As I was looking through my new book, Childhood Treasures: Doll Quilts By and For Children (2008) by Merikay Waldvogel, I came across this quilt.
and I was so happy because look what I have.
The blocks are older (1932) than I thought, and I was so lucky to find them without any stitching, because I want to do that myself. The maker of this quilt didn’t bother cutting the blocks apart, but just used a running stitch on the cutting lines. I’ll add sashing or alternate blocks to mine.
Now, if I could only find a backing fabric as cute as the one in the book. Maybe I’ll have to start searching for a vintage lamb print.
Adorable, Martha! Aren’t you lucky to have such a sweet set of blocks. You never mention but I wonder where you find your vintage fabrics. Are you an ebay shopper, are they local finds, or so you have some other source? I don’t spend much time on ebay (well, none, to be specific) but I rarely find such wonderful things at our local thrift stores. We used to go to auctions and tag & estate sales but rarely do these days.
What a great find, Martha! This is such a cute set of blocks. It would be so adorable in a childs room. With the sashing and alternate blocks, you could probably make it big enough.
Lambs are one of my favorite images from that era for children’s items. I can’t wait to see your version!
Those little lambs are so sweet! This will make such a cute quilt!
What a great find! How interesting (to me) that they’re already tinted.
You lucky duck!! those blocks are adorable!
Very cute blocks! One of my girls loves lambs and one loves pandas so i am always looking for those favorites. I’m sure you’ll do something great with these! Happy Fourth! BTW, do you have an instagram account? I searched your blog name but couldnt find one for you.
These blocks are very cute! Really any little girl or boy would love them!
Ohhhh!! Sew sweet, love the lambs, what a fantastic find, lucky, lucky, you!! I would love to stitch and finish those, hope you can find a fun backing fabric.
How adorable!!! That was quite a find ;-).
How sweet – I have an old quilt magazine [from the 90’s I think] that has that pattern in it!
Oh, what a sweet find! Lucky you! Can’t wait to see how it turns out! It will be so sweet! Always love finding new sweet treasures on your blog! xo Heather
I just bought this baby quilt at a flea market and repairing it. I wonder what it’s value would be.