It took a lot of sewing but the top is done:
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| 85" square |
I am pleased with this top and glad it is done. There are 289 pieced Old Italian blocks, 3" square.
It is a replica of an antique top I bought in 2014 at Paducah from dealer Cindy Rennels:
It was my intention to have no repeats but there are at least TWO. There might be one more pair but I haven't found them yet.
With the few leftovers I made a small quilt so I can hand quilt. It's been a while since I did any hand quilting and I am eager to get back to that. It would take me years to hand quilt the large quilt so this small one will have to do:
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| Leftovers 18" square |
For more information on this quilt see these post:
The 2025 SUMMER SEW ALONG provides information for making this block in 3 sizes:
Now I have to decide which of my next BUCKET LIST quilts gets started...
Let's quilt.
Barbara
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