Yesterday I made five dresses. Lori at Humble Quilts is making another mission trip — this time to Peru — and asked for more pillowcase dresses. She said only 50 this time (after lugging about a gazillion dresses to Bolivia last year), so I was happy I responded in time to get on the list….
In my catalog the illustrations at the top of the page with two scotties is not as detailed and the single illustration below, so I decided to scan the larger image and use Photoshop to try and duplicate the cape and pipe scottie. I hope they are clear enough to print and trace a pattern (click images to enlarge).
Okay, it’s actually Free Pattern Saturday, since I forgot all about posting yesterday. I need to get with the program! There isn’t much information on this pattern sheet — not even a name. I did find a 1957 newspaper ad for the pattern, which refers to it as a “3-Patch Design.” The pattern sheet actually contains…
Every other project had to be put on hold so I could start my doll quilt for Lori’s annual swap, which is something I look forward to every year. I copied the “Old Italian Block” pattern from an antique quilt sold on ebay last year, and I have since realized this is a pretty popular pattern, with lots…
No. 1488 – Picture Motifs for Trimming (Yellow or Blue). Price 25¢ There are 13 different motifs in this pattern, about 3 inches high. These are smart on children’s wearables and ladies’ lingerie, rerquiring 2 threads of strand cotton in outline stitch, the short lines in single stitches.
McCall’s 1540 — Animal Motifs for Outlining, 1929
These traditional rose patterns appeared in the Aug/Sept, 1987 issue of Lady’s Circle Patchwork Quilts magazine. The original pages were only one-quarter of each 16″ block, but I have photoshopped them so you can see the whole design. Clicking on the images below will open a pdf version of the original one-quarter pattern, which you can download, print, and…
Thank you to everyone who helped me come up with ideas for these squares. There are quite a few designs in this batch that were suggested by readers, and there is just one more group left to stitch. My husband is relieved that the design part is over, because I might have been driving him a little crazy….
I’m always trying to figure out a way to duplicate these patterns from the very small images on the catalog pages. These Mexican motifs seemed like they would copy easier if they were in grayscale, so I changed them. Click on the images to enlarge.
This cute story about a little boy who makes a simple star quilt appeared as part of a series titled “Daddy’s Bedtime Stories” which was published in the Salina Evening Journal (Salina, Kansas) from 1913 to 1916. Below the story are pieced diagrams for 3 star quilts — two very simple (like the boy in the story…
I hope those of you who were fans of the original quilt top will not be disappointed that I ended up changing it a bit. In the process of pressing the top to prep for quilting, I realized it was never going to be flat enough to stitch. I also discovered, upon closer inspection, that the top did…