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| Doc's Folly |
I love vintage quilt block designs, and Propeller is one of my favorites. Published as Air Ship Propeller in the Kansas City Star around 1938, you could buy the pattern by mail order. I requested this custom die from Blue Wren a few years ago and Norma added it to their catalog.
My latest version features black, cream, light red, and melon remnant prints. It has a kind of steam punk look with this coloring. I designed it in EQ8 and cut most of the pieces last November. I pieced the block in January on Annie, my Singer Featherweight 221, also using it to applique the center circles.
As
I was arranging the blocks on my design board, my husband walked in
and wondered if I could shift the rows, and I love the effect. He
also helped choose the center circle fabric, and named the quilt
Doc's Folly. He's a wonderful supporter of my quilting obsession and
definitely a keeper!
I used a tan vine print sheet for backing, and free motion quilted in a large meandering stitch with tan thread on the Janelle, my Janome MC9450. Finished size is 50” square, and it's folded over the love seat in our living room right now.
See
you next week!
Dies used:
Blue
Wren 6924 Propeller 10” block
Accuquilt
55017 Strips 2½”
binding
