Thank you all for your wonderful comments about adopting Elsa. It's been a busy week, but every day gets a little better and easier. I made it to my sewing room for a short while!
I got the binding attached to another little quilt. Yay!
If you missed my Instagram this week. Lots of Elsa and sunny days!
Have a fantastic weekend!
Your block is so tempting! I like those carpenter tools too. Maybe the others one deal with writing, like an ink well, a quill and a right angle ruler?
ReplyDeleteWow you are done with your 1857 blocks already! I was trying to figure out what they were too. I thought that maybe the thing you called a feather was a trowel.
ReplyDeletecute doll quilt - happy friday
ReplyDeleteThat first quilt is going to be wonderful!
ReplyDeleteGood to hear that each day is getting a little better with Elsa. Love the little quilt.
ReplyDeleteLove that block! I love it when stripes make things look wonky when they are not! I think the tools around the heart are masonry tools. Trowels and a level. The quilt has other masonic symbols, so I am just guessing. Love your blocks! Glad to hear Elsa is settling in.
ReplyDeleteLove that mini quilt, great fabric choices. I need to get in my sewing room today, at least getting the top done will be progress;)
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You "do" the vintage look so well, Lori. That stripe makes the doll quilt look like something made by someone who could not afford the luxury of tossing aside a scrap to find something that was exactly straight. In other words, it looks perfect!
ReplyDeleteDon't think I have ever seen carpenter tools in applique before. : )
Love the sunrise/sunset shots in your feed. Who is that cute baby?
Interesting Blocks with Tools appliqued! I'm waiting for the call on that Doll Swap. I have some Boo boo blocks from my Circa 2016 that I can use.
ReplyDeleteA great start on your doll swap quilt! I love the plaid :0)
ReplyDeleteWonderful little doll quilt! It looks like an antique already.:)
ReplyDeleteYour 1857 blocks are awesome!! Can't wait to get mine done! Maybe next week...
ReplyDeleteAre we going to be able to meet for lunch one day? I hope so.
Did you get the little something I mailed you?
Love the whimsy of the stripe in the doll quilt. Enjoy you're weekend.
ReplyDeletelike the new blocks...I think I agree that one tool may be a trowel, another an angle and perhaps a level?
ReplyDeleteLooking forward to the swap.
Wow- you are getting a lot done! Kudos! Love the picture of you and the baby! And of course all of your quilts. Have a great weekend. :)
ReplyDeleteLooking forward to the nest small quilt.
ReplyDeleteHow cute is that little doll quilt.. i love the stripes & plaids, makes it look nice & prim!
ReplyDeleteI love the appliqued tools, they're so darn cute!!
Wow, another bound quilt, you are getting a lot done! Great start to your swap quilt! You are so talented with your fabric choices. Love the applique tools!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful doll quilt. It truly looks antique. Interesting Masonic symbols on the appliqué too so unusual to see tools on a quilt
ReplyDeleteLove that doll quilt! The stripes, the checks, that border fabric!
ReplyDeleteThe doll quilt is going to be gorgeous ! I'm impatient to discover it finished !
ReplyDeleteI wish you a wonderful weekend !
1857 is looking great. Ela is gorgeous.
ReplyDeleteHow interesting. I am certain the one which looks like an iron is an old fashioned block plane, seen sidways on, my Dad had several. The handle may be stylized a little for ease of sewing the shape. The square is for finding right angles as you have guessed and the one which looks like a trowel, might be a coping saw https://www.etsy.com/listing/95563289/vintage-coping-saws-3-vintage-hand-saws?ref=market. I would love to know!
ReplyDeleteYou have to look closely at the picture, far right of the Masonic symbols:
ReplyDeleteRight angle, and cement trowel [the feather shaped thing]. The third image looks like a grout trowel or simplified wood plane.
http://www.themasonictrowel.com/books/the_square_and_compasses_falconer/files/chapter_27.htm
I haven't done the tool blocks yet but look forward to it. They are very different designs. I like your blocks very much.
ReplyDeleteHi! I am working on the 1857 blocks too. Yours are looking good. Interesting comments on the various tools and possible meanings given by the above comments. It is truly a history lesson in the best way...Quilting!
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