Monday, January 5, 2015

A Civil War Inspired Quilt

This is the quilt that I am currently working on. I found these quilt pieces as I was digging through my fabric stash. I sort of remember working on it. I had saw a quilt like this in a book about blacks serving in the civil war.



I didn't have any kind of a pattern for the quilt. I just cut out the pieces by hand based on how I thought the quilt was put together.



The fabrics are a combination of brushed polyester, denim and upholstery cotton.  I'm wondering why I choose these fabrics. Being a poor college student, I'm thinking they are remnant pieces that I bought on clearance at Joann's or Hancock fabric.



Two rows of this quilt have already been pieced together and it looks like I had planned on using small rectangles of fabric sewn together as the boarder.



I'm not sure what originally inspired me to want to make this quilt, but looking at it now, I'm feeling compelled to complete it, to see what the finished piece will look like.


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