December Cheddarback Blocks 39-43

I have an early One Monthly Goal finish this month, finished a week ago!  Five more Cheddarback blocks (a sew-along offered by Gay Bomers at Sentimental Stitches).  With family coming into town for Christmas, I knew if I finished these blocks I could happily make Christmas preparations -- clean, decorate, shop, bake, etc.  (You see where my priorities lie, right?  Quilting before everything else?  Ha! (But not really.))

Block 39

This is a 12" block.  I didn't have a striped blue print so I used fabric from a shirt.  I thought it was perfect, then thought it was a little strong, and now I think it's probably just fine.  I struggled with the purple mourning print because I don't have many purples.  This was as close as I could come.   The original block has two different brown fabrics, too. 

Block 40

This is a 5" block.  I just love it!  The original pink was a gingham.  This was as close as I could come.  And the original was pieced; mine is appliqued.  You wouldn't believe how tiny those little triangles are!  But as I was making this I realized that if I hadn't had enough of the background fabric for a 5½" square, I may have had enough fabric if I'd pieced the block, which could have been the original maker's circumstance.  I stitched the inner sides of the hexagonal-like shapes to the center square, then turned under all the other sides except the outside edges.  I think it's imperfectly perfect.

Block 41

Again, I didn't have fabrics quite like hers.  In a previous block I used a white polka dot on red fabric and finally found it but the pieces I had left were too small.  No way was I going to piece a polka dot fabric and try to match the circles.  This is a 5" block.

(Substitute) Block 42

In the original quilt, made in the late 1800s or early 1900s, there is a swastika.  I didn't want a swastika but I didn't want to use the sweet basket block Gay offered as an alternative.  I wanted a block that would hark to the original but without the negative associations.  I came up with this red cross.  This is a 5" block.

Block 43

This was probably the easiest of the blocks to make.  The original block has the same pink gingham as Block 40 so I used the same fabric again in this block.  Consistency, you know.  The teal fabric in the original is just a tad lighter with a little white in it.  This is the closest I could come to it from the fabric I had available.  This is a 5" block.

My goal was just to get these five blocks made.  Perhaps in January I can get them sewn together with the rest of the quilt.

I'm linking this post to   the finish party at One Monthly Goal December Finish link-up at Elm Street Quilts.  Thank you for hosting, Patty.
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--Nancy.
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