Archive for November, 2009

• Vintage Bark Cloth Table Topper

  One more present down — many more to go. Table toppers are so fun to make, and I think they’re especially pretty if you have some vintage decorator fabric scraps in your stash. These bark cloth pieces were left over from a round of tote bag sewing. Bark cloth is generally pretty [...]

  November 29th, 2009

• Happy Thanksgiving!

  Animal Friends
  Merrill Publishing, 1939

  November 26th, 2009

• Vintage Mother Goose Paint Book Pages

  These are pages from a late 1930s paint book.  The 128 pages appear to be drawn by several illustrators, which was not usual in these very old coloring books. I think these Mother Goose pages have a unique and interesting style. Of course, I was also thinking they would make wonderful quilt blocks, [...]

  November 24th, 2009

• Rail Fence Baby Quilt

  This little quilt was made with scraps from vintage floral sheets and pillowcases which I purchased on Etsy.   The fabric is mostly 50/50 polyester and cotton blend — it’s very soft, but not as nice to sew with as 100% cotton fabric.  Because the patterns are so similar and there was no way to create [...]

  November 22nd, 2009

• More Vintage Christmas Embroidery Transfers

  I’ll have a few Christmas presents to show pretty soon, but while I’m working on them, I’ll keep posting these old transfers.

  November 21st, 2009

• Vintage Christmas Embroidery Transfers

  I realize it’s not even Thanksgiving yet, but these are large designs and I thought they would take a while to stitch.  These are from a Fashion Folder – Holiday Patterns vintage transfer booklet.  There are lots more smaller transfers which I plan to post soon.

  November 20th, 2009

• Lord Baltimore Quilt Pieces

  I’ve been very busy lately working on my Christmas gifts. The embroidered basket quilt is going well — the center quilting is finished and I’ve quilted about half of the border. The second embroidered pillowcase is languishing, but today I should be able to finish the top of  a Rail Fence baby quilt [...]

  November 18th, 2009

• Vintage Thanksgiving Embroidery Transfers

  Hope it’s not too late for you to stitch up some of these cute Artex Thanksgiving transfers. There are several more in my Flickr Set.

  November 15th, 2009

• Embroidered Basket Quilt — a change

  There was something about that printed border on this quilt that just didn’t look right to me. I’m not sure what it was — maybe there was too much red — but something bothered me, even though I truly love that fabric. Finally, I just removed both borders and replaced them with a [...]

  November 13th, 2009

• Remembering Our Veterans

  Saalfield Publishing, 1944

  November 11th, 2009