This cute little cottage illustration is from a vintage valentine uploaded to Flickr by Calsidyrose. It’s been in my favorites for a long time, and I finally managed to use it in a project.
I used the vintage Prang Crayonex crayons, and they worked very well on fabric — much better than the Crayola crayons I normally use. They are more dense so they don’t crumble as easily, and they blend very smoothly with other colors so it’s much easier to add shading and mix colors. The outline was stitched with two strands of floss.
These are some more vintage pieces from the Lord Baltimore box — I still have lots left, even after making the Baby Doll Quilt.
I am hoping to finish this in time for Allie’s Christmas Club in January. Good progress is being made on the crossword quilt, but there’s no way I’m finishing it this month.
Cottage Doll Quilt Top
20″ x 20″
Oh my goodness…I love this. Absolutely gorgeous as is all of your stuff!
MARTHA – this is absolutely DARLING!!! Vintage cottages are my all-time favorite and you did a wonderful job on this. I’m going to go check out her flickr!!
SO, SO, SOOO CUTE!!! I thought the house was a print you found – what a great job you did with those crayons and your stitching. It has so much dimension. Reminds me of something I would see at Disneyland! LOVE the way you pieced the top! Those fabrics compliment the center block so well.
That is so lovely! And so many tiny pieces of fabric. They remind me of books on a shelf!
I love that~! Thanks for the tip on the crayons too! 🙂 The colors came out truly striking and the border is perfect!
Adorable. I think the yellow is the perfect color for the cottage.
I have admired so many of your quilts Martha but this one is my new favorite-
when I scrolled down and saw it for the first time I actually let out a little gasp of delight!
Martha, this little quilt is awesomely adorable! I love the tiny flowery strips between corner stones and the cottage is so charming!
The color from those crayons is amazing! Your pillow to embroider is on the way, by the way – I think you’ll find it interesting (and a piece of cake after this!) the way that it’s colored.
I never would have guessed you colored the cottage image with crayons. They sure are nice!
I adore the the scraps in this quilt. They’re just so darned cute. 🙂
That box sure was a treasure. 🙂
That is the sweetest quilt!!