This was a series quilt from Stitch ‘n Sew magazine in 1978. Unfortunately, I only have the Mar/Apr and May/June issues, which means I only have full-sized patterns for the first 5 of 16 blocks. Fortunately, I was able to scan, clean and enlarge a small drawing of all of the patterns (although the detail…
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ABC Embroidered Quilt Block – Umbrella
This is the perfect Pacific Northwest item for the letter U. This one went lots faster, so maybe I will be able to post a block every other day if I continue to trade off between the easier and more complex drawings. This weekend I am going to lay out some of my vintage triangles…
McCall’s Monday — Design for Children’s Outline Motifs
These catalog illustrations are tiny, but hopefully they are simple enough, and I’ve scanned them at a high enough resolution, that you will be able to trace them. Simple and attractive are the little picture motifs shown above for working in colored strand cottons. Flower girl in center is 3 1/8″ x 3 1/4 inches, 2…
Walker’s Hot iron Transfers #102 – Children’s Wear
There are a lot of transfers in this envelope — 3 big sheets filled with small and medium designs. These are numo transfers — they have raised blue dots and are one use only. Although none of the transfers had been used, they were a little brittle and some of the dots had flaked off,…
More Jolly Rhymes of Mother Goose – Lois Lenski, 1922
I’m not sure, but it seems to me that many children today cannot recite nursery rhymes. This is certainly true at the elementary school where I work, but since more than half of our students are Asian, their parents may not be familiar with the whole Mother Goose thing. Maybe the rhymes are thought to…
ABC Embroidered Quilt Top
This top was finished a few days ago, but I just got around to photographing it today. You’ll have to take my word for it that it looks much better in person. This is a hard quilt to photograph — for some reason the embroidered blocks always look sort of washed out (especially the lighter…
ABC Embroidered Quilt Block – Nurse
My plan was to post one of these blocks every other day, but I’m finding that to be a pretty tight schedule. Anyway, here’s my new block — N is for Nurse. I think she’s sweet and I really like her hairdo. Some blocks are less complex, so I think I’ll start trading off and…