction fabrics,

and you can see the pinwheel-play in it.

Ladies' Aid Album

The original block just didn't do it for us.

It looked smashed together or something.

So this is what we decided would work.

The outer border "light" fabric was replaced with dark blue.

Louisiana

And these two show the remake of "Louisiana."

The original red and blue just weren't working for us.

Original

Remake

And here is the Design Wall in its current state.

The empty spot left of center and just below middle

will be filled by our Log Cabin block which is undergoing a face-lift.

The other two spots will have blue- and red-dominant blocks in residence.

So then, next time I'm going to document the

"Evolution of Lincoln's Platform,"

the most elusive of our blocks to come to completion!

We've been making progress.......

It's been awhile since I've sat down to document our progress.  I'm just going to do a few blocks tonight, and hopefully a few more tomorrow.

We keep thinking we're on our last blocks, and then we decide we need to change some and take away a few, and add in some more.  :-)  As we're "living with" the blocks on the design wall, we're finding we want to refine it a bit more.  So, on we go.

Since my last post, I've put together the ones I showed in their early stages.  We've decided to keep all four the way they are.  That's becoming a rarity, we're finding!

So, here they are.....

Ohio Star

I really liked being able to showcase the cool print in the center block.

Apple Tree

Red and Golden Apples as we head into

apple season here in the Northwest!

Grapes of Wrath

I was pleased with how the basket came out with fussy-cutting the foulard print.

The print wasn't on-grain, so I had to mess with it a bit.

Christmas Star

This enabled us to use quite a few greens we like,

as well as the fun paisley in the outer pieces.

It's a little washed-out in the picture, but it's beautiful.

And Annie has been busy, as well.  Here are some of hers that she finished in the past couple of weeks.

Tea Leaf

The browns are beautiful.  I really like this one.

Union

Look at the  beautiful points she did!

We find ourselves using this background print a lot.

It's from the General's Wives collection by Nancy Gere from Windham Fabrics.

We happened to ask at a wonderful reproduction fabric shop

as to whether she had any of this fabric, and she said,

"Well, I think I may have some in the back.  I've been hoarding it!"

Voila!  She was willing to sell us some and we're so glad she did.

Railroad Crossing

This one was supposed to use two different fabrics in the four outer squares,

but we wanted to use this cool border print instead. 

We like how it came out.  And the red and brown just look so rich!

So, that's it for now.  More to come!  We are hoping to have all of our blocks finished by the 1st of September, and it's looking pretty good from here!