Falling In Love With Civil War Quilts and Reproduction Fabric

     I just bought my first book on Civil War quilts by Kathleen Turner "Civil War Sewing Circle."  Looking forward to making the Union Stars Quilt in this book.

  Link to the Amazon listing for the book is here.

  I'm going to start collecting my fabrics for this quilt.  I saw one on Google done in red, white, and blue.  It was very, very, very pretty.

Eight Point Civil War "Buckshot" Pin Cushion Project

    I finished it.  I filled my pin cushion with emery.  Almost 2 cups of it.  The pattern is here.  When I decided to use emery to fill it I knew I would have to make little pouches for the emery to put inside the main pieces of the pin cushion.  So I cut my white fabric squares 4 1/4" (just a 1/4" smaller than the main squares).  They worked perfectly.  The only downside to using emery is that the emery settles in the bottom of the pin cushion and the top 1/3" of each piece is kind of empty.   I was surprised at how long it took me to finish this project, but I love it, so it was worth it.

  Here is a picture of all the emery pieces.

Here are the blue pieces filled with the emery pouches.  The blue fabric is a civil war reproduction fabric I bought on line.

All assembled with a yo yo and button top.

View from above with all the octopus arms.