I have finished the Civil War blocks from Barbara Brackman's Civil War Quilts BOW. One block, however, I did not make and that was the last one, The Shield. I decided to incorporate the slightly smaller blocks I made duplicates. I enjoyed the whole journey into the history and block making but am glad to have it nearer to completion. This will be a large quilt and my last for awhile or at least one with this much piecing involved. Also, it seems like all I do is scrappy quilts and I would like to do something different. But I still have a few to finish along with this one.
This first block went together very well, which should have raised some red flags because it turned out to be a perfect 7" far from the intended 8.5". I did not redo and thought I'd use this as the label for the quilt.
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| 48. West Virginia |
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| 49. Yankee Puzzle |
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| 50. Grapes of Wrath |
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| 51. New York |
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| 52. Christmas Star |
I placed the blocks to see how they looked and moved them around several times taking pictures with each move. These are the 3 finialists...
In the first picture, I arranged the blocks in groups of similar fashion, like star shapes and crosses and baskets. It reminds me of a sampler style quilt.
In the second picture, I placed blocks with light backgrounds in the center and used the darker ones for the border.
This last one is random setting with no rhyme nor reason.
I am going to use sashing and think grey will be the color, probably a solid grey. And then blue borders will be added to finish it off. So, what do you think, should I use setting number one with the sampler theme, number two with the lights in the middle or number three in all its randomness?
7 sweet reflections:
They all look nice. My personal favorite is number 3, then number 2.
Any one of the three arrangements will be beautiful.
Definitely the 3rd arrangement, the random placed blocks look better to my eye anyways! But you have to be happy with it!! All your blocks looks great and well done on getting to the assembly stage, me! - well I'm still trying to complete a few extras I need!!!
Like the others, I definitely prefer 3. Your blocks are beautiful Susan. It's interesting that the finIshed quilt will be so rectangular!
My favorite is Number 2. It just stands out to my eye. I'm sure you will pick the right design. It has to be what you like the best.
I think if you were not going to use sashing I would vote for number two. But when you add the sashing I think number three is the best option.
All look great to me. Although I like the idea that Janet O presented.
~Linnea
What an amazingly beautiful body of work you have represented in this quilt-to-be. I am so impressed! (And I like the second option, but as everyone else said, it's what makes you happy that matters.)
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