I donated Bali Stars to the live auction and again offered a t-shirt quilt for the silent auction. Eva (Jack's widow) was the high bidder for the t-shirt quilt as she was last year (here). She said she hasn't decided which granddaughter will provide the shirts and get the quilt.
I posted a photo of Scrappy Cedars last week. See the difference? It's finished! The back has two strips of HSTs. (I have a box full of them and I keep replenishing the supply.) The blue fabric is an inspired-by-Clarice-Cliff print that I've had for many, many years. Its background is an odd shade (kind of greened pewter) that never seemed to go with anything I was making. (Here is more about Clarice Cliff.)8-1/2 yards used for top, back, binding.
I wasn't ready to begin a new project so I turned to the box of flimsies. The scrappy pinwheel top I made last year was on the top. (The blocks use the same HSTs as the Little Cedar Tree blocks.) I did easy straight-line quilting in the center, a curvy line in the inner border, and a free-form vine in the border. The pieced inset in the back is made from 4.5" four-patch blocks from a swap. 2-5/8 for the backing and binding.
The vintage bargains came in two batches. (You know they're vintage if they're either 36" wide or 44/45" wide.) The first was at a church rummage sale on Friday. Two yards, three different polka-dot prints, 36". I paid $1. I drove to Kenosha on errands on Saturday. I spied a sign for an estate sale and went to take a look. The ca. 1920 house had a semi-finished walk-up attic. At one end was a table loaded with fabric. The sign said $3 per piece. I got eight pieces. Back home I measured -- 26-3/8 yds, for $24!
Aren't these prints wonderful? The pink flowers-on-gray is almost contemporary. The green/pink/yellow is just groovy! I washed all of it. No colors ran and all of the pieces ironed smoothly. Old cottons have a lovely hand, and I like the faintly dusty smell (which washes out).
As I've said, if I can't keep from buying fabric then I might as well get bargains,
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