Happy 4th

 Happy Independence Day

First off I'll show you my patriotic quilts. I've always loved this first one. The colors are just the right shades of reds, whites, and blues. I've had this brass bed for 50 years now. A client owed my dad money and they bartered for this old brass bed. Which he then gifted to me. It had 6-7 coats of paint we had to remove and then polished her up. She's got dents, she has a broken side rail (that side sits on a stool and is clamped). All these years later I still love my brass bed.

This was called chopsticks and made with a 60' ruler, very fun to make.

This quilt started off with the eagle panel and some leftover red, white and blue blocks. It was my first time using a panel. In person this is a wonderful quilt.

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Then the rugs,

A Sally Kallin design from a class  several  years ago. I had her change the center from Sweet Home to a flag 

This was from 20 years ago. It's way bright. I might just dunk it in the walnut bath when I do the scrappy rug.

Then what I've been working on.

I got this far on the pumpkin rug. Just a few berries, then fill in to do. I'm going to put it aside to take to the Wool Basket Keepers hook in at the end of the month. I'll meet Lauren in Toledo then head on over to Shipshewana, Indiana. I'm hoping to have it all done by fall. 

Since I'm putting that aside I got my scrappy chicken rug out. This was from a Jenny Smallridge class last month. Scrappy indeed. 

Happy a wonderful, fun-filled holiday,

Sue