Half of the Cross-Hatch quilting finished!

Hello Ya'll

 

Hope your Christmas was a

Merry one!

 

Well, it took me 3 days to finish half of the

cross-hatch quilting design. I did not quilt

any on Christmas Day. As you can tell from

the photo's, I did not mark any of the quilt.

Some of my lines are a little wavy but it

is not a big deal. Vintage quilts show some

wavy lines also from their makers. The

quilting is half of the vintage quilts charm

appeal.

I think that I can safely say that some

quilts can take a while to hand quilt while

others do not.

 

I forgot to mention on the last post the

size of this quilt. The sheet says twin size.

72 inches X 104 inches. The vintage sheet

is Cannon's Monticello sheet. It is beautiful!

 

As I worked I stuck a safety pin on every

age spot that I saw. There are 5 squares

that have age spots on them.

 

I need to also mention that all of my blocks

are cotton. The large greenish squares are

half cotton and half poly.

The Vintage sheet is half cotton and half

poly.

After 20 years of storage there are

not any age spots on any of the fabric that is

half poly. I have found a new respect for

fabric being half poly.

I am hoping that once I wash this quilt that

the age spots will come out of the cotton.

 

I have not yet quilted the green borders or the

muslin borders.

 

I am estimating that it will probably take me

at least another 3 days to finish the second half of

this cross hatch design and perhaps another 2

or 3 days to finish the borders

before I can bind it.

 

 

One of the blocks with a safety pin showing an

age spot on the cotton. Where the safety pin is, can

you tell the blue square that has a joined seam. Many

of the blocks in this quilt has squares that have

seams. Not in this quilt but most of the time, when

I cut out a square from a shirt, I include darts or back

seams. It adds to the charm.

 

A beautiful vintage sheet - white and bright with no

 stains or age spots.

 

Well, I gotta go so I can quilt some more. Gotta

get busy!

 

Thank you for visiting me!

Take care and may

God keep you safe and out of harm's way!

 

Hopblogger