Washington Depot Fabric; Denyse Schmidt Fabric

Washington Depot – Finished

I’m squeezing in one last blog post before the end of the month with this finished Washington Depot quilt – made with Denyse Schmidt’s Washington Depot fabric. I love the quilt, I love the fabric, and I’m pretty fond of the location I took this picture.

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These pictures were actually taken last summer (sometimes I’m slow to post finish projects) at Lake Okoboji when I was visiting my parents. Lake Okoboji is in Northwest Iowa and is lots of fun in the summer. I’ve spent many summers on the lake, and I’m hoping to make one last visit to my parents and take an end-of-season boat ride. We’ll see if that happens.

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But back to the quilt.

In my original blog post about this quilt, I wrote how this block was inspired by a vintage quilt I ran across. I’m not sure if the block has a name, but it’s pretty easy and a good one to work on slowly, like if you want to do a block a night.

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It’s also a good block for a scrappy quilt. I obviously didn’t make a scrappy quilt with this one, but I did have to mix in some solids to be able to finish my blocks. I ran out of Washington Depot fabric but I think it was a happy accident. I like the addition of the solids and think it helps break up the monotony a bit.

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The backing for this quilt is some of my favorite. At the end of 2020 Joann Fabrics introduced a Friends collection, and as a huge Friends fan of course I had to get some. It worked perfectly as a quilt back and complemented the Washington Depot Fabric.

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And with that, that’s a wrap for this quilt and for August.

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Fall is my favorite time of year so I’m looking forward to the next few months. Here’s to crisp air, pumpkin flavored everything, and Fall quilt pics.

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Happy 2020 and cheers to a new decade of quilting! First up in the new year is my Washington Depot quilt (made with Denyse Schmidt’s Washington Depot fabric).

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This quilt is made up of 30 blocks, but getting to all 30 was questionable at times. I squeezed every last inch out of the fabric and I had to throw in a few solids to make it happen. I started with fat quarters of the Washington Depot fabric, but I needed some of the fat quarters for another project so there wasn’t quite enough fabric to make all the blocks.

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I pulled some white fabric from my stash and added a few other solids to make it to the finish line.

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Now that it’s done and I can see the quilt in its entirety, I think it worked out well to use the solid white fabric and make every other block white. It helps to separate the blocks and make each of them stand out on their own.

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There’s also a solid pink, a greeny/yellow and a dark green. They don’t match perfectly with the colors in the Washington Depot fabric, but close enough to pull it all together and add another layer of color.

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Normally I would stash this finished quilt top away and think about finding fabric backing for it later, like wayyyy later, but surprisingly I found the perfect back while I was traveling over the holidays, so I might actually quilt this one sooner rather than later. I’m very excited about the fabric back and can’t wait to share it with you.

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By the way, this quilt block was inspired by a vintage quilt. I don’t know the name of the block or if it even has a name, but if anyone does know please share.

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That’s a wrap on my first blog post and quilt share for 2020. Here’s to many more!