Throwback Thursday {Volume 3}

Welcome to Throwback Thursday @ A Quarter Inch from the Edge! Into the dark and dusty quilty archives we go!

When I kicked off this link-up, I promised you the good, the bad, and the ugly. Personally, I think this one fits the bill for the latter!  I finished it in 2004... about three years into my quilting obsession.

It was only part way through the creation of the blocks for this sampler that I learned about value. The original plan didn't have much white.  In some blocks, you can hardly see the pattern at all.

 And borders! A pieced on and a tone on tone white one. What was I thinking?

As little as I like this quilt, there are a few blocks that I really enjoy, such as this log cabin. I'd do this colour combo again in a heartbeat.. though minus the centre square fabric that a quilty friend so kindly pointed out to me "looks like sperm."

 The quilt couldn't resist climbing up in this tree!

I used the quilting classic, Quilts! Quilts!! Quilts!!! by Diana McClun and Laura Nownes, as my resource for this project. They released a juiced up, modernized version in 2013. From the sneak peaks I looked at on Amazon, it looks worth having a look at!

There are 18 different blocks in all that muddled blueness. Most are 12" with a couple 6" thrown in for variety. There's a Roman Square, a Fence Rail, some Log Cabins, Ocean Waves and at least 6 different types of star blocks.
The quilting is very simple. I just outlined the blocks, likely in the ditch. I definitely ignored the quilt it every 4 inches rule" on this one. And a solid backing... nowhere for my bad quilting to hide!

In another sort of throwback, this is how I used to photograph my quilts... usually hanging from the deck railing at our home in West Pennant. And I rarely took more than one pic!

Now it's your turn... time to link up your post about a project from your quilty past and perhaps win a little something! This month's giveaway is a 25$ gift certificate from Fridays Off Fabric Shop. Apart from the fun fabric and Le Club, I also love the great shipping rates: free on Canadian orders over 125$. And it's just 2$ for orders under 20$. Anything else is a flat rate of $5.95. I'd rather buy fabric than shipping any day!

How to win? There are three ways.

1. Leave a comment on this post telling me about some of the things you did in early quilts that you'd never do again - like making blocks with virtually no contrast in value!
2. Link-up a blog post featuring a quilt from your past. Don't forget to link to A Quarter Inch from the Edge in your post or grab the Throwback Thursday button from the sidebar.
3. Leave me a comment telling me how you follow A Quarter Inch from the Edge.

If you are a no-reply blogger, please remember to leave a contact e-mail in your comment. The giveaway is open to International participants until 11:59 pm Atlantic Time on Sunday, October 4th. Good luck! Giveaway has closed.

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J

P.S. Hope to see you back on November 5th for Throwback Thursday {Volume 4}