Wednesday, December 20, 2017

Noah & Matilda 3C

I started this Noah and Matilda sew-a-long because of the wonderful host, Dawn (Collector with a Needle). It is my first sew-a-long on Facebook (here). I am enjoying the process immensely. I am going slower than I would like, but as Dawn says, "it is not a race"!  We would love company. Anyone want to join in? Dawn's patterns are concise (when you are clever enough to actually look at them before stitching!) and beautifully done.

I love this block so much I made it twice! Here is the first mess.  I’m not sure what happened (can’t be the holiday stress, as I am actually very relaxed this year) but when I finished this one it just didn’t look right. I basted and started quilting it before I gasped “ick, I can’t live with this!” It looks like a big green and black blob. Kind of like one of those fantastic Japanese science fiction movies. I half expected an alien to pop out of that center!

So, I looked at the pattern again and said “oh, let’s start over”. Sheesh! Anyway, I love the new rendition. And, the old one will go in the orphan box for my next “pot luck” quilt. (I'm sure there will be other aliens in there too!)
I like this one much better! I am loving some of the antique fabrics I have found for this project. 
The background on this one is an antique shirting c1880. It does have a little overprint around some of the motifs, but it is such a dream to work with. When you finger press a seam, it "stays" pressed. I wish they made fabrics like this today. The black, brown & yellow neon in this is an antique as well. 

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11 comments:

  1. An alien - lol! I like the second one a lot better too. Good for you to know it needed to be remade.

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  2. The second one works so much better. Good for you for remaking this block. Did you make the second version twice or are you using a QAYG method?

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  3. The blocks are beautiful and that cheddar just sings! Merry Christmas!

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  4. I like the 2nd block better too. :)

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  5. Oh, wow, the second block probably made the first one feel bad about itself, it is so gorgeous!

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  6. Love your second block! Merry Christmas!

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  7. you made a great recovery! Love the old fabrics. I've got lots of the 1800's reprints, and they all work great for doing this.

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  8. No comparison between the two. They don't even look like cousins. Love the vintage fabrics.

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  9. Oh no - Hate when that happens, but your new block is perfect.
    This will be (another) fabulous quilt Wendy!

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