Archive for September, 2009

• Vintage Halloween Embroidery Transfers

  Halloween is a big deal in our family — especially for my sister, Mary. Every year she decorates her whole house and has a big family party. Also, my little brother, Larry, was born on Halloween, so we always made a big fuss over him. Larry was born with many health and [...]

  September 30th, 2009

• Crazy Baseball Quilt

  These block pieces were purchased on ebay in 2002.  They fabric scraps were hand stitched to a foundation of 1943 newspaper pages.  The stitches were not as close as I would have liked, but I couldn’t figure out how to go over her stitching.  In the end I just removed the newspaper — then [...]

  September 27th, 2009

• Elliott’s Embellished Overalls

  When my son, Elliott, was little, I loved to decorate his denim overalls with leftover trim pieces and embroidery stitches. As he grew taller, I’d cut that pair into shorts and stitch a new one with long pants. Once he started kindergarten, he told me he didn’t want to wear overalls anymore. I [...]

  September 25th, 2009

• Floral Patchwork Table Topper #2

  I just finished this second floral table topper, made with some of the same fabrics as the first one posted last month. This topper contains a smaller selection of vintage fabrics, but it has the addition of some old, hand-crocheted edging. The patches were already cut, so I was thrilled to discover that [...]

  September 23rd, 2009

• 1945 French Coloring Book

  This is a little coloring book (6″ x 8″) with only 14 pages — with the exception of page yellowing, it is in perfect condition. Linda Lou’s daddy might have bought this for her in France while he was waiting to be shipped home at the end of the war. My father was [...]

  September 21st, 2009

• Crocheted Doily #2

  Last week when I was taking photos of some of the things I’ve made for my sister, Sally, she brought out this little doily which I had forgotten about. My mother-in-law also showed me a doily on one of her bedroom walls that I made for her. When I saw them, I did [...]

  September 18th, 2009

• Flower Garden Applique Doll Quilt

  I wish I could remember where I saw this quilt pattern. It must have been in one of my books, but now I can’t find it, of course — this is always a problem for me. The original quilt may have had 2 petals, because I vaguely remember my husband telling me it [...]

  September 16th, 2009

• Rob Peter to Pay Paul Doll Quilt

  There are many quilt patterns referred to as RPTPP — two of the most common are the one that looks like Orange Peel and this design, which is essentially a set of 4 Drunkard’s Path blocks. I first saw this quilt in one of my books from the 70’s — Once Upon a [...]

  September 15th, 2009

• Postage Stamp Basket Doll Quilt

  This little quilt was made for my sister, Sally, in 2004. The basket design is based on a USPS 13¢ stamp series issued on March 8, 1978. I think I remember that the 4 stamps were connected with all of the handles toward the middle, which is the set you usually see [...]

  September 13th, 2009

• Embroidered Circus Quilt – Blocks 1 – 6

  Here are half of the circus quilt blocks — they are so much faster to stitch than the alphabet blocks.  Two more rows and then I’ll start drafting the elephant border which I hope works okay with the size of my blocks. It would probably be more efficient to design the whole quilt at [...]

  September 11th, 2009