Fussy cutting is all the rage now but it is definitely nothing new and has been done for hundreds of years. Here's a wonderful example from the 1880s. Ships Wheel Block.
Enjoy. Be sure to click on photos to see the details.
Have Quilts, Will Travel. Love sharing my amazing antique quilt collection in trunk shows, classes, patterns, etc. I'd love to share them with you.
I love the fly fabric in the first block and the greyhound and sword fighting stick figures (?!) in the 2nd one. Except for equipment (rotary cutters & rulers) and some materials (glue-on sparkle bits), it seems most of the newly popular things are re-visiting the old.
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