County Line Quilts: Sally’s Cousin Quilt

About to Go Under Longarm Needle

The Short Cousins made blocks in 2011 so that each one of us could have a Cousin Quilt. Each cousin selected a theme and color scheme. Sally asked that each Cousin simply recreate the block they made for their own quilt for her quilt. Therefore, her quilt is quite a selection of colors and themes. There are 12 cousins minus Guy. Sally never completed her Cousin Quilt because there wasn’t a block for Guy. This year I decided to make a block for Guy and complete the quilt. Guy likes desert tortises, so I made a turtle block for him. One of the memories from my youth was going on a trip with Uncle Vaughn and family. We had to stop a lot so Guy could rescue desert tortises that were getting too close to the road. That’s why I made the gray corner—to represent the road. I also remember Guy feeding prickly pear fruit to the tortises he collected, so I added a “tuna” to the block. I bought the pattern that I used to make the tortise from an internet web site. To make a quilt with 13 blocks I added a plain block between the Cousin blocks. The plain blocks were made with fabric Sally selected for the back. Hopefully the quilt will be big enough for Sally’s antique 3/4 bed (it was Tata’s bed when she was a girl).

Size: 75 1/2" x 75 1/2" Double bed size for a bed with a footboard and head board.
Quilting: Quilted in an overall meander, loose stipple in the plain blocks, a spiral design in the sashing, and around the designs in the Cousin blocks. Free form quilting. Used cream 100% polyester thread (Omni from Superior Threads-named "Cream"). 7 bobbins. Quilting by Patty.
Backing: Gray tonal print backing from my inventory.
Batting: 100% cotton, Winline “Back to Basics”
Piecing by Short Cousins, assembly by Patty
Pinned into frame August 10, 2018. Quilting on long arm quilter August 10-17, 2018. (Patty).
Binding by Patty. Used the same plain gray that was used for the sashing, fabric from my inventory.
QC by Spencer