Civil War at Sisters 2016

A few of the quilts displayed at Sisters 

made with Civil War reproduction fabrics... 

It was very windy by the afternoon which required 

taking turns holding corners in order to take pix! 

A nice Civil War Sampler 

This one was part of an exhibit by Moda 

featuring Eliza's Indigo by Betsy Chutchian

I like the alternate quilting with feathers and crosshatch

Wonderful fabrics!!! 

Hope you had a quilty week. 

Besides making progress longarm quilting with the cooler weather, 

worked on my Toes in the Sand this week. 

We met Wednesday evening with Kelly to finish the last blocks. 

Some of us got started on the background blocks and layout. 

Sew much fun to see our work coming together! 

Looking forward to meeting for Gypsy Wife on Sunday 

and laying out Pacific Crest with Pam B.

We are headed for triple digits coming up for at least a week... Arrrrg! 

Enjoy your weekend, stay cool! 

Tot ziens, Jo

 

AC medallion top is a flimsy finish

Yea! Amaretto Cottage with borders

This completes my top! 

Close up of the center medallion 

Upper left quadrant 

Pulled from fabrics in my stash to make this quilt. Lots of Civil War reproduction fabrics plus some Thimbleberries and the large floral print used for borders. The outer border was supposed to be wider but without finding more of that floral fabric, it's fine as is. One more small border was also part of the pattern was going to be the red. Instead it will be added for the binding. As is it's just the right size for a Queen size bed. I'm happy! 

Amaretto Cottage was a year plus project I worked on along with my friend Janie. It all started when Janie purchased the kit and asked for help constructing her blocks. They were a challenge! I decided to make test blocks and it grew from there ;0)

Janie's top is also finished,
we finished it earlier this year in April

We have a bunch of ideas for the quilting 

Now to find the time to do it! 

 

Hump day and it's going to be a hot one. Off to fire up the longarm and get some customer quilts done before it gets too hot this afternoon. Enjoy your day!

Tot Ziens, Jo

Civil War Quilt pix!

Picture heavy post of Civil War Quilts! These are the real deal, no reproductions! 

Arlene Arnold of Heritage Oaks Quilts is from Colusa California. 

She has a wonderful collection of Civil War quilts she shared 

at Annie's Star Quilt Guild meeting last night. Enjoy...

Great Tree of Life, it had a homespun for backing

Bear paw and cheddar, what's not to LOVE :0) and the sashing, great layout!

Love Apples or Pomegranates we learned both are correct block names

Brandie and I loved this one, notice that the flowers are all different

and of course we loved the two Tree of Life quilts (pictured above)

AMAZING! It was such a treat to touch and feel

and see the gorgeous hand quilting up close

Unfortunately the quilting doesn't show in these long distance pix

taken with a zoom. Apologies for the head shots :0)

And I didn't get a good photo of Arlene Arnold, here are some pics from her Facebook

I love our girls night out each month. Brandie, Esther, Gail, Donna and I meet for dinner before each guild meeting. Donna couldn't make dinner last night, but joined us at the meeting.
Pam was there loving all these quilts as well!

Thank you ladies, so appreciate each of you :0)

Enjoy your weekend!