My friends, Patty (Patalier) and Barbara (Oodles and Oodles), always find the best vintage stuff, and my favorite things among all this stuff are fabric, notions, and anything quilt related. So, when Barbara had a sale at her home for friends and family, and I was unable to attend (she’s in NY, I’m in Seattle), Patty (who lives in the same small town as Barbara) picked up some wonderful antique 9-patch blocks for me. She’s always doing this sort of thing.
Now I wish I had thought to photograph the package of antique blocks. I can tell you that they were quite large, and contained a nice assortment of light shirtings including several in pink and blue, as well as darker prints in indigo, red and black. Because I wanted to maintain the look of the original blocks, I made a scrappy nine-patch quilt without sashing or borders, alternating between predominately red and blue (or black) blocks. The simple quilting design is two crossed football shapes in each block; the backing and binding are reproduction fabrics.
Patty is an amazing seamstress and quilter, and I thought it would be fun to make a little quilt for her sewing room — something that will remind her of how much I appreciate her generosity.
Nine-Patch Doll Quilt
Martha Dellasega Gray, 2012
machine pieced, hand quilted
17″ x 17″
Super cute!! I’m sure she loves it!
What a wonderful little quilt!
Awesome. Someday, with much practice, I would like to be as fine a quilter as you.
That is darling, you know she’ll love it!!!
Very cute. I love the endlesss ideas that come with finding a set of blocks that a previous quilter left for us.
Oh, that is wonderful! And I’ll get to see it in person! It’s sort of like watching fabric go full circle. We’re just waiting for you to come visit us, you know.
Oh Martha, I am speechless! I will treasure it!! It is beautiful and I am so fond of the color scheme – wait, I love the colors. I can’t thank you enough. 🙂
GORRRRRGEOUS! What a wonderful way to thank you! 🙂
Oh, how fabulous! What a wonderful way to say thank you!
It is cute and charming! Beautiful present for a friend!
That is AMAZING! I am thrilled to have found your blog. I am taking my time reading back through your archives and different sections. Like a good book I don’t want to rush through it!
becky