Showing posts with label Barbara Brackman. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Barbara Brackman. Show all posts

Wednesday, August 13, 2014

Caught Up with Jane Austen Family Album!

Cross Patch for Mary Lloyd, wife of James Austen

Indian Star for Warren Hastings,patron of Jane's Cousin Eliza Hancock

Well I finally caught up with the block of the week Barbara Brackman has been doing, Austen Family Album.

Each block represents an Austen family member, and Barbara includes a great little bio. 



Thursday, April 10, 2014

A Jane Austen Family Album

Barbara Brackman's new block of the week is a Jane Austen Family Album and I am going to try to participate by actually making the blocks this time.

I have followed her last projects and always enjoy her posts and learn a lot. Her last block of the week was Grandmother's Choice which celebrated the women's right to vote.

I have been so busy on Love Entwined I hardly get anything else done. I am embroidering the second border, but have yet to cut out and baste the longer side borders. This will take me a week or so to do! Applique is always a good summer project. Meantime, my hand quilting my Green Heroes quilt has stopped, and I never put the border on my Dickens quilt yet. I can't keep up!

I am using French General fat quarters I bought a while back and added two more fabrics from my stash, a dark red and a cream. I will need to get some more fabrics if I am to complete the entire quilt.

Here is block one, Bright Star, to represent Jane Austen.



I may remake the block and add a print instead of the grey on beige floral stripe. But at least... I did it!