Teaching myself to hand piece the Ken Kingwell method. I learned things on this block. I made mistakes. I finished block 1 and I love it. I'll take my new knowledge and set my sights on better stitches and fabric color choices. Using up those scraps I have in my sewing room.

I've been waiting to save these dresdens. I found it in my Grandmother's closet. She was NOT a quilter but I know her grandmother and aunt were quilters. Someone got ahold of them later and made a tied summer quilt but they were not a quilter and the top was one way, the bottom another. Tied with yarn. It was ripped and the blue fabric feels soft of fabric rot and the beautiful hand work is lost on many blocks. I previously took the mustard yellow away and next I'll remove the dresdens carefully off the blue. Hurts my heart to remove the stitches. I'll applique them onto the cream and sash in the deeper gold or teal to retain some of the quilt before repairs. The photo is my great great grandmother and my great great aunt who probably made the blocks. Its possible it was my great grandmother but i have no idea if she was a quilter. I do have their crazy quilt top I'll post soon. It's so fragile I leave it alone!

Our family has babies on the way. This top is for my great nephew coming mid 2026. I finished the top today abd it'll get priority quilting on the list. I already made my new grandson's quilt due in May. I like the quilts ready for the showers. It's a Winnie the Pooh. His mother's first quilt was also a Winnie and she uses it as a woobie, especially when she's sick so it seemed fitting to make her little baby a Winnie too!

A vintage pattern I found online and decided to try my first quilt as you go. This is block 5 of 16. It will be frayed edged.

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