Sixteen Patch Finish

It's a finish!

Sixteen Patch

40 x 50

I started making blocks back in 2024. I wanted to use a little pile of red, blue and yellow novelty scraps. 

I quilted it on my sewing machine with horizontal and vertical lines. 

I've been in gardening mode but it has been rainy the last couple of days so I put in some time at the sewing machine and did a little (very little) housework. 

The back.

And sew on...

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There's not only BIG creatures on the quilt back. I spied a giant creepy looking moth on my back door today.

An image search gave me the feedback that it is the Giant Silk Moth, Antheraea polyphemus

It's about as long as my finger and evidently has a 4-5 inch wing span. 

AI Overview:

Based on the image provided, here are some details about the creature:

• This is a Polyphemus moth (Antheraea polyphemus), a species of giant silkmoth known for its large size and distinct eye spots on its wings.
• The large, feathery antennae visible on the top of the head indicate that this specific individual is a male.
• These moths are widely distributed across North America and are harmless to humans.
• Adult Polyphemus moths do not have mouths and live for only a few days to mate, relying on energy stored from when they were caterpillars.
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• I finished a book! The Child Without A Home by Ann Bennett. It is a WWII historical fiction inspired by the lives of the forgotten orphans of WWII and the "wolf children" or "wolfskinder. "
• "Forced to flee then-East Prussia to Lithuania at the end of World War Two, these orphaned German children survived hunger, cold and the loss of identity. Their fate has remained long overlooked by the German government."
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• "Wolfskinder" - German children orphaned after World War II in East Prussia, an area bordering the Baltic Sea that had been German territory between the two world wars and today corresponds to parts of Russia, Poland and Lithuania. The total number of wolf children can only be estimated. Some say there were up to 25,000 of them roaming the woods and swamps of East Prussia and Lithuania after 1945. Russians were forbidden from taking in these "fascist children."

"The kids were told to go to Lithuania where there would be food. If they were lucky, the "Vokietukai," or little Germans in Lithuanian, passed through villages with sympathetic residents on their march to the Baltic states. These locals would put out buckets of soup in front of their doors. If the children were not so lucky, residents would set their dogs on them."

After I finished the book I did more research  and found some very interesting true stories of some of the "Wolf Children". 

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Oh joy! I received a box of fabric goodies from Ry Lynn! I have gone through it all and I already know what comfort quilts I will be making with some of the charm squares.