Winter QOV Quilt Along Part III and Part IV

Week 4 - Quilt 1

White on Red Stars

Alycia is hosting another QOV Quilt Along. 

I usually make a scrappy version of Alycia's Mystery Quilts and Quilt Alongs. 

I was thinking I would not participate this year because my patriotic prints are down to very small bits and pieces. However, I was looking around at some of my other options and now I think I have decided to actually make two quilts. 

I gathered together some red, white and blue civil war reproduction and similar fabric scrap chunks for quilt number 1. For quilt number 2 I used shirtings, homespuns and plaids.

Week 4 - Quilt 1

White on Blue Stars

Week 3 - Quilt 1

Half of the red and white Four Patches

Week 3 - Quilt 1

Half of the blue and white Four Patches

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Week 4 - Quilt 2

White on blue Stars

Week 4 - Quilt 2

White on red Stars

Week 3 - Quilt 2

Half of the blue and white Four Patches

Week 3 - Quilt 2

Half of the red and white Four Patches

And sew on...

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Finished a couple of books!

1. The Secret Sewing Society by Siobahn Curham. Historical fiction. The experiences of a family in the Ukraine during WWII under Russian and then German occupation. Many years later another generation experiences the current war with Russia.  I have read other books by this author and have enjoyed them all. 

I learned a lot about Ukraine. 

The Holodomor, or Ukrainian famine, in 1932-33 killed millions of Ukrainians. 

Vyshyvanka Day honors the Ukrainian tradition of wearing vyshyvankas, which are embroidered shirts or dresses that carry deep cultural and symbolic meaning, representing beauty, protection, family memory, and national identity. 

I also found this interesting because my husband John has Slavic roots so I could kind of imagine what was going on with his relatives in that part of the world during WWII.  His paternal ancestors emigrated in 1929 from the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes which was later in 1929 renamed Yugoslavia but is now known as Serbia. 

2. Ship of Dreams by Donna Jones Alward. Historical fiction. Fictional characters join real characters on the Titanic.  I previously read When the World Fell Silent by this author and I have the same criticism for Ship of Dreams as I did for When the World Fell Silent - "I liked the book because I like books about bravery and survival and I like historical fiction but I did find the book rather slow moving."