Quilting on an Old Project

Here is what is left of a project that started out sometime in about 1996  and that was going to be a full size quilt.  The idea came from a really lovely 1997 calendar with  wonderful embroidered blocks and the chain blocks.   After I had it started and was working on it a lot, my life went through a big change with the loss of my husband, selling our home and moving into this little condo.  Everything for this quilt was in a big plastic bin and it just kind of stayed in the basement waiting for me to get back to it.  I would get it out and work on it once in a while but just never really could get too enthused with it again.  So here it is about 15 years later and during the past year I got it out and put this much together for a wallhanging.  The rest of it I bundled up and put in our bazaar we have in connection with the guild's quilt show.  One of the Q2 members bought it and I even found some more of the background fabric for her so hopefully she will be able to make something out of it also.  Today, I layered and pinned it and have started quilting. 

Here is a closeup of one of the blocks.  I have used this pattern several times in my quilts - I think it is so pretty.

Here is the little bird block - note all the older fabric in this piece.  It would be much different if I laid it out today.  However, I still love the look of the little old prints and think they add a lot of interest.  (Click to enlarge)