Civil War Block of the Month

In 2014, I participated in a Block of the Month at our local quilt shop (Peggy’s Sewing Center) doing Barbara Brackman’s Civil War Sampler.  It was a great time getting together with everyone, but I learned that it is a lot of pressure to try to get your “homework” done in time each month!!  But then, in my case, it was probably good to have a deadline or it may have never gotten finished!!

I had the pleasure of quilting two of these quilts besides my own and they were each unique in their own way!!

I made mine with fabrics I already had on hand (except for the border and sashing), so they weren’t  Civil War Reproduction fabrics, because I don’t have those fabrics.  I did try to keep most of the color choices close to the Civil War fabric colors though.  Once completed,  I chose to do a layout that would only take 49 blocks, so I put the final block on the back as part of my label.

 

Ellen  did her Civil War Sampler in Batiks.  We are thinking that Barbara Brackman might be amused about that (????), but it was a great twist on this quilt.  And because it was done in batiks, it allowed me to quilt with more modern quilting.  I love this quilt!!

 

The other quilt was done by Debbie, in reproduction  fabrics of reds, whites and blues.  It truly represented  the “Americana” look.  This quilt ended up measuring  110” x 126”.  Wow…..it was huge!!!!  The detail that was put into this from the excellent choice of colors down to the tiny prairie points was just amazing.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We talked Debbie into entering it into the local fair, where  she was awarded Grand Champion.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

After that, she entered her quilt in the Maryland State Fair and it won a 2^nd place.

We then encouraged her to enter it into the Pennsylvania National Quilt Show, where it won a 1^st place blue ribbon for Best Theme.  She really did an amazing job!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As you can see from the three different quilts that were shown here, it just takes a different color choice or layout to change the entire look of a quilt.

Have you done any Block of the Month quilts before?