Here is the first needle turn applique block in my latest challenge quilt. I'm making a four block quilt with 4 different floral basket/vase blocks. The designs are adaptions from 4 antique quilts in my collection.
This block is the 2nd time I have borrowed the basket border design from my antique princess feather quilt. See my
prior post for my first quilt using this basket design.
Here are the 6 challenge fabrics plus my 2 optional fabrics. I picked the double pink and the yellow/ gold (close to a cheddar).
I think I've been influenced by 19th century Pennsylvania German quilts. I'd venture to say, I was a bit directed by the quilt that I've been studying recently. It is a dated 1842, signature presentation quilt from Easton, PA.
While most 19th c. applique quilts had white or off-white backgrounds, PA German quilts often had colored grounds in yellow/cheddar or blue or pink. PA pieced quilts also seem to have a freer use of pink as a neutral ground. Here's a Rocky Road from Lancaster Co., PA.
Hope you enjoyed seeing what I'm working on now and my antique influences.
