Saturday, March 28, 2009

Civil War Love Letters Quilt I

Since having been bitten by the quilting bug (yeah... thanks Dee :D), I became quite intrigued by this quilting phenomenon called "Dear Jane".  Asking Dee, "Well, whattya think?".  She laughed.  However, a few months went past and I think the lure of Jane had captured her too!  She started to amassing a collection of almost 90 different reproduction fabrics in a slew of colors, and she's still looking for more.  Yep.. she was hooked!

Dee thought that it might be a good idea to "warm up" to Jane by doing the Civil War Love Letters Quilt by Rosemary Youngs. 

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It has a compilation of 121 blocks that are 6".  Much tamer than Jane with its 225 blocks 4", made up of 5,403 pieces!  Dee is graciously sharing her stash and providing me with some long distance instructions.  The journey has begun.  I have completed 20 of the blocks so far, and I thought that I'd share.

1:  Enthusiasm

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3:  Healthful Region

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5:  Sorrows of War

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7:  Severe Fighting

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9:  No Serious Fighting

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10:  Pleasant Campaign

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11:  March to Winters Quarters

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12:  The Fall of Richmond

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15:  Tents of the Enemy

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29:  Steamboats

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53:  Last Letter Home

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58:  Florida Has Seceded

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61:  Will Virginia Secede?

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74:  Another Death

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80:  Changing Conditions

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95: History of Travels

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98:  Lonesome Place

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104:  Privilege of Communication

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112:  Numerous Excuses

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119:  Angel Visits

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Only 101 to go! ;D

3 comments:

Mean Mama said...

Holy Buckets, Batman!!!!!!

What a great start!

Leah said...

This is incredible!!!! I am so impressed.

I've been fascinated by quilting and have found a friend to get me started...she believes that I'm more of a hand-quilting type, so I'm going to begin with a simple 9-patch baby quilt.

You are an inspiration!

--Your ISE7 scarfpal

Brenda said...

You're not alone!! I have 20 blocks/triangles left to go! I started this about 4 years ago, and am trying to match reproduction fabrics as closely to the original quilt as possible. I have about 40 blocks that I've done more than once because I found better fabric ... 20 left to go out of 225. Enjoy The Journey! I know I am! :-)