Premier quilt historian Barbara Brackman has just launched a
Block of the Week blog to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Civil War. She's accompanying the blocks with photos and facts from the era. Cheryl was thinking about making the blocks when Dorry launched the idea to the International Round Robin group, and that pushed Cheryl to the commitment.
Here's Cheryl's first block, Catch Me If You Can -
Cheryl didn't want to buy any new fabrics and has only a few in the Civil War Reproduction-category (and those only for use making blocks for other quilters who love them.) This project will use other lovely fabrics collected over years of quilting that have not necessarily made it into a quilt.
3 comments:
I'm looking forward to seeing those pretty fabrics cut up and looking good in the upcoming blocks. Someone on the Barbara Brackman blog raised the idea of using the same background fabric throughout. I'm thinking of doing that.
I really like your fabric selection. This is going to be a very interesting quilt blog! I may be going a bit 'scrappy' as the project grows.
I enjoyed reading your blog - and viewing your block Cheryl. I intend making mine in reproduction scrappy - a way of using up my 'collection'. I am tempted to purchase the new range from Barbara Brackman coming out in February. With the help of the others in the group of Robins I think I can maintain the commitment!!
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