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| Friendship Star |
I have made several quilt blocks from the book
The Farmer's Wife Sampler Quilt by Laurie Aaron Hird.
My sweet mother was a farmer's wife in Oklahoma. Laurie's book is full of wonderful letters from farmer's wives telling their story about life on the farm, along with wonderful quilt blocks to make a Farmer's Wife Sampler quilt.
I am using Summer House by Lily Ashbury for Moda to make my blocks.
I decided to use one of my quilt blocks to decorate a simple tea towel for
Click on the pictures for a closer view.
First I ironed the quarter inch seam allowance around the quilt block.
Then I machine stitched the block to the tea towel using some green thread.
I added hand stitching in bright green and blue crochet thread, and some white lace.
The Friendship Star is one of the first quilt blocks that I learned to make years ago.
I have more tea towels to play with, don't you think these would make cute gifts!
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Really pretty - I love the Summer House fabric x
ReplyDeleteThis is so cute. Just love it!
ReplyDeleteA nice project to use a single block. A friendship block is great in a tea towel for a hostess or housewarming gift.
ReplyDeletelooks great! Love the colours! =D
ReplyDeleteThis towel is lovely.....and you finished it off so beautifully! Now I want to decorate all of my towels! Thanks for the inspiration!
ReplyDeleteI really like that you set it on point. It looks great with the hand stitching and lace!
ReplyDeleteElizabeth -- it is simply beautiful! I love the colors the accent stitching and the block on point !
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing.
The friendship star is one of my favorite too !
Karen
I love this! They would make perfect gifts and I may have to whip up some for myself.
ReplyDeleteWonderful idea! The stitching detail is a perfect embellishment, too.
ReplyDeleteI love that!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great idea -- I love the stitching around the block! Thanks for linking up to {Sew} Modern Monday and have a great week!
ReplyDeleteVery cool! Love the colors!
ReplyDeleteYou can never have too many tea towels, especially lovely ones like this!
ReplyDeleteReally pretty :o)
ReplyDeleteLove the colors and the fabric used.
ReplyDeleteGreat idea.
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