Last year I started scanning and cleaning this cute book by one of my favorite illustrators, Peter Mabie. About half of the 96 pages were uncolored, requiring only a little work in Photoshop to clean up the darkened paper. The remaining pages were all colored/scribbled on by a child using a black crayon (the most…
Month: March 2014
Spring Apron Giveaway Winner
And the winner is . . . . Commenter #19, Joyce Carter Congratulations, Joyce, and thanks to everyone who participated. Because I enjoy making these aprons so much, I’m going to make the apron giveaway a regular feature on QisforQuilter.
Nancy Page Summer Garlands Quilt, 1936, Pattern #5
Links to all the patterns are located on the last post in this series.
Tumbler Doll Quilt Top
I’m pretty excited today, because I just finished this top for the doll quilt swap sponsored by Lori at Humble Quilts. Although I know the recipient of this little quilt, she doesn’t know I am the one making it for her. Of course, I don’t know who is making a quilt for me either, so…
Spring Apron Giveaway
To celebrate the beginning of Spring, I am offering this bib apron in a floral print. The apron was made from a large vintage Brunschwig & Fils decorator fabric sample, together with a vintage linen embroidered napkin, which I embellished with a bit of running stitch in embroidery floss. I then trimmed the apron with…
Nancy Page Summer Garlands Quilt, 1936, Pattern #4
UPDATE: Links to all the patterns are located on the last post in this series.
Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
An Art Deco place card to print.
Nancy Page Summer Garlands Quilt, 1936 – Pattern #3
UPDATE: Links to all the patterns are located on the last post in this series.
Mourning Lucy Miniature Quilt
This is a memorial quilt for my recently deceased almost 17 year-old dog, Lucy. I made the quilt using fabrics from antique tops and blocks, including mourning prints, shirtings, homespuns, and added some old pink pieces for my sweet girl dog. The quilting pattern in the blocks is made up of diagonal lines and circles,…
Nancy Page Summer Garlands Quilt, 1936 – Pattern #2
Pattern #2 contains the first of 20 bowknots in this design. One thing I really enjoy about Nancy Page patterns is the attention to detail in the instructions and patterns. The Page patterns assume a moderate knowledge of quilting ability (as do most vintage patterns), and there are not many illustrations, but the instructions are…
1920s Style Aprons
The past week I have been experimenting with aprons again, the pattern inspired by the aprons in my 1920s Herrschner’s catalogs. I used this same pattern for my Valentine apron, but this time I am changing it up a little by using vintage linens and adding embroidered details. To make them hang better and look…