This is how it came--lots of pieces. I laid it out to see how I could make blocks work. As the strip on the left had sashing, all of that was un-picked and so it would fit the panel's setting. |
I had to be careful un-picking antique fabrics. They fray easily. This block's frayed edge here was from being left unfinished in storage. |
The blocks were hand-pieced. This is a close-up of the fine hand stitching. |
"Dixie Sugar" imprint from a feed-sack sugar bag. I was so excited! This alone dates the fabric to 1930 or older. |
Pin-matching the newly created border. |
How fun, some propaganda about "Labor laws" was printed on the feed sack. This also dates the fabric to pre-1930. |
The quilt top sewn together. |
I added borders all around to stabilize the quilt. I intend to use small-scale machine quilting to finish the piece and thought the border would hold the quilt top and prevent it from fraying. |
First mark your spacing using a quilter's pounce pad an stencils. I use 1"-2" a lot. |
Now alternate between a cursive "e" and a cursive "l" to make large and small loops. So simple, yet so effective and it looks great! |