The seller of this top thought it was made more recently than the other antique quilts at the estate sale she attended. The brightness of the double pink and poison green prints does make it look newer than quilts made with darker fabrics from this period. The top is 76″ x 80″, and is in…
Month: July 2011
Bride and Groom Chair Backs
I’m happy to have a diversion from making napkins and crepe paper flowers. This was actually a really fun project, and it was quick and easy to make from stuff you probably already have (if you’re anything like me). Both backs are constructed from one vintage pillowcase with a crocheted edge, and the embroidery is…
Hand Embroidered Wedding Napkins
I have no idea what’s going on in blogland these days, but here at the Gray home, it’s all about napkins. Trimming, hemming, pressing, and tying 130+ napkins with a little gold bow. Although I have 2 weeks until the shower and 6 weeks until the wedding, there is still so much to do. I…
Vintage 9-Patch Quilt Top — Redo (Version 2)
This evening I cut and pasted the photo of the new block to get an idea of how it was going to look as a whole top. Although I knew the blue sashing was going to make a big change in the look of the quilt, I thought that would be a good thing and…
Vintage 9-Patch Quilt Top — Redo
There are probably many of you who are not shocked that I decided to take this top apart. After all, my motivation for purchasing old tops and blocks is always to take them apart and remake them. I am not a vintage quilt collector — I’m a quilter who likes to make quilts with vintage…
Vintage Nine-Patch Quilt Top
This scrappy quilt top was purchased last year on ebay. It is entirely hand pieced with vintage dress fabrics (no feedsacks), and measures a generous 68″ x 86″ with finished squares measuring 1″. I really like the random selection of prints and colors and, although I have spent a fair amount of time looking at…
Laura Wheeler – Flower of Autumn Quilt Pattern
Recently, I purchased a couple of groups of 1930s Dresden Plate blocks in various stages of completion. As usual with these old blocks, the muslin fabric is discolored, but all of the print pieces are in good condition. Because I’ve made several Dresden Plate and Grandmother’s Fan type quilts, I really wanted to try something…
Vintage Workbasket Transfers – 4th of July
I guess it might be a little late to stitch one of these up for tomorrow. On the other hand, if you start now, you would surely have them done by next 4th of July.
Vintage Dresden Plate Quilt
This is a quilt made by the grandmother of my friend, Cathy. The print fabrics, and probably the solid yellow as well, appear to be from the 1930s. It was quilted, however, using a more modern polyester batting, so I suspect that the top was probably completed in the 1930s or 1940s, and was then…