Archive for June, 2009
ABC Embroidered Quilt Block – House
This house took even longer to stitch than the owl. Originally I was going to use the little roof shingles as the filler in the letters, but I just couldn’t do any more of those. I decided to do the window pattern instead which was way easier, but I wish I’d made the [...]
ABC Embroidered Quilt — Triangles
Preparing these quilt pieces has taken a lot longer than I thought. Of course, I’ve done this lots of times before, but I never really kept track of how much time I spent (since I didn’t have blog deadlines).
First, I only had enough of the smallest size salesman sample triangles for half [...]Vintage Anchor Embroidery Transfers
This little folder was tucked in with a group of vintage patterns I purchased from Great Britain. There is no date, and although I expect they are pretty old, they’re in perfect condition. The transfers are printed on parchment type paper and I’m sure they would iron just fine, but I’m not [...]
ABC Embroidered Quilt Block – Elephant
The elephant was finished several days ago, but I have been busy pressing, drawing, cutting and sorting a gazillion little vintage triangles for the sashing strips. Although I had settled on the pinwheel pattern, I tried several different versions — all prints, scrappy prints & white, scrappy prints & solids — but finally decided on [...]
Happy Father’s Day, Gordon
Emily, Gordon and Elliott, 1986
Simplicity Needlework Catalog – Baby Puff & Baby Quilt
I love both of these little quilts from the 1948 Simplicity Needlework Catalog, and I even have the original pattern for the Lilies of the Valley Baby Puff. The transfer is very faded and I’m not sure it would even work, so I would probably draw over the pattern and trace it onto the [...]
Karen’s ABC Blocks
Thank you everyone for your 100th post congratulations and comments on the give-away. It was lots of fun and I will definitely do it again.
My friend, Karen, is also stitching the ABC blocks. She just sent me a link to her photos and I wanted to share her cute interpretation of the patterns. You will [...]And the winner is….
Meet Jackson and Nabilah, the two cute kindergarten students who agreed to assist me with the drawing.
Nabilah draws the name of the lucky winner.
And the winner is…..
Congratulations, Sue! I will e-mail you today for your address so I can get your package ready to ship this weekend.
100th Post Give-Away
I started my blog on December 3, 2008 and can hardly believe I’ve managed to come up with 100 posts. One thing is certain — it does motivate me to get things done so I have something to photograph every couple of days. I’ve met some really nice people and I look forward [...]
Dresden Plate Quilt
This quilt was started in 2004 when I purchased 15 vintage Dresden Plate blocks on ebay. A few of the blades needed to be replaced, and I exchanged the yellow centers for pink ones. The additional 5 plates were made up from some of my vintage scraps and the blades for the ice [...]
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