April numbers have been announced, and a whole new month of projects is on my plate! I have another month of variety to stitch on, which makes me happy. First up is Early Americans by Little House Needleworks, which was released as separate patterns. I am doing the entire 9-part series as a single 9-patch “quilt.”
I have completed Block 1 – Betsy Ross and Block 9 – Molly Pitcher. I did a blind draw to decide which square I’ll be working on next… and the winner is John Hancock.
Early Americans was my New Year’s Day start in 2020. I feel like that was an age and a half ago! How little we knew what was coming, eh? Crazy! I am not normally a huge Americana stitcher. I have quite a few charts in my stash, but I’m not one who needs to do a ton of patriotic stitching. I don’t know… it just feels like a bit of theater, perhaps.
However… I am a huge fan of history, and I greatly appreciated that there are an even number of women featured among the men in this piece. So often women’s roles get ignored in history. I had a piece of linen that closely resembled the stitched sample, and I always love the subdued color scheme of Little House Projects. This one therefore broke my Americana-avoidance instincts.
I loved the look of the individual little pillows, but for this one, I wanted to put them all together on one piece – so a nine-patch quilt it is. I love how many Little House – and Country Cottage – series work up this way, giving the stitcher a bunch of different options for their finishing decisions.
I started with the individual squares once I completed the Betsy Ross square so I could get a sense of the finished size. It’s really not that big, especially on 40 count. The Betsy Ross square stitched up quickly… but Molly Pitcher and that huge house did not. John Hancock is a lighter square, though. I might be able to get it done this month while playing one of the stitching games on Semi Sane Stitchers.
This one is a long-term goal piece. I have no time line for completing it, but look forward to eventually doing so. Once this is complete, I’ll likely put another Little House 9-patch into my rotation. I love her primitive style!
Happy stitching,
Mel.
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I get how you feel about this one – heck, I might want to stitch this, and I’m not even American! Love the history content, though. Good luck getting another block in!