The small cowboy quilt
When I saw Jenny Doans hour glass blocks I had to give them a try.
There where some red and blue fabrics I bought at Buttinette.de in my sewing room I wanted to use for it. Also I included a special red and white fabric which I got from my sisters mother-in-law. She was the heir of an old house together with others and found this vintage bed cloths. She thought of me and asked me if I wanted the fabric. The measurements where really special and I guess this bed cloths may have been stuffed with straw or hay in former times to keed some person warm. It took some bravery to cut into this lovely heavy cotton fabric.
The red and white fabric in this second picture is the vintage one.
While I was putting together the hour glasses I read a blog post from somebody who said her grandmother especially liked quilts in cowboy colours which where red, white and blue so the idea was born to call it cowboy quilt.
After I knew how to do bias binding I wanted to try something different and came across a tutorial on 'continuous praerie points' on youtube and I really loved the ladies' accent. I guess she said something like "I reckon you can do this on your one". Again, this was perfect for the cowboy quilty.
When I did this outer border I burned my fingers several times with my iron but it turned out really nice.
The back of the quilt is made from pieces of two of my favorite seerzucker bed cloths I kept for quilt backs. So her we go.
Meanwhile I trained some free motion quilting on this quilty but I haven´t made a photo yet.
We already use the quilt even though it is not ready yet. I guess I will finish the quilting soon.
