Dust Off Your Books Hop

I would like to thank Bea @ BeaQuilter for hosting this hop.  This reminds me of the Let's Book It that I sponsored for a few years.  Dust off those books, magazines, and saved patterns and use them.

I had made a quilt in this book way back and I could make everyone of them.  Since I have been working so many modern pieces lately, I felt the urge to get back to my love of Civil War fabrics and heritage patterns.

I had the Red Cross quilt on my "to-do" list for some time, so I chose this pattern.  I know it as the Soldier Cot Quilt, but they call it the Blue and Grey in the book.

I changed the cuts from 1/4" size to 1/2" so I would get a larger finish.  Pulling scraps the Red Crosses went quickly as well as the blue larger 9-patches, both simply chained thru the machine.

  

I went with square edges rather than rounding the corners.  I used all scraps from the bins so a true utilitarian quilt.  I even pieced two batting left overs - the last of my Hobbs Heirloom used up.  Simple stitch in the ditch and crosshatch to give this a nice soft, comforting feel.

The back is an older Windham line and I had to piece the three chunks - cutoffs from using it on another quilt.  A left over binding that was just enough - I was sweating those last few inches. 

Finished size is 50" x 56"  A lot of fabrics used up from the stash.

Please be sure to visit today's other hosts:

Wednesday Feb 20^th

Suzy at Websterquilt

Nancy at patchworkbreeze

Brenda at songbirddesigns

Karrin at karrinscrazyworld

Denise at craftraditions

Sewingly Yours,

Sharon