Make Do Memories Quilt Complete!
A few weeks ago I showed you some vintage hexagon blocks that Lyn sent me from Australia for her Make Do Memories Miniature Quilt Challenge. You can see how they looked upon arrival by clicking HERE.
My miniature quilt using these vintage blocks is complete and ready for a little show and tell, so keep on reading!
And here it is...what do you think?
It's my own version of a funky looking bouquet of flowers! I loved the diamond shaped block and really wanted to fit it in somehow, so I guess it is something like the vase or the wrapping around the flower stems? I don't really know, but I like the result!
In Lyn's rules for this challenge, we were only allowed to use fabric from our stash, you know, what we already had. So you might recognize the blue and yellow fabrics as leftovers from the tea cozy I made for myself.
The red fabrics are leftover from a crochet hook roll I made for my mother, much like this one I made for myself, only not quite as long and out of all red and white fabrics.
The background behind the 'flowers' is just some unbleached muslin I had leftover from these Christmas stockings I made for a friend last year.
And the white binding and backing fabric is from a very large piece I found on clearance for practically nothing at one of my favorite online fabric shops, but I can't remember which one it was! They are all listed on my sidebar under Other Favorite Links if you would like to check them out.
So there it is, all ready to hang in my sewing room and bring some brightness and cheerful color to my already bright and cheerful little space!
Thanks, Lyn, for challenging me to take a few steps outside my comfort zone and help preserve these old hand stitched blocks so they could be enjoyed for years to come!
Happy Stitching!

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My miniature quilt using these vintage blocks is complete and ready for a little show and tell, so keep on reading!
And here it is...what do you think?

In Lyn's rules for this challenge, we were only allowed to use fabric from our stash, you know, what we already had. So you might recognize the blue and yellow fabrics as leftovers from the tea cozy I made for myself.
The red fabrics are leftover from a crochet hook roll I made for my mother, much like this one I made for myself, only not quite as long and out of all red and white fabrics.
The background behind the 'flowers' is just some unbleached muslin I had leftover from these Christmas stockings I made for a friend last year.
And the white binding and backing fabric is from a very large piece I found on clearance for practically nothing at one of my favorite online fabric shops, but I can't remember which one it was! They are all listed on my sidebar under Other Favorite Links if you would like to check them out.
So there it is, all ready to hang in my sewing room and bring some brightness and cheerful color to my already bright and cheerful little space!
Thanks, Lyn, for challenging me to take a few steps outside my comfort zone and help preserve these old hand stitched blocks so they could be enjoyed for years to come!
Happy Stitching!

Click here to return to HookedOnNeedles.com
Labels: free motion quilting, quilting, vintage quilt blocks
9 Comments:
I think I like it. Cute and clever.
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Abby and Stephanie, At
March 25, 2010 at 7:09 AM
I really like what you've done with these. I recently was given a great box full of vintage pieces like these, only none of them are sewn together, they're all basted onto paper. I don't know what I'm going to do with them but I like the idea of giving some of them to other people to create with.
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Janet, At
March 25, 2010 at 1:49 PM
Way too cute! I love it.
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Sweet P, At
March 25, 2010 at 6:06 PM
Oh MG, you did a graet job, I really love the fabrics, especially the blue!! It will look wonderful, bright and happy!!
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Jane's Fabrics and Quilts, At
March 25, 2010 at 11:40 PM
Lovely MG!!! Very nice! 8-)
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Myra, At
March 26, 2010 at 12:58 AM
Very clever way to showcase the hexies! Great job Mary Grace!
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Rumi, At
March 26, 2010 at 8:33 AM
Hello Mary Grace, thank you for helping me preserve the Hexagon blocks.....such a bright, cheerful vase of flowers...Hugs Lyn
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Anonymous, At
March 27, 2010 at 5:32 AM
what a delightful little quilt & so colourful! i'm almost finished mine too :) hasn't this been a fun challenge?? cheers, Marian x
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marian, At
March 28, 2010 at 3:49 AM
I think you made a beautiful quilt with these vintage blocks , what a creative way to use them , great job and yes it will definitely brighten up your space :-)
Sheila
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Sheila, At
April 22, 2010 at 8:13 PM
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