Appliques

I borrowed a book from the local library, it's American Quilts & Coverlets in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.It has many beautiful quilts.

But I fell in love with one called Oak Leaf Quilt, it's  maker is unknown and it's made ca. 1860.I read everything about it and made a sketch, wich is not very good but gives you the idea.

I also made templates

and started my first block after i found almost similar fabrics from my local fabric store.

So this is going to be my second applique quilt for this year. Esther Aliu's lovely BOM Diamond Hill estheraliu.blogspot.com  is the other.

Riikka