Les Bleus d’Alsace 2026 Quiltalong- Part 1 Cutting

 This should be easy The hard part may be deciding what fabric to use. Feel free to mix it up!

I used light shirting with small blue prints.

You need to cut nine- 2 1/2" squares (they can all be different or you can duplicate)

Then you will need ninety-six 1 1/2" squares. of the shirtings. You should have an even number of specific prints. (at least 2 should be the same) 

I'm considering these my mediums.

Here is the photo from the intro- my mediums

Cut sixteen 4 1/2" squares. I have a couple of duplicates. 

The print on the right is my dark. The others would have worked but I wanted all of my darks to be the same print. Cut twenty-four 4 1/2" x2 1/2 rectangles.

Who is up for a raffle?! The cozy quilt raffle is LIVE- HERE. Quilts and block have been donated and now we are raising money for Faith Seeds in Guatemala. Your "purchase" sponsors kids whose families work in the garbage dump so they can go to school and our after school program! Thank you for helping out!

My "baby" turned 40 yesterday! I was happy we were able to meet him for lunch. 

It was a beautiful day but because it was so bright I couldn't see how blurry this was! I love it anyway!!

Have a great weekend!

Carrefour - the European Quilt Show Part 2

This photo was taken of vineyards right from our hotel balcony. 


This was a more traditional quilt display. I tried to get the makers of each one but I may have missed a couple. Enjoy!

Love the flying geese!

Love that conversation print! It pays to take a close look!

This was a favorite! Love the red quilting lines!

It is such an amazing quilt!

 Not only were we surrounded by vineyards, we were surrounded by fairy tale villages!

I believe these are geraniums. 

This is one village the quilts were being displayed in. 

The Sainte-Croix-aux-Mines National Necropolis

History: Built to honor soldiers who died during fierce World War I combat in the Vosges mountains, especially the August 1914 clashes in the mountain passes. 

Always mixing my love for history in my travels. 

Les Bleus d’Alsace 2026 Quiltalong

For our 2026 quilalong, I had a plan but after visiting Alsace, a region in France, my brain led me a different way. 

So here we are- my inspiration was this lovely gray/blue I kept seeing!

Just a little peak on the right.

 

This was the airbnb my daughter and I stayed in 2015. Blue shutters have stole my heart!

Swatches at the linen museum.

And, of course, this quilt displayed in France from the International Quilt Museum.

I've gathered up a few bits of gray/blues and blue printed shirtings. I have one print that is a dark blue. I had to dig deep! I wish I had more French General blues. The quilt will measure about 22" square. 

If you want to sewalong, start digging for the fabrics you'd like to use. 

The name of our quilt is Les Bleus d'Alsace or The Blues of Alsace. Feel free to rename it if you decide NOT to use blues. 

Let me know, either in comment or email to humblequilts@gmail.com if you plan on joining!

Have a lovely week!

PS, I have vintage linens from France in my Etsy store! Check it out HERE  if you'd like. (search linen)