It's a finish!
Hole in the Barn Door
40 x 60
The 12 inch Hole In The Barn Door Blocks all have fox fabrics in the center. I just looked up the collective noun for fox and found several --skulk, leash, earth, troop and lead.
There are several variations of the Hole in the Barn Door block. I used the one at Quilter's Cache.
I used the same red fabric for the "barns" and different green fabrics for the backgrounds. I finished the top back in October 2024.
I've been accumulating red fabrics and critter fabrics so I can make a series of Hole In The Barn Door comfort quilts for kids.
I quilted it on my sewing machine with diagonal, vertical and horizontal lines.
The backing.
The binding is scrappy greens.
And sew on...
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REMEMBER, TREASURE, GROW, READ (my words of the year)
Finished a book! - The Orphan List by Ann Bennett. It is WWII historical fiction based on the Lebensborn Nazi eugenics program.
"The Lebensborn program was created by the SS in late 1935 in order to promote the growth of Germany’s healthy "Aryan" population. The term Lebensborn itself means “Fount of Life.” The program was designed to be the wellspring of future generations descended from those whom Nazi authorities deemed “racially valuable.” It originally focused on encouraging SS men to have large families and discouraging unmarried, pregnant "Aryan" women from seeking illegal abortions."- The Holocaust Encyclopedia
The Orphan List focuses on the original part program that encouraged unwed women who met "Aryan" criteria to give up their children for adoption to a good Aryan family. In return they were cared for during the pregnancy and birth in a maternity center. It also focuses on unwed "Aryan" women who willingly met at a Lebensborn center and had sex with SS in order to get pregnant and give up their children for the good of the Reich.
I've started reading the second book in the series, The Stolen Sisters, that focuses on a later part of the program - The "Germanization" of kidnapped foreign children who met "Aryan" criteria.
8 comments:
What a fun quilt, Cathy! Who knew there were so many different fox fabrics? Those books sound fascinating and sad at the same time. Thanks for the recommendations!
I love all you different fox fabrics! A little one will cherish this fun quilt. :)
Another great book on the topic of producing children to expand the Aryan race is The Sunflower House by Adriana Allegri. Heart wrenching, but extremely well written. I can't recommend it enough.
On a lighter topic, love the idea of foxes in the barn. What a fun quilt.
I bet there's no chicken left in that barn, haha. I love that red print. It's a gorgeous red barn colour. Of course, the fox steals the show but who decided to call a group of foxes a skulk? Enjoy! ;^)
Skulks of foxes, what a great word! And another great quilt too of course.
All those fun foxes! Great finish! Whoever gets it will surely love it.
Yes to very cute fox fabrics...and that Critters quilt in the last post is so cute too. You are on a roll!
Thats a fun way to highlight those fabrics!!!
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