Underground Railroad Sampler

Eleanor Burns & Sue Bouchard wrote " Underground Railroad Sampler" book to which Barbara decided to make the quilt. Barbara chose a range of fabrics by Stoff.

I did a photo of each block.................................(as named in the book)

underground railroad

monkey wrench

wagon wheel

carpenter's wheel

bears paw

basket

crossroads

log cabin

shoo fly

bow tie

flying geese

birds in the air

drunkard's path

sail boat

north star

underground railroad

Notice underground railroad is featured twice? Barbara needed an extra, block she made another block, in slightly different colourways & I quilted the two blocks each with a different design.
My main threads used throughout were, Madeira & Gunold.
For the sashing & first border I did free hand feathers.

For the outer border I quilted an triangular design, a feather wreath in the four outer corners & filled the background to give a look of prairie points, I also used a touch of black thread, which my assistant ( AKA ~ hubby ) thought I needed to do!
Please click on the following photo to see what I mean.
Batting is a Bamboo/cotton mix.

Then finally I draped the quilt in our apple tree.....just because!