Aug 30..Hand quilt along update….

I did a little research on this quilt trying to decide what quilt block this quilter used for this top. The only block pattern that I think was used was the Jacobs ladder pattern,it would have been a variation.

I found only one other quilt that looked like it on Kingman country museum site. They too referred it as a Jacobs ladder variation.

This is a very old pattern dating back to before the Revolutionary War (1775)

For the update…. I did get a little more done on this top than before.

Here’s where I was…

At the beginning of the right side of the quilt. Now I am almost to the other end.

A close up to where I am..

And a close up of how the quilting brings the old look out in a wonderful way.

I also got some of the eight point star blocks put together, after playing around with the blocks…

I rather like the bottom setting with the red paisley print for the border and stars put on point.. the border fabric is from about the same time era as these scraps that I’m using up. Time era… 1950 to 1970.

It will be a very scrappy quilt but I want to use as many as the scraps up in this time era as I can in this top,then these scraps will be pretty much used up… one more thing out of my closet.👏👏

Hand Quilt Along Links

This Hand Quilt Along is an opportunity for hand quilters and piecers to share and motivate one another. We post every three weeks, to show our progress and encourage one another.  If you have a hand quilting project and would like to join our group contact Kathy at the link below.

Kathy, Margaret, Tracy, Susan, Nanette, Edith, Sharon, Karrin, Gretchen, Daisy, Connie, Monica and Sherrie