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Month: January 2010

Anne Orr Quilt Patterns — Lockport Batting Co.

Posted on January 30, 2010August 2, 2015 by Martha

Lockport Batting Company published several booklets and leaflets of Anne Orr quilt designs. I have two of the booklets and a few leaflets. Following up on the Anne Orr inspired quilt designs that I recently posted, I thought I would show you  the original patterns from this 1944 publication.  It’s amazing to me that Anne…

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Antique Album Quilt Top — Remade

Posted on January 28, 2010August 2, 2015 by Martha

The top is finally done, and I am so happy with it. The reproduction striped sashing reminds me of the original sashing (which was rotten), and the antique fabrics from my stash fit in well with the original prints. Here, once again, is the original top. And here is the revised top, which is quite…

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Friendship Knot Quilt Block – WIP

Posted on January 25, 2010August 15, 2014 by Martha

This is probably getting monotonous, but I still am not ready to show photos of the Album quilt top, although I am getting close. I’m also continuing to work in the evenings on the Christmas quilt and the second row is nearly complete — pictures coming soon. This is a quilt design copied from a…

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Workbasket Floral Embroidery Patterns

Posted on January 23, 2010October 25, 2016 by Martha

Because I am still working on the antique quilt tops (bed and doll) and am not quite ready to show photographs, I thought I would post some more vintage embroidery patterns. These pretty floral designs were published in The Workbasket magazine in 1956-57. I think they are so cute with their colored highlights. My envelope contained…

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Vintage Anne Orr Style Quilt Patterns

Posted on January 21, 2010July 27, 2015 by Martha

Although Anne Orr certainly designed other styles of quilts, these charted type designs always remind me of her.  These are patterns from a 1969-70 McCall’s Needlework & Crafts magazine and no designer is credited.  I have a feeling I’ve seen these reprinted somewhere else, but maybe it was just a similar pattern. I’ve never attempted…

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Vintage Valentine Embroidery Transfers

Posted on January 20, 2010February 5, 2013 by Martha

Just in case you want to stitch one of these up for that special someone on Valentine’s Day.

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Doll Quilt Blocks with Antique Fabric #3

Posted on January 18, 2010 by Martha

The second row is finished on the little quilt. I removed one block from the first row and added it to the second because the quilt seemed too wide to me — now it will be around 19″ x 23″ or so. The sashing fabric for the Album quilt arrived a few days ago and…

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Doll Quilt Blocks with Antique Fabric #2

Posted on January 16, 2010January 16, 2010 by Martha

This morning I finished the first row of the doll quilt. It would have been nice to have a little stripe for the sashing (I like the print in the original quilt), but I didn’t have a piece large enough. I also wish I had enough fabric to make the sashing 1/4″ wider, but I…

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Doll Quilt Blocks with Antique Fabric

Posted on January 15, 2010January 16, 2010 by Martha

The quilt that I am copying is from the book, Classic Crib Quilts. Because my scraps from the Album quilt are so small with just a few of each print, I knew I would need a scrappy quilt pattern with fairly small pieces. When I saw this little quilt, I knew right away that it…

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Antique Album Quilt Blocks – Revised #3

Posted on January 13, 2010January 13, 2010 by Martha

Today was my day off and I was able to make several more of these blocks. My routine is to take several blocks apart in the evening while I’m watching television, then let the pieces soak overnight in a mild soapy solution. The next morning I rinse several times and roll them in a towel….

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The Patchwork Quilt

Posted on January 12, 2010November 19, 2015 by Martha

Home Arts Needlecraft Magazine October, 1935

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Antique Album Quilt Blocks – Revised #2

Posted on January 10, 2010January 10, 2010 by Martha

The best part about working on these revised blocks is figuring out which little scraps to use for each piece. This is a photo of the 3 striped blocks disassembled (2 whole and 1 half) and I just realized that I missed unpicking a couple of seams). The half block had to be sacrificed to…

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Antique Sawtooth Star Quilt Top

Posted on January 8, 2010January 2, 2013 by Martha

This is the other $5.00 antique quilt top I purchased on ebay. It is machine sewn and the construction is significantly better than the Album quilt top — the points are good, it’s square and lies flat. I haven’t examined all of the fabrics, but they appear to be in good condition. It is clean,…

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Antique Album Quilt Blocks — Revised

Posted on January 6, 2010January 7, 2010 by Martha

First, I should let everyone know that I talked with Karen Alexander, the quilt historian who commented about this quilt top and suggested I should not take the top apart because it was a treasure.  Karen’s interest is researching quilts with signatures, and she mistakenly believed that my quilt had signatures on the album blocks. …

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Antique Album Quilt Top

Posted on January 3, 2010January 3, 2010 by Martha

Inspired by the quilt tops from Ann Champion’s cupboard, I decided to collect some antique fabric to make doll quilts. A few weeks ago, I found this top and one other offered together on ebay with a “buy it now” option for $9.95! I was pretty excited because, even though the photos were terrible (the…

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