Monday, April 27, 2009

New Feature on the Orphan Train...

I've decided to do a "featuring" of one of our Orphan Train volunteers. I haven't decided as yet if it will be weekly. Keep coming back to see what I decide...LOL This lovely orphan blocks quilt was recently put together by Barb, who blogs at Thinking out Loud. She makes many, many dontaion quilts, generally using semi-rescued or re-purposed fabric. There truly is such an abundance of materials to work with, without going out and buying everything new. Here's what Barb has to say about this one:"Here's a close-up of another one. I pulled from what Finn would call my orphan block stash and included a couple of blocks Debra embroidered that were left over from another project. Most of this fabric had been cut into half-square triangles for a project I never made because I decided I didn't like these fabrics together after all."
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5 comments:

  1. Very nice. For those new to this blog, can you explain more about the Orphan Train and how one can get involved or e-mail me. Hugs..

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  2. Thanks for the plug Finn. I really like the way this quilt came out, and I'm glad you like it too.

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  3. It's a very cool quilt! It's continually amazing to me how leftovers that just aren't working in one project do so well in another.

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  4. Love the way this goes together :)

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  5. Barb sent this quilt top to me and I further enlarged it with some other orphan blocks to make a top for the women's shelter. You can see the top here:
    http://debraspincicdesignstudio.blogspot.com/2009/09/from-homely-to-homey.html

    We often work like this--she starts a piece and then I add more parts to it to enlarge it. Quite fun!

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