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Today I finished the swap Tumbler Quilt, and I am excited to put it in the mail. After considering several different quilting designs, I ended up outline quilting inside each tumbler piece, just like I did on my bed-sized version. I think it gives the quilt an old-fashioned look. The quilt will be a  surprise, because Lori at Humble Quilts set up the swap so that none of the participants know who is making their quilt. Hopefully, my person likes the antique fabrics in her little Tumbler Quilt -- I know I'm looking forward to receiving my surprise quilt later this month. Tumbler Doll Quilt Martha Dellasega Gray, 2014 Machine Pieced, Hand Quilted 19 x 23

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If you happened to read the update on my last post, you know that I ran into a problem on the Shoofly doll quilt for Lori's swap. I was about 3/4 done with the quilting when I encountered a block with weak fabric. It's not unusual to run across unstable fabric when you're purchasing antique tops and blocks, so I try to be very careful when I'm selecting fabrics for a quilt. This time one slipped right by me. At some point in the future, I'll probably take out all the quilting and replace the damaged block, but for now I just had to put it away and think about making a replacement quilt for the swap. While I was pondering a design for the new quilt, I walked by my remade 1886 antique quilt which hangs in the living room. I remembered that I had a leftover strip of the sashing fabric, and thought I could make a small version of the Album quilt using reproduction Civil War fabrics. The Album block is simplified for the little quilt, but the diagonal set is just the same, and I plan to use a similar quilting pattern. The top should end up about 19 square once it's quilted. I have to say that it was a nice experience working with new fabric for a change -- there are so many prints to choose from, and the fabric is much easier to work with. I still love the authentic stuff, but from now on I’m going to be a lot more rigorous about testing the strength of the fabric before I include it in a quilt.

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