Here is my entry for this year’s Blogger’s Quilt Festival. I had planned to post my re-make of an antique Album Quilt but, unfortunately, I am not quite done with the quilting. This is a bride’s quilt I made in 2006 for my daughter, Emily. She wasn’t engaged at the time, but now she is. …
Month: October 2010
Grandmother’s Flower Garden Star Quilt – Week 3
Only stars to show this week — I seem to alternate between stars and flowers. Hop over and see Steffi’s pretty star and 2 flowers, one of which is fussy cut. Originally I was going to make all my flowers and stars with a yellow center. However, I really wanted to use some yellow print…
Colonoscopy — My tip for drinking Colyte
Today I am having a colonoscopy. For the past week or so I have been reading advice online and talking to co-workers about how to comfortably down 4 liters of the vile tasting Colyte. The tips involved selecting the least offensive flavor packet (lemon-lime according to most) and various techniques for the drinking — refrigerating…
Walker’s Hot iron Transfers #102 – Children’s Wear
There are a lot of transfers in this envelope — 3 big sheets filled with small and medium designs. These are numo transfers — they have raised blue dots and are one use only. Although none of the transfers had been used, they were a little brittle and some of the dots had flaked off,…
Grandmother’s Flower Garden Star Quilt — Week 2
Before I talk about the GFG quilt, I want to thank everyone for their encouragement and advice on my little business venture. I got some great ideas from readers and a plan is now in shape. After Christmas I’ll start creating instructions for my kits and begin the process of cutting all those little pieces….
Grandmother’s Flower Garden Star Quilt-a-Long
My friend, Steffi (Steffi’s Candy Quilts), and I are starting a quilt-a-long to make this amazing vintage Grandmother’s Flower Garden quilt that Steffi found on nebraskahistory.org. Steffi, who lives in Germany, is making her quilt with new fabrics, and I am making mine with vintage fabrics. Of course, we want to extend an invitation to…
Vintage Zig-Zag Nine Patch Quilt Top
In the past two weeks, I have purchased three vintage quilt tops — two finished and one unfinished. One was extravagant ($130) and the other two more reasonable ($40), although certainly not a steal. The top I’m showing you today is one of the $40 tops and the first one I have received in the…
Vintage Embroidered Baskets Quilt Top
This top was purchased on ebay a couple of years ago, and it was so cheap — $20, including shipping. It’s difficult to determine the age of the top since there are no prints. If I had to guess, I would say 1930s or 1940s just because of the color and weight of the green…