Pilgrims and Pioneers: Quilt Block Projects

Welcome To Pilgrims and Pioneers!

After many years of researching my family geneaology I have been lucky enough to discover actual information about my relatives that lived in the Pilgrim Era and the Pioneer Era- while many people also have realtives from those eras- many do not know their names or where they lived- actually seeing the proof in print makes you much more aware of who they really were.
After discovering these relatives it of course made me curious to learn more about the eras that they lived in and what their lives were like as, the history I learned in grade school had long since been forgotten.
I decided to start this blog for others who are also interested in these eras.
Some of the information here will be actual facts about my realtives and some will be information about the eras in general that I have found on the web.
I hope you will enjoy traveling back in time with me!

Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Quilt Block Projects

It occured to me that if you have never made a quilt- a full quilt might be intimidating- or perhaps you do not have enough fabric on hand to make a lot of blocks in one color.
You can make each block out of different fabric for a scrappy look- these are usually quite wonderful!
One block can be a pillow top- or a tote bag front.
Three blocks can be a table runner.
Six blocks can be a doll quilt or a wall hanging.
Try using up scraps out of your stash like the pioneer women would have for some no cost decorating!