Crown Royal Quilt

OLD KING COLE'S CROWN

That's the name of the pattern I used to make this quilt from Crown Royal bags.

 I choose the pattern from a stack of quilt patterns my friend Sherri gave me that were her mother's. It was printed in the Kansas City Star newspaper in 1929. The minute I saw it I knew I wanted to use it for this quilt.

I first cut the bags all apart and found fabric that I thought would accent the gold embrodiery of the bags. The white fabric has a pale gold scroll print through it but I wasnt able to capture it in the picture.

 

Through trial and error, I managed to figure out each piece and made my first block.  Then I cut all the pieces out.  Soooo, when I pieced the rest of the blocks, I apparently didn't look at the original one I made, which is a bit different from the pattern.

   Oh well, who will notice.  Remember, there always needs to be a mistake in each quilt. (I think I have that part down pat!)

Looking through the fabric stores, I wasn't able to find a purple fabric to match the flannel of the bags.  I decided I would use the rest of the bags and piece them together to make the back. 

The picture doesn't show how many different shades of purple the bags are. I had so much time in making the back as I did the front!

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BABY TIME

I have a co-worker who is expecting her first child. Instead of making a quilt I decided to make a quilted changing pad and bibs from fabric I had on hand.


She is having a boy so I went with darker colors on the pad incase there was an 'accident' it wouldn't show as much.  I made a small bag that it folds up into so it's easy to pack and go!

The bibs are so adorable!

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I'm always working on many project, even one of my own vintage quilts from 1978 . Hope everyone is enjoying the fall days.  I know I am!

Thanks for visiting,

Cinder