Time for another throwback quilt that I haven't shared before. I made this quilt in August of 2014. My local quilt group, Piecemakers, was collecting quilts for veterans so I came up with this design.
The most memorable part of making this quilt is that it was the first time (yes, that's right, first) time I sliced off part of my finger with my rotary cutter. I got to walk around with a Mickey Mouse finger for a few days.
It's pretty fun to see how my craft room has changed in the last four years. From this picture, I can tell that my thread holder has changed to a bigger one in a new location, the top of my craft table is now a (bigger) piece of bowling alley, I have a larger cutting mat, I have a shelf and printer in that corner, and I have a new sewing table and machine.
We live in a growing neighborhood. You can see our immediate neighbor's house was still being built, and now there is a whole street of houses behind the blue house in the background!
I hadn't yet developed my system of hanging quilts on a rod on the back porch, so I just had one silly helper. "Show me the back side."
Linked to:
BOMs Away @ What a Hoot Quilts
Color Inspiration & Linky Party @ Clever Chameleon
Design Wall Monday @ Small Quilts and Doll Quilts
Finished or Not Friday @ Busy Hands Quilts
Let's Bee Social @ Sew Fresh Quilts
Linky Tuesday @ Free Motion by the River
Main Crush Monday @ Cooking Up Quilts
Midweek Makers @ Quilt Fabrication
Monday Making @ Love Laugh Quilt
Needle & Thread Thursday @ My Quilt Infatuation
Off the Wall Friday @ Nina Marie
Oh Scrap! @ Quilting is More Fun than Housework
Scrap Happy Saturday @ Super Scrappy
Show Off Saturday @ Sew Can She
UFO Busting @ Madd Quilter
Wednesday Wait Loss @ The Inquiring Quilter
What I Made Monday @ Pretty Piney
Whoop Whoop Friday @ Confessions of a Fabric Addict
WIP Linky Party @ Silly Mama Quilts
WIPs on Wednesday @ Esther's Blog
BOMs Away @ What a Hoot Quilts
Color Inspiration & Linky Party @ Clever Chameleon
Design Wall Monday @ Small Quilts and Doll Quilts
Finished or Not Friday @ Busy Hands Quilts
Let's Bee Social @ Sew Fresh Quilts
Linky Tuesday @ Free Motion by the River
Main Crush Monday @ Cooking Up Quilts
Midweek Makers @ Quilt Fabrication
Monday Making @ Love Laugh Quilt
Needle & Thread Thursday @ My Quilt Infatuation
Off the Wall Friday @ Nina Marie
Oh Scrap! @ Quilting is More Fun than Housework
Scrap Happy Saturday @ Super Scrappy
Show Off Saturday @ Sew Can She
UFO Busting @ Madd Quilter
Wednesday Wait Loss @ The Inquiring Quilter
What I Made Monday @ Pretty Piney
Whoop Whoop Friday @ Confessions of a Fabric Addict
WIP Linky Party @ Silly Mama Quilts
WIPs on Wednesday @ Esther's Blog
What a fun patriotic quilt! I love the corner flag blocks.
ReplyDeleteYour helper showing you the back of the quilt made me laugh! It's a beautiful quilt - fun to revisit your earlier finishes!
ReplyDeleteI do love patriotic quilts! Knock on wood, I haven't whacked my finger with the rotary cutter yet. It looks and sounds painful :( It's so much fun to journey with you and take a look at quilts from your quilty past.
ReplyDeleteLook at the size of that gauze! I hope your finger heals quickly. Ouch! (And the quilt is pretty cool, too.)
ReplyDeleteLook at the wing span on your quilt holder! He can hold some big quilts! :) Sorry about your finger - I hope it heals quickly! Thanks for linking to Main Crush Monday!
ReplyDeleteI love your quilt!
ReplyDeleteLove your quilt!! But so sorry about the cutting mishap - I haven't done that one yet (knock on wood), but I have sewn through my finger. Hope you heal fast!
ReplyDeleteHa! I love the photo of the "backside". Makes me smile. Lovely patriotic quilt! Worth showing off on Wednesday Wait Loss. Thank you!
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