Myrtle and Our Little Red Schoolhouse Quilts

Been quite some time since I've posted a quilting project. Longarm is still in action, but lately, since last August of 2015. Myrtle McGinty and I have been working on our Little Red Schoolhouse Quilts. We've each made one. They are alike...I like to think of them as Sisters Quilts.

Houses and Wreaths

We cut and machine pieced the houses. Sewed the blocks together with setting squares, then marked the quilt top for hand quilting. Yes, you heard rightly...HAND QUILTING!

The quilt measures approximately 70x82.  The quilting is overall diagonal lines with feathered wreaths in the setting squares.

Myrtle showing the fence rail border 

We designed a fence rail border that was inspired by an antique quilt we saw. We pieced the border with one inch strips and appliqued the fence posts over the border "railing."

At the rate we are quilting our individual quilts we think we'll be done February 2017...we're aiming for Valentines Day!