Quilts Etc!: small quilt

Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Another 'small' Top Completed - Dutchy 4 Patch

Here's another little Pennsylvania 'Dutch' project I made in my February 'theme'.

I chose a simple 4 patch to experiment with these colors. It's 'outside of the box' for me and for that reason was really fun to do.

20" x 24"

It's so much fun to say something is 'done'. I say it at each stage along the quilt creation highway.., " I'm done cutting those blasted triangles" or "At last the top is done". But as our realtor once said about houses - there's Sold and there's Sold/Sold. Only the latter is meaningful in that business.

To be Done/Done in the quilt world a top needs to be quilted or tied, bound and labeled. Sorry fellow quilters, but as Edith Ann would say, "That's the truthhh!"
(if you don't get that you are too young to remember Lily Tomlin's character, Edith Ann. Here's a clip)

So. Yes. I do realize these small tops I'm crashing out will need to be quilted and I love that part of the process, too, but right now I'm having so much fun making them I just can't stop. I promise I'll share them again when they are Done/Done!

Vintage Inspirations

Isn't this fabulous? Look how the maker alternated pink and yellow backgrounds for her 4 patch blocks.

It currently belongs to Ann Hermes of Pennsylvania.....but it could belong to you! When I asked permission to use the picture in my blog she told me it is actually for sale right now on her Etsy site. I agreed to pass that information along to my blog followers. Take a look at her blog, too.

Crib Size

This little quilt was published in Miniature Quilt Ideas magazine in 2005. Does it look familiar; green sashing, pink and yellow alternating background fabrics.....?

(Hint: Made by Ann Hermes)