In 2007 I read a book called Worth Doing Twice. The book spoke on taking a quilt that is less than desirable apart and remaking it. I call it reconstruction. For me that meant taking a quilt that was either poorly made or deteriorating in parts and remaking it so that it is a quilt that can be used. For the most part, to this date my reconstructed quilts started out as either uncompleted blocks or lopsided quilt tops. I have not taken apart a whole quilt, yet. Can I see myself doing a whole quilt....yes, even if only for the challenge of it.
After reading the book I was motivated to finding something to work with. First place I went to was eBay. That is where I found these blocks. They were all attached into a partially finished top, without borders. It may be difficult to see from the few pictures I provided, but I am assuming the top never got finished because of the wonky logs. The top was bigger on one side than the other by over 1". This is a true scrap bag quilt. Some of the fabrics were not cotton and mostly clothing material.
I was drawn to the top by the soft colours and the look of age. It would be difficult to duplicate this quilt, because of a lot of older fabrics were used from someone's scrap bag. I really like the affect of these older fabrics that you just cannot duplicate even with using the reproduction materials they have out these days. When I got the package in the mail, first thing I did was wash the quilt. I figure that the fabrics need to show me they are study enough to be made into another quilt, and besides I don't want to be working with someone else's dirt.
The picture above was my design wall at the time, with the quilt partially reconstructed.
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