Today I finally got around to sewing a few rows together on the triangle quilt. I apologize for the quality of the photos — I tried to use the panorama feature on my iPhone, but it doesn’t work that well for something that’s lying on the floor. My idea for the design wall was a…
Since I’m already thinking about Valentines Day, here are some cute heart patterns from vintage Quilter’s Newsletter magazines. The first pattern is from the February, 1986 issue, and is an adaptation of a design used in the cover quilt. The pattern is meant to fit a 9 1/2″ to 10 1/2″ block set on the…
More cute projects from the 1943 book, You Can Make It — Things to Do With Scissors and Paste. Easter crafts are available in two earlier posts: Easter Favors & Flowers and Easter Cards & Eggs.
It’s been a long time since I’ve posted anything on the old blog. My excuse is that unpicking old tops and blocks, washing and pressing the pieces, and finally drawing and hand cutting 5,500 little triangles for my latest quilt is taking a very long time. I’m not complaining through — it’s actually a process…
Over the weekend I cut lots more pieces for the triangle quilt, including some medium value fabrics to tone down the contrast. In the photo, I have mixed the former dark/light group with some of these new dark/medium units (thank you, Gina), and I think the overall look is much better. My quilt isn’t going…
Over the past couple of years I’ve managed to acquire a pretty good collection of turn-of-the-century quilt pieces, almost all of them from old tops and blocks. Collecting fabrics this old is tricky, because many times the tops or blocks have ended up in environments that did not protect them from dust (and sometimes lots…