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…
Vintage Monument Mills Woven Mother Goose Spread
I’ve probably mentioned a few times how much I love anything vintage with a Mother Goose theme (as well as ABC’s). This is a spread I found on ebay — it still has the tag and looks brand new with no odor or dinginess. The spread is a bright pink with no fading at all…
ABC Embroidered Quilt Block – Yak
The yak is finally done, so the ABC embroidery is complete. Now all I have to do is sew the last two rows together which I thought I would get done this weekend, but it didn’t work out. Looking back at my first post of the alligator block on May 18, I realized that it’s…
Vintage Vogue 1253 – Focus on Embroidery
All that stitching on the zebra block made me think of a another satin stitch project from the past. I actually made this poppy dress twice (and the green one once for my sister). The first dress I made in the 70’s and I ended up giving it away to this crazy girl who lived…
The Book of ABC
Since “Y is for Yak” is not finished, I thought I would post one of my vintage picture books. I love to collect ABC, nursery rhyme and fairy tale “linenette” books, mostly from the 1940’s. The books have heavy-weight, textured pages and are usually pretty thin, with around 12 pages although some have as many…
ABC Embroidered Quilt Block – Zebra
When I started this quilt, I intended to embroider the blocks primarily with outline and back stitch. I hadn’t thought I would use much satin stitch, but I couldn’t figure out any other way to do this zebra — the stripes just wouldn’t look right. Also, I couldn’t find a DMC or Anchor variegated floss…
Pieced Butterfly Quilt – Block 2
I’m still working on the zebra block. As a break from all that satin stitching, I decided to stitch another pieced butterfly — this time in pink. It’s really fun to select the little fabric swatch prints for these butterflies. The original pattern had 3 small curved pieces on the wing. In order to fit…
ABC Embroidered Quilt Blocks – Violin & Xylophone
As you can see, I made a couple of additions/changes to both of these pictures since I thought they were a little blah. My violin bow looks sort of big, but I think they actually are longer than the violin. I had a hard time coming up with something to put in the letter x,…
Embroidered Circus Quilt – WIP
Here are the fabrics I’m going to use in my next embroidered quilt. I guess this isn’t quite a WIP yet, except that I am sketching some design ideas. The adorable circus fabric is “Circus Time” in periwinkle, and was purchased from superbuzzy, a store with the cutest Japanese fabrics. It’s decorator weight (70% cotton,…
ABC Embroidered Quilt Block – Well
The well just didn’t seem to have enough detail, so first I changed the roof….then the bucket….and finally the rocks. I got pretty tired of stitching those rocks, but I do like them. Just 3 more to go and I’ll be done with the embroidery.
ABC Embroidered Quilt Block – Fall
This is the last of the seasons blocks. “W is for well” is done, “V is for violin” is in progress, “X is for xylophone” (I know, but the x-ray machine was pretty weird looking) and “Z is for zebra” are yet to be stitched.
Happy Anniversary Gordon!
Quilt-in-a-Day — Baby 4-Patch
I’ve never been much interested in the quickie quilt thing and could not imagine why anyone would want to make a quilt in a day. What would you do with all the quilts you were making unless maybe they were being made for a hospital or a charity. I already have more quilts than I…
ABC Embroidered Quilt Block – Summer
Getting close to the end now — I’m working on fall and I still have to stitch v, x, y & z — then I’ll be done with the embroidery. I was sort of hoping to do a yellow summer block, but it didn’t work out since I was using a beach scene. My daughter…
Pieced Butterfly Quilt Block – WIP
I have always admired this old Alice Brooks/Laura Wheeler pieced butterfly pattern — I think it’s from the 1930’s. I have seen several different versions of this pattern, but I like the one with solid colors and coordinating prints — I also like the two wings to be mirror images of each other. A couple…