My Birthday! Big Big Paint Book Whitman Publishing, 1936 I’m sure my cake will be just as pretty, but my mine’s going to need 58 additional candles 🙂
Author: Martha
Halloween Table Topper – WIP
This project originated with a Flickr image of a 5″ vintage Halloween paper doily.  I loved this image so much and thought it had potential as a table topper. I blew up the image and tile printed it to create the main pattern which is about 36″ in diameter. It took a little thinking and…
My Own ABC Book – Endpapers
I suppose these are not technically endpapers (and really just the inside covers), since this book is a soft cover wrap. The artist is Elizabeth Colborne. Wouldn’t these pictures be wonderful done in redwork — or bluework? Of course, I see them in a quilt, with the bookplate changed to read: This Quilt Belongs To…
My Own ABC Book – Y and Z
Sadly, this is the end of the Lenski alphabet letters. However, I have a special treat for tomorrow. There are wonderful endpapers in this book by a different illustrator which I will post tomorrow.
My Own ABC Book – T, U, V, W, X
My Own ABC Book – P, Q, R, S
My Own ABC Book – K, L, M, N, O
My Own ABC Book – G, H, I & J
The facing pages in this book are either all color or all black and white. There are usually two letters on each page, but occasionally there are three.
My Own ABC Book — Lois Lenski
This week I want to share with you this wonderful ABC book published in 1922 by Platt and Munk. This is one of the first books illustrated by Lois Lenski, and it is a little different in style compared to her later books. Some of the pictures are in color, and some are black and…
Vintage Flower-of-the-Month Transfers
This is a mail-away pattern (#7302) which was offered in newspapers in the 1940s from Needlecraft Services. The transfers were meant to be stitched as quilt blocks, and the instructions included a diagram of a quilt 3 blocks x 4 blocks with sashing and a wide border. The completed size was 72″ x 102″. These…
Alice in Wonderland Redwork Quilt Block #2
I am really enjoying working on these redwork blocks. It’s challenging to get all the tiny details in each picture (especially the face, which I had to rip out several times just like in the previous block), but that’s what makes it interesting. Also, I like the way it’s looking with the darker thread. This…
Ladies Art Quilt Block #177 – Rising Sun
Finally, the last of the blocks selected by Ann Champion. The curves are gentle on this block, and depending upon how large you decide to make it (mine is pretty big at 14″), it can be machine pieced. Ann and I have come up with several other blocks from the Ladies Art Catalog — patterns…
WIP Situation – Out of Control
I thought this post would cheer up all other procrastinators and owners of unfinished projects. QUILTS WHICH WERE STARTED AFTER THIS BLOG BEGAN (12/08) AND ARE LANGUISHING IN THE SEWING ROOM Embroidered Wool Quilt Embroidered Circus Quilt Crayon & Embroidery Mother Goose Quilt QUILT TOPS WAITING TO BE QUILTED Ferris Wheel Simple Objects Hello Kitty…
Alice in Wonderland Painting Book – Pages 10 – 12
This is the last of the 12 Alice in Wonderland pages. I wish this small book had one more page, so I could set it with alternate blocks. What do you think about stitching the cover as a block? I could stitch the title and the drawing (the style is a little different, so not…
Vintage Bisque Dolls
One of my favorite events at St. John’s Catholic School was the fabulous annual Halloween carnival. In second grade I got to wear a beautiful blue Little Bo Peep costume which my mother had sewn — it even had a staff with a little stuffed lamb attached. My older sister, Sally, a seventh grader, was…