'Quilts' Category
Appliqued Scottie Doll Quilt Top
This is Phase 2 of the doll quilt kit samples — one down, and two more to go. Years ago on ebay I saw a vintage scottie quilt with a similar diagonal set with the striped setting triangles, and I always wanted to try it. I think it turned out pretty cute. A couple of [...]
Crazy Doll Quilt Blocks
Because I wanted a break from cutting thousands of little kit quilt pieces, yesterday I decided to try some small crazy quilt blocks. In the past, I have used top stitching on my crazy blocks, because I enjoy making curved and odd shaped pieces. I do like the look of more weird shapes, but the [...]
Embroidered Bunny Doll Quilt Top
Here in the Pacific NW, it has been dreary and raining for the past week. We got a little bit of sun last week, but I was still so jealous of the warm spring weather everyone else seemed to be enjoying. Anyway, to cheer myself up, I decided to make a springy little doll quilt. [...]
Feedsack Charm Doll Quilt Top – Little “O”
The only place I could find this pattern is on the first page of Maggie Malone’s “5,000 Quilt Block Designs.” She calls it “Big O”, but the name doesn’t have a reference to any publication. I thought I should change the name for this little quilt. The pattern reminds me of Kansas Dugout (here is [...]
Pieced Scottie Quilt Top – 1940s prints
Thank you everyone for your nice comments about the shop. I have been working very hard this past week on the little doll kits. The plan for this Scottie quilt top was to make kits, but I wasn’t happy with it because the scale was all wrong. I was concerned about the number of pieces, [...]
QisforQuilter Etsy Shop is Open
First of all, I want to thank everyone for all of the nice comments on my Baby Aster quilt top instructions. I added the two suggestions from Joyce and Mickie to state the dimensions (good catch, Mickie), and put a level of difficulty (great idea, Joyce). The kit is all put together and ready to [...]
Charley Harper Water Drop Quilt
It’s done, and I’m so happy to finally have all my Christmas presents finished. The inside of the drop is pretty tightly packed, so I decided to quilt little amoebas between the organisms. For outside the drop, I was going to quilt wavy horizontal lines, but after stitching a few, I changed my mind and [...]
Cross-Stitched Tulip Quilt
This little throw is made with vintage blocks purchased from Barbara at Oodles. The blocks were probably from a stamped quilt kit, and they have been stitched with green and a combination of variegated and plain pink floss. Many times in these old sets the background fabrics are yellowed or stained, but these were in [...]
Emily’s Wedding Quilt
Once again it’s time for the wonderful Blogger’s Quilt Festival sponsored by Amy, at Amy’s Creative Side. For this festival, I actually have something new that I am pretty excited about. Question: When your daughter’s wedding is over, what do you do with all the stuff you have spent a whole year making — stuff [...]
Quilts for Twin Boys
There are lots of projects I need to complete between now and Christmas, but I knew these little quilts would be first on the list. Jenny S., one of the wonderful teachers at my (former) school, is pregnant with twin boys, and I wanted to make the babies some bright and cheery quilts. This is [...]
Antique Nine-Patch Bar Quilt Top
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Handkerchief Quilt
When Moda released these cute reproduction handkerchiefs in their own little case, I immediately thought of using them to make a quilt for my sister, Mary. This is probably the closest I’ll ever come to making a sampler type quilt, and it’s really not that close. I guess the one thing that makes it a [...]
Nine-Patch Doll Quilt
Today I visited my younger sister, Mary, and I borrowed a couple of quilts I made for her so I could take some photos. This doll quilt was made in 2003, only a few of years into my obsession with vintage fabrics. It’s not a difficult pattern — just a simple nine patch. My favorite [...]
Quilts
Embroidery
Family-Made
Vintage Finds
Patterns
Children's Books
Work in Progress
Other Needlework
Random Things