In a previous post & also on Facebook, I asked my friends to see if anyone had some extra fabric I needed to finish a quilt. Many people checked & even looked in Lancaster for me, Thank you all! The print was not found . I went to plan "B". I thought, If I was in a 3rd world country, I'd use every bit of the fabric I had, not just throw away the scraps. I dug in my "throw away" basket & found enough pieces to make it work. I had to make 5 of the 2 1/2" corner blocks. Yes, They were "franken-blocked" .It was around the same time as the Franken-storm, Sandy, was about to hit our NJ shore. The reason for the name Franken-block. I also thought, since it was for my mom who lived during the Depression, she would appreciate my frugleness.I showed it to her yesterday & she didn't even see the blocks at first. Hoping to have the hand quilting finished for Christmas.
4 comments:
I have been staring at this quilt, and I still can't find where it's a Franken Block. Of course this is now One of a Kind thus worth more! I'm not sure how often your "throw away" basket rescued me when we were working together, but it was often. It's great, Barb!
OHHHHH, now I see it! Had to enlarge the photo to see where you pieced the scraps. Very tricky and resourceful!
Wow...that is a great pattern! Great job making it work! :)
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