Lady Liberty, Little Dolls, and a Tinman

These are last month's blocks for Sweet Land of Liberty which I didn't finish till this month.  This was a sewalong last year at Humble Quilts, repeated this year at Cheri Payne's Facebook group, which explains why I have some months' blocks completed already.

My Lady Liberty is different than Cheri's pattern.  I based this one on Robin's Liberty though they don't look much alike.  I also lengthened and widened both of these blocks.

Lady Liberty needs a face.  I think she looks very serious so perhaps I'll draw her features similar to the face on the right.  Keep it simple for a primitive quilt.

Here's Liberty and her shadow.  Don't you think she looks elegant on the right, sturdy on the left?

I finally decided to draw the words and images on the center of the sawtooth star.  I tried to find Micron pens in colors, specifically red, blue, and green, in the correct size.  I had a 50% off coupon for Michael's but they were doing a reset and had put all the pens in the back.  No help there, so I used the 08 black I already had.  I might add a little red heart and a gold star.  I traced the pattern in reverse on freezer paper then pressed the fabric to the paper and traced the pattern.  Worked like a charm.

We were to make 4 economy blocks and a dozen flying geese.  I just keep making both so I hope these aren't ones I posted last month.

I finished July's blocks the first time Lori hosted this sewalong last year.  Here they are, except for the 4 flying geese, which I didn't photograph.

Many thanks to Lori for hosting this sewalong again.  I think I might be able to finish the top this year!

--Nancy.
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