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Month: June 2009

ABC Embroidered Quilt Block – House

Posted on June 29, 2009July 24, 2009 by Martha

This house took even longer to stitch than the owl. Originally I was going to use the little roof shingles as the filler in the letters, but I just couldn’t do any more of those. I decided to do the window pattern instead which was way easier, but I wish I’d made the lines a…

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ABC Embroidered Quilt — Triangles

Posted on June 27, 2009July 27, 2015 by Martha

Preparing these quilt pieces has taken a lot longer than I thought. Of course, I’ve done this lots of times before, but I never really kept track of how much time I spent (since I didn’t have blog deadlines). First, I only had enough of the smallest size salesman sample triangles for half of the…

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Vintage Anchor Embroidery Transfers

Posted on June 25, 2009December 6, 2012 by Martha

This little folder was tucked in with a group of vintage patterns I purchased from Great Britain. There is no date, and although I expect they are pretty old, they’re in perfect condition. The transfers are printed on parchment type paper and I’m sure they would iron just fine, but I’m not going to try…

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ABC Embroidered Quilt Block – Elephant

Posted on June 23, 2009July 27, 2015 by Martha

The elephant was finished several days ago, but I have been busy pressing, drawing, cutting and sorting a gazillion little vintage triangles for the sashing strips.  Although I had settled on the pinwheel pattern, I tried several different versions — all prints, scrappy prints & white, scrappy prints & solids — but finally decided on…

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Simplicity Needlework Catalog – Baby Puff & Baby Quilt

Posted on June 20, 2009July 20, 2009 by Martha

I love both of these little quilts from the 1948 Simplicity Needlework Catalog, and I even have the original pattern for the Lilies of the Valley Baby Puff. The transfer is very faded and I’m not sure it would even work, so I would probably draw over the pattern and trace it onto the fabric…

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Dresden Plate Quilt

Posted on June 9, 2009June 9, 2009 by Martha

This quilt was started in 2004 when I purchased 15 vintage Dresden Plate blocks on ebay. A few of the blades needed to be replaced, and I exchanged the yellow centers for pink ones. The additional 5 plates were made up from some of my vintage scraps and the blades for the ice cream cone…

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ABC Embroidered Quilt Block – Jack-in-the-Box

Posted on June 7, 2009July 24, 2009 by Martha

Thank you to all the people who have commented on this series of blocks.  It’s so nice to hear from other embroiderers and quilters. This Jack-in-the-Box is stitched with my new Anchor multi-colored floss which I think looks just right on him.  For most of the block I used just one thread because of all…

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ABC Embroidered Quilt Block – Umbrella

Posted on June 5, 2009July 24, 2009 by Martha

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…

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ABC Embroidered Quilt Block – Nurse

Posted on June 3, 2009July 27, 2015 by Martha

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…

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Embroidered ABC Quilt Block – Clown

Posted on June 1, 2009July 27, 2015 by Martha

This clown was made with a skein of vintage American Thread floss. I really like the colors, but when I started stitching, I realized that the sections of color are much longer than the DMC or Anchor variegated and multi-colored floss. To me this gives the clown a very different look compared to the puppet…

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