Manassas Railroad - Finished!

Well, I had grand plans of posting this days ago, but my Netbook decided to have heart failure instead. She's on the way to the doctor and I'm stuck using my husband's laptop for the time being.

Oh, and also, I was sewing the binding on while here. Hardship, I tell you.

So now that I'm home...

My dad volunteers at the Manassas Battlefield, so a couple of months ago, I contacted Barbara Brackman for a block idea for Manassas. She said she was planning on using Railroad Crossing in her Civil War Quilt Along, since the Battle of Manassas was fought over the railroad junction.

The quilt includes reproduction fabrics by Barbara Brackman (Moda, Civil War Homefront) and Jo Morton (Andover, Indigo Berries). The sashing is Dimples (Andover) with cornerstones that make little shoo flies. The border and backing is from the Mark Twain collection (Windham).

 The quilting is straight lines along the red fabric, crossing in the middle like a railroad junction.
It measures 58x68" and is bound in the Indigo Berries.

And now I'm hooked on the Civil War Quilt Along. At least I only need to do two blocks a week to catch up.

Sunday Stash Report - Week 25

Purchased the borders, backing and binding for the Manassas Railroad, and actually finished it!

It's even quilted and bound and ready to hand over to my father this afternoon.

Used this Week: 7.25

Used Year to Date: 75.18

Added this Week: 4.5

Added Year to Date: 104.71

Net Used for 2011: (29.53) yards

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Manassas Railroad - Top Finished!

I finished the top for Manassas Railroad this week - in time for Father's Day!

The borders are from a Mark Twain fabric collection. It has the same accent colors as the Civil War fabrics, but the background blue is much lighter. I'm not sure it was the right choice...but Mark Twain is one of my favorite writers, so I'll buy anything marketed as his.

It measures about 58x68.

The black lump of fur retreated to the chair to glare at me after being told to get off the quilt ten times during the basting process.

Work in Progress Wednesday - Week 16

All I've been working on this week is Manassas Railroad, so I can take it with me on vacation and hand-stitch the binding. I'm nearly there.

One more row of sashing, two borders and it'll be ready to go!

I love the barely-noticeable shoo-fly blocks that the cornerstones in the sashing make. Dorky, but they make me happy.

Untouched This Week:

Frolicking Pinwheels

Charming Wildflowers

Steelers Quilt

Kaleidoscope Quilt Along

Awaiting Quilting:

Bad Romance

Layer Cake Quilt Along

Hunter's Star

iSpy Sliced Coin Quilt

In Planning:

Cars Quilt (the Dude)

Hunter's Star (my sister)

New Projects: 0

Completed Projects: 0

In Progress: 11

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Design Wall Monday - Week 24

More of the Railroad Crossing...

As I finish piecing a block, I add it to a row on the design wall. It's nice to have all the same blocks, so I don't have to keep track of what goes in which row!

The quilt will be 5x6 blocks, so I'm more than halfway through. I need to start piecing the horizontal sashing as I finish putting on the corner triangles.

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Sunday Stash Report - Week 24

Shop Hop Weekend!

Honestly, the damage wasn't that bad.

This is my purchased pile - Route 66 for the Dude's Cars quilt, camo dinosaurs because they were REALLY soft, a bit of coffee fabric and a panel for the kitchen stuff I'm never going to make, a yard of Merry & Bright to go with my Kaleidoscope quilt, backing for my Layer Cake Quilt Along, borders for the Steeler's quilt (woo!), a half yard of a random red floral, and two Sunkissed charm packs.

And the freebies! A bag full of buttons, a wallet, a couple fat quarters, quilting needles (needed those, yay!) and some patterns. The bags in the middle are the Shop Hop blocks in Charlevoix - each of the eight shops designed a block.

The Dude had to come with me because his dad is flying this weekend. He did...mostly okay. At the seventh shop, he talked to my mother on the cell phone and loudly declared to the entire shop that "Mom was going to TOO MANY quilt stores." Everyone cracked up.

 

And I didn't finish anything - busy with VBS in the mornings, errands and cleaning in the afternoons, and balancing time with the Dude to sewing Railroad Crossing blocks. They're almost done - after weeding the garden I should get them finished today!

Used this Week: 0

Used Year to Date: 67.93

Added this Week: 12.58

Added Year to Date: 100.21

Net Used for 2011: (32.28) yards

Eek! I cracked 100 yards purchased!

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LQS Saturday Sampler - Block 5

I really like this block. I love how the middle section weaves in a braid-like fashion. I bet it'd make a nice pattern for a quilt.

 And no errors putting it together! The instructions called for putting it together in quarters, then sewing the quarters together. I just did it in four rows.

Lynette at What a Hoot recently started a BOM linky! :) So I'll be linking to that every month now.