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Month: July 2010

9-Patch and Snowball #2

Posted on July 29, 2010July 29, 2010 by Martha

When I read Ann Champion’s post about her scrappy Antique One Patch, I told her I would take it apart and remake it. It reminded me of a quilt top I purchased that was very similar — 1 1/2″ squares with the same types of fabrics (indigo, shirting, homespun, mourning), random placement and rather crude…

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Cactus Basket Quilt Top

Posted on July 24, 2010July 26, 2010 by Martha

Most of the blocks in this quilt were purchased on ebay, and I made an additional 20 blocks to complete the top. The fabrics are all vintage 1930s dress percales in typical colors and floral prints. The neatest thing about this quilt, in my opinion, is the careful fussy cutting on many of the floral…

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Vintage Shirley Temple Doll Makeover

Posted on July 18, 2010March 13, 2019 by Martha

When my sisters and I were growing up, each of us had one special doll. I don’t remember the name of Jean Ann’s doll (she is 12 years older than I), but I vividly remember Sally’s Toni doll, my Miss Revlon doll, and Mary’s Shirley Temple doll. Sally made wonderful doll clothes for all three…

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Our First Grandchild — Cross-Stitch, 1982

Posted on July 12, 2010 by Martha

This is a picture I stitched for Gordon’s parents when Elliott was born. Gordon, Sr. (“Big G”) just turned 89 and Gail was 81 on the 4th of July. Big G continues to play golf every week, and Gail works part time at the Bellevue Square Mall information booth. We just celebrated their 60th Wedding…

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More Jolly Rhymes of Mother Goose — Lois Lenski, 1922

Posted on July 7, 2010August 2, 2015 by Martha

This is the last of the Lenski nursery rhyme pictures, and there were a couple of rhymes here I didn’t know. This one is very sweet…. Bossy-Cow, Bossy-Cow Bossy-cow, bossy.cow, where do you lie? In the green meadow under the sky. Billy-horse, billy-horse, where do you lie? Out in the stable with nobody nigh. Birdies…

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1 1/2 Years – 300 Posts

Posted on July 5, 2010August 2, 2015 by Martha

When I started this blog…. I only knew a couple of quilters — their quilts and methods were very different from mine. My sisters were the only other people I knew who did hand embroidery. When I shopped at the local quilt store for binding or backing fabric, the staff would make comments like “Why…

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Happy 4th of July!

Posted on July 4, 2010July 3, 2012 by Martha

Because I rarely buy new quilt fabric, I only recently discovered that this vintage book has been reproduced as a fabric panel for making a soft book or quilt, but their book doesn’t have this cute patriotic cover. Tiny Tots Object Book Whitman Publishing, 1942 Illustrated by “C.E.J.”

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