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)
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underground railroad
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| monkey wrench |
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| wagon wheel |
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| carpenter's wheel |
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| bears paw |
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| basket |
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| crossroads |
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| log cabin |
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| shoo fly |
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| bow tie |
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| flying geese |
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| birds in the air |
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| drunkard's path |
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| sail boat |
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| north star |
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| 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!
