The Great Bazaar and some more blocks

Emma Florence LeConte Furman writes in her diary January 18th, 1864: "Well, our great bazaar  opened last night, and such a jam! I was at the State house helping to arrange the tables until four o'clock so I was thoroughly tired" ......."Some beautiful imported wax dolls, not more than twelve inches high, raffled for five hundred dollars, and one very large doll I heard was to raffle for two thousand. Why, as Uncle John says, "one could buy a live negro baby for that! - How can people afford to buy toys at such a time as this! However, I suppose speculators can. A small sized cake at the Tennessee table sold for seventy-five dollars."

 I have made some more January blocks this weekend: Telegram (Jan. 25, 1863)

 Loveley miniature shoo fly blocks 3 1/2", and four of them makes the whole block.

 And Misleading Dispatch (Jan. 27, 1863)

 Some of these blocks can take hours to make, and still they aren't perfect... I think that some of them are like small diamonds, so beautiful! The square above measures 3 1/2".

I hoped to make all the January blocks this month, but I think I have to work on Bonnie's mystery the rest of the month. And on Sunday I have a date with a blog friend, a sew together.

Looking forward to see Satu's blocks!

No har eg laga nokre fleire CWD-blokker, frå januar månad. Eg hadde håpa å lage alle januarblokkene denne månaden, men det ser eg er urealistisk. Eg må gjere ein innsats på Bonnie-mysteriet, og søndag har eg sysamandate med ei bloggveninne! Eg tykkjer eg er flink å fokusere no!

Desse blokkene er kjempetidkrevande og kjempepirkete å lage, men eg ser på dei som små smykke som eg blir glad i. Eg er ikkje halvvegs enda, men det nærmar seg. Teppet har i alt 121 blokker, og ikkje mange av dei kan seiast å vere av det enkle slaget. Utfordringar! Eg elskar

å leike meg med alle repro-stoffa eg har i samlinga mi.