Washington Whirlwind Quilt Completed

The Washington Whirlwind Quilt Along was the second, year-long, quilt project I participated in during 2024. These blockd where chosen to illustrate the years that Abraham Lincoln and his family were in the White House. There were 12 blocks in all. There was an option to sew 9 or 12 blocks. I decided to make 9. There are actually only 8 different blocks in my quilt. My 9th one was just too light and too lavender to sit well in the quilt!

I used my stash of 1930’s reproduction flour sack prints in this quilt. The theory is that all the 1930s colors play well together. So I just randomly pulled fabrics I liked each month. In the end I decided that maybe that theory wasn’t exactly accurate! In hindsight, I wish I had paid a bit more attention to coordinating the colors I choice.

This is a bright and lively quilt. I don’t need another sampler quilt, so this will be donated to the guild’s collection of charity quilts, to be given to a new mother and her baby. I think it will make a great tummy time quilt!