My third practice on the new quilting frame! A coffee stained muslin and muted basic colors in the traditional churn dash block. Taking my piecing cue from Missouri Star;
Disappearing Pinwheel Churndash Quilt Block - Quilt Snips
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udz0x6g-Baw
I quilted this quite dense and in geometric lines (not curves) then used a pencil drawn stencil and regular foot on the JUKI for the borders.
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The fabric has baby SLOTHS! How cute is that?
I was a little disappointed si the busyness of the sloth fabric helps hide the overall black pattern somewhat.
I used one green fabric and one paler pink fabric because I ran out of pink a few straps too soon. ECh block set (2 opposite colored blocks) used 4 strips; 2 of each color. I am envisioning this in solids. The churn dash would be quite prominent.
https://youtu.be/SbFssq6QxNs
This is for Kayla's Baby Girl #3¡
Gifted in May 2022 to Mrs Pam, Ezekiel's former kindergarten teacher, upon her retirement. The quilt traveled through the whole school and gathered pictures and names of her current and former kindergarten kids before being presented.
The fabrics for this quilt came from a fabric of the month collection I purchased in 2001, and the prints were reproduced from fabric samples housed in the American Textile History Museum of Lowell, Massachusetts. The rich color samples are from 1876 through 1899.
The block I chose for these fabrics is called churn dash. It is believed to have originated in the United States between 1800 and 1849. The block got its name because the middle symbol looks like a butter churn and the stick was called the dash.
This lap quilt is 44 by 56 inches and it is quilted in a lazy meandering design. The batting is a thin poly. It used 7 fat quarters, and neutrals and borders and binding from stash. It is set on point with half blocks along the sides and quarter blocks in the corners. The block is a modification of Missouri Star Disappearing Pinwheel block tutorial. The pinwheels will appear in another quilt.
