It's a Finish! Dashing Through the '30s

Dashing Through the '30s

It's a finish!

92 x 92

13.5 inch Churn Dash Variation blocks in '30s reproduction fabrics. 

Hey, this is one I actually made from yardage and not from scraps!

But I did use the scraps from making this quilt in Ribbon Candy which was finished in January of this year. 

Red polka dot and red gingham borders. 

I finished the top back in May 2020. 

Big stitch hand quilted with perle cotton #8 in a variety of colors that match the colors in the blocks. 

I don't normally like square quilts but they work fine on our bed. I can rotate it because any side can be the top or bottom. 

I used muslin on the back. The back of bed quilts don't need to be fancy. And I kind of like it that my hand stitching shows up. 

Now since this quilt is finished and handy I can take it with us on our trip in a couple of days. We have to take our own bedding with us. We are going to meet up with five of my husband's seven siblings and their spouses in a cabin we rented for the occasion - an early Thanksgiving with family from North Carolina, Texas, Illinois and Iowa. 

We will leave early Friday morning and be back Monday afternoon. It is approximately a six hour round trip so now I need to get something pin basted and in the hoop ready for some hand quilting in the car.