No Blue Skies this Week

The weather can have a definite affect

on your desire to sew or not to sew.

It's been very hot and dry here in Colorado,

no rain for well over a month,

and now there are fires near by.

I know many of you in Australia and

other parts of the states

understand how the air can change so dramatically.

No blue skies this week and 

I really haven't gotten much sewing done this week. 

Adding a few bindings was the best I could do,

but I did get one quilt finished.

"Patriotic Logs"

36" x 36"

This pattern was in the 2020 Quilt Calendar

by that Patchwork Place designed by

Carol Hopkins.

This antique quilt was the inspiration.

It was made by Amanda Beitler, (1920"s)

a worker at the Collegeville Flag Factory in Pennsylvania, using

scraps of flag bunting.

This quilt was made with two slightly different blocks.

Some blocks began with red logs and

the others began with white logs.

It was a great little quilt

to use lots of different red and white strips.

Digging deep into the red and white bins

many old fabrics were pulled and sewn.

(Notice the 2000 date)

Finishing this log cabin quilt seemed

appropriate as four major fires burn through

acres and acres of Colorado forest 

where lodge pole pines, which have been decimated

by a pine bark beetle, are dry and brittle.

Our gratitude goes out to those fire crews

who are managing these terrible fires.

Hopefully, the skies will clear soon

and some much needed rain will fall.

It might help to bring back my sewing mojo!

Until Next Time-

Kyle