A New Top Inspired By A Vintage Quilt

I've got a new top and it was inspired by a c. 1860 vintage quilt in the Pat Nickols collection at the Mingei International Museum. 

I started making the little four inch (finished) Double X and Snowball blocks back in February 2019.  I made it one of my Rainbow Scrap Challenge (RSC) projects and just used scraps and a Kona green mint piece of yardage I had on hand that I had bought long ago to finish a project but it was the wrong color of green for that project. So, I decided to use the mint green and make blocks each month until I ran out of the mint green yardage. I had to piece a couple of Snowballs to end up with enough blocks for a layout 48 x 64 which is a nice size for a lap quilt. 

I wasn't really sure I was going to like that mint green for the background but that's really all I had to use except for muslin or Kona Snow. I didn't want a neutral background and I'm really trying to make do so mint green it was. I really like it now as the background for the blocks. I was afraid it would not look good with all the different colors of scraps but thank goodness it does. 

I think the blocks were a little fiddly but worth it. 

 My March OMG (One Monthly Goal) was to assemble at least one top from the "Some Assembly Required Box" of complete block sets. This is top #1. There may be more. 

OMG at Elm Street Quilts

Finished or Not Finished Friday at Alycia Quilts

Peacock Party at Wendy's Quilts and More

Snowball

For a swap for Ruby who requested a romantic or Valentine theme in purple, royal blue and pink. 

Linky testing:

An InLinkz Link-up

Apples and Cherries - Feeling a Bit Fruity

My CQJP 2012 entry for April - another block for my Crazy Basket Case lap quilt. Twelve inch blocks are mostly done in reds, have a basket on each one and have all washable embellishments. 

And here's a "snowball" for Alice. Cherries! I'm not sure if my pink cherry blossoms go with everything else but everything does look better in real life. And this pic makes everything look a little distorted anyway especially at the bottom. 

Anyone for a game of "Fruit Basket Upset"? Ah, the memories! 

Pig Farm Hexie

Over on CQI (Crazy Quilting International) Yahoo Group I'm in a one on one "Snowball Swap" with Thearica who requested a hexie shape with the theme of a pig farm mostly done in browns. And so here is my version of a pig farm.

Valentines and Snowballs - Some Crazy Things

This is my work on Ely's 6 inch vintage valentine themed block for a RR over on Crazy Quilting International Yahoo Group. I loved the silky of the little girl that was on the block when I received it. 

And this is a snowball I made to exchange with Alice.  She wanted a botanical type snowball so here it is. It's really difficult, I think, to piece something so small. Trace a CD and you know the size. I used some botanical fabrics I had in my stash and then added a silk ribbon botanical daffodil, some anorexic bees, a tatted butterfly and then framed it all in some french knots.