Shirting print star by Becky Brown The blue shirting reproduction is from my Union Blues collection. The yardage is scheduled for deliver in March. You can buy precuts now. Vintage star with solid white for the background, about 1840-1865 Quilters often used a plain white cotton for the light contrast in their quilts. Vintage quilt, about 1830-1870 Another choice was a textured light print, something with a white background and small figures. Vintage block about 1870-1900 Light prints became increasingly popular after the Civil War when they were also fashionable for clothing. Reproduction star by Bettina Havig. The shirting print has a rabbit and some musical notes, recognizable figures classified as a subcategory of shirting prints: Conversation Prints. We'll do more about conversationals later in the year. We classify these neutrals as shirting prints today. The prints are characterized by minimalist, monochrome figures without much detail. The figures are set far apart to let lots of the white background show through. Vintage star about 1870-1900 Vintage stars about 1900 There were a lot of shirting prints manufactured, particularly between 1870 and 1920 when the light cottons were so popular for clothing. "Shirts" of shirtings by Carolyn Friedlander http://carolynfriedlander.com/tag/shirts/ They are again easy to find because they are so useful for backgrounds with a traditional look. Reproduction North Star by Mary L at Quilting in Oz North Star by Jayne's Quilting Room Repro quilt from an online store The shirting print is in the foreground in the blue block at lower left. Detail of Jeanne Poore's reproduction Quilt for Alice On the left a mid-19th-century inspiration block, on the right my interpretation of the way she used her shirtings and madder stripes. Three shirting prints from my next Moda line Union Blues, which should be in shops in March ; Part of the appeal of period scrappy quilts is the variety of shades in the lighter prints. Shirtings and other lights were printed in different color values. Some have become more yellow or tan over the years. Nantucket from Seams Crazy Quilts Blog http://www.minickandsimpson.com/catalog.php?item=132 The above version of the Minick and Simpson pattern Nantucket mixes up those values to give a distinctive scrappy look. http://seamscrazyquilts.com/2013/12/02/catching-up-on-everything/ Minick & Simpson's 2014 Lexington collection has many good shirting repros. As does Primitive Gatherings' recent Lakeside Gatherings. Amy's star with a "neat" shirting in a regular diagonal set. She's used it to show off a kind of coral stripe from her stash. Valerie's combination of a madder red print and a shirting with a small figure. One More Thing About Shirtings "Superfine Shirtings." Stamp on a quilt backing. The quilt is dated 1844. Shirting is an old textile term and probably refers more to the cotton's weight and weave rather than the print style. Within that category were subcategories. An Oneida, New York mill entered a group of fabrics in the Great National Fair in 1846: "Extra fine shirtings, superfine shirtings, fine shirtings, twilled shirtings and striped shirtings." The category we are discussing here is shirting prints: Shirting-weight weaves with a certain style of simple print. Setting Idea for Your Stack of Star Blocks In strips In this circa-1900 quilt 72 stars are set between same-sized light squares and then with Turkey red strips of the same width. A Quilt for Alice by Paula Barnes The stars are set in strips with a small spacer between each and then vertical strips the same width as the star. Using a consistent shirting print background makes the stars float. See the pattern here: http://www.redcrinolinequilts.com/shop/Patterns/p/A-Quilt-for-Alice-Pattern-sku-BBQ047.htm Find out more about shirtings on pages 113-117 in my book America's Printed Fabrics and see a pattern for "Lost Ship" on page 118. Reproduction quilt, Lost Ship by Barbara Brackman, 2002. Shirtings and Madder Prints- Classic mid-19th century. Vintage shirting print yardage Read others posts I've done about vintage shirtings: http://barbarabrackman.blogspot.com/2014/07/shirting-document-print-for-richmond.html http://barbarabrackman.blogspot.com/2013/03/shirting-prints-as-neutral.html
Remember this quilt? My Blind Man's Fancy. I got it back a couple weeks ago from Linda, The Quilted Pineapple, who worked her magic on it. Back in July she had a special on her blog and I jumped on it. It was for an all over paisley quilt pattern. I knew this quilt was already so busy that custom quilting wouldn't be necessary. Too bad for you I cannot take photos to show you the quilting. Now to figure out what to do for binding. Ta-Da! Fourth border on!! I only need to trim the top border and it will be ready for basting. This has been a wonderful applique journey thanks to Gay of Sentimental Stitches. My dad will be 87 next week so am taking a quick weekend trip to Washington (starting Friday) to visit him, bake him a cake and take him out to dinner. Probably won't post until next week!
Yesterday, I gave you a couple of ideas for using your Nancy Cabot blocks in a sampler quilt using a straight set layout. Today I am going to discuss on point or diagonal layouts. The first quilt layout shown below sets your Nancy Cabot blocks on point with alternate plain squares. Unlike the quilt shown yesterday with the straight set layout (below right), the on point layout requires setting triangles to make the sides and ends straight. There is an excellent tutorial at C&T Publishing's blog that explains this concept very well. The example they give is even for 6" blocks!! Another idea is to add sashing and cornerstones between the blocks like this- Or add sashing and cornerstones and eliminate the plain blocks and add more Nancy Cabot blocks. Change the sashing to white to match the background fabric and get yet another look- Or, change the color of the setting triangles to match your border and your quilt could look like this- For a queen size quilt, set on point, you will need 162 Nancy Cabot blocks. If you alternate every other block with a plain block, you only need 72 Nancy Cabot blocks and 56 plain blocks. Remember to cut your plain blocks at 6 1/2". The number of blocks I am giving you is an estimate. If you are making the quilt to fit a bed you really need to take into account the thickness of the mattress and box springs and how far you want the quilt to drop down the sides when deciding how large to make your quilt. If you are looking for a smaller project to use your Nancy Cabot blocks in, a table runner is an option. Here are a couple of ideas I came up with- This table runner finishes at approx. 16 1/2" X 42". Another option would be to use four different blocks. This square table runner or table mat finishes at 28"x28". Or use five different blocks as in the runner shown below. Both styles of table runners are shown with a 1 1/2" inner border and a 2 1/2" outer border. Of course, you can make the borders any size and use as many blocks as you like to make a table runner the size that you want. The possibilities are really endless! I hope the ideas I am showing you will spur your imagination and I'd love to see any ideas any of you have. Send me an email and I'll post any pictures you send or leave your ideas in the comments. Either way, I'd love to see your ideas. Tomorrow-Making a Sampler Quilt-Part 3
Learn these important quilt cleaning tips and discover how to clean a quilt that won’t ruin or damage it.
I love old quilts. The stories they could tell! Here are a few I spotted recently at a local antique mall. This last one is my favorite. Do you t…
Hello and welcome back to my blog for the big finish post of the Vintage Block Along We have been sewing from my Grandma's pattern basket for one lovely amazing vintage year!! We started on January 1, 2019 and today is the last post December 31, 2019 I have loved using my Farm Girl Vintage fabric for this quilt throughout the year. I have also used my Bee Backgrounds as well for a super fun vintage scrappy look. So this is where we left off at the last post... all of my sections were sewn together and I just needed to put the borders on. All of those instructions are of course still here on my blog and the links to each and every post can be found down at the bottom of this one:) I just got my quilt back from my quilter (Juli Stubbs) and I am completely in love! As you know this is a BIG quilt so it was super hard to photo the entire quilt... especially since my go to place for pictures (which is my backyard) is freezing cold right now and full of snow!! Mr.Honey and Sterling held it up for me and I stood at the top of the stairs to get this photo LOL I love how the part that the window is behind makes those blocks look like stained glass:) Next Mr. Honey hung the quilt in my quilty studio so that I could get some close up pictures for you. I wanted you to see the quilting... it looks so good! I asked Juli to do the Baptist Swirl on it... it's one of my favorite designs. I really love my choice of border fabrics... I think it did what I wanted it to which was to let the blocks shine. The width of the quilt fits on my hanging rod but my ceilings are not quite high enough for the length... but that's okay because as you know it's going on my bed just like a big hug from Grandma:) I took a bunch of photos at different angles... some close up some far away. Scroll down to see them all! The countertop workspace in my studio is very large and I keep my tools and everything on there that I am working on currently. You can see right in the front is a stack of my newest fabric collection called Vintage Happy 2 I love to take side shots so that you can see the quilting... I just love it:) I really love the binding as well... it's just a tiny little frame around the quilt and it's perfect! At this point I pulled the bottom of the quilt up over my counter and took a few photos:) I hope that I took enough photos for you and I have loved seeing all of your blocks coming together over on INSTAGRAM Keep them coming as you make progress... we all love to see your posts. Be sure to use the hashtag #VintageBlockAlong so that we can!! This little cozy comfy corner of my studio is where I sew my blocks. I converted the window seat that is next to it into an ironing station. The table that my machine sits on looks really small here ... but it actually is large and is shorter that my counter top because it's normal table height and so the other half of my table fits underneath the counter between the two dressers. I have plenty of room to keep the blocks that I am working on under the counter on top of my table. If you have not seen my previous post's about my new studio... Here's a photo of my two dressers before my countertop was ready and I was making do lol You can see that there is space between the two dressers and on one open spaced end is where my chair goes underneath. This is the side of the countertop where I draw and I cut my fabric. The countertop is 37" high... a nice height for standing and cutting so that it's easy on my back. When I am drawing I sit... and so I have a few comfy barstools that I use for that. This is what the dressers looked like on the day that the countertop arrived. Mr.Honey joined them so that they would be sturdy before glueing the countertops on. The table that you see between them is my sewing table... it's now slid over to the left and my sewing machine is set up on it. It's the perfect size and has a wide narrow drawer in the front that comes in handy! I have sewn on my vintage Singer Featherweight throughout this entire series because of course I wanted to sew my vintage blocks on a vintage machine! I have several vintage sewing machines and several of them are featherweights and they are my favorite to sew on. I name them all and this one is Miss Doris... named after the lovely vintage lady who is also a favorite of mine. Thank you sew much from the bottom of my heart for joining me on this journey of honoring my Grandma and also my quilting heritage. It sure has been a fun ride!! It makes me sew happy to know that we are all sewing together from all over the world. It's just amazing that is possible now because of the internet. I never would have dreamed it and as I was growing up... I thought it was so fun quilting at my grandma's house with all of us together and I thought it was a big crowd. If I had only known how large that crowd would grow to be! And I'm so grateful:) Grandma would be amazed at that too! I hope you have loved each and every tutorial and each and every block from me and grandma:) I appreciate you all tuning in each and every episode... And listening while I chatted about my childhood and memories of grandma:) My next sew along is vintage inspired as well. It starts in January and it's for my appliqué quilt called Vintage Housewife There is a pieced apron in the middle of the quilt and then all of the applique blocks surrounding it represent things that the vintage housewife did... of course while wearing her apron:) Below is a sneak peek of when I was making the sewing machine block for the quilt. The entire quilt is made with my new collection called Vintage Happy 2 and my new Sew Simple Shapes called Vintage Housewife If you are joining in and need a kit just do a quick google search and type in "Vintage Housewife Quilt Kit" and you will find several sources until they are sold out. I hope you will join me on this next journey to celebrate the vintage housewife! Here is the quilt hanging in the Riley Blake Designs booth at international quilt market.... along with other Vintage Happy 2 projects as well. The other quilt is in my next book that comes out May 2020 called Quilters Cottage and yes...there will be a sew along for that as well! Okay... back to the Vintage Block Along! Thanks again for joining me on this one... sewing vintage with you all this year has been amazing:) Sending you all hugs from me to you! xx Lori P.S. All of the tutorials for my Vintage Block Along Sampler will remain on my blog until the end of next year 2020. If you are just joining us... click on each block that we have done in my quilt to go to the tutorial: 1. Grandma's Star 2. Pattern Basket 3. Around the Corner 4. Little Farmhouse 5. Rhinestone 6. Vintage Lily 7. Star Shine 8. Humble 9. Egg Money 10. Quilting Bee 11. Sunday Star 12. Sweet as Honey 13. Bear Hug Block 14. Front Yard Flower 15. Memory 16. Farmers Daughter 17. Potluck 18. Spool and Bobbins 19. Picnic 20. Sparklers 21. 4th of July Flag 22. Playing Card 23. Penny Candy 24. Mercantile 25. Family Reunion 26. Parade 27. Shade Tree 28. Wildflowers 29. Crossroads 30. Leftovers 31. Peony 32. September Star 33. Road to Grandma's 34. Six Sisters 35. Twirl 36. Wash Day 37. Fall Flower 38. Fall Social 39. Holiday Lights 40. Winter Flower 41. Checkers If you missed the Section One and Section Two tutorial: CLICK HERE and then CLICK HERE for Sections Three and Four and then CLICK HERE for the final sections Five and Six
Item specificsConditionNew with tags: A brand-new, unused, unworn and undamaged item in the original packaging (such as the ... Read moreabout the conditionNew with tags: A brand-new, unused, unworn and undamaged item in the original packaging (such as the original box or bag) and/or with the original tags attached. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab StyleParkaLookMod/Rocker VintageDecade1950sMaterial100% Cotton ShellVintage TypeVintage ReproductionBrandGS
Dresden Plate quilt finish and ideas, tutorials, patterns, etc.
Back in October 2014 (four and 1/2 years ago!) I posted a photo of this vintage quilt top I was given by my neighbor on instagram. His mother in law made it from flour sack fabric. I was so thrilled to be given such a precious gift! Back then, I had to first figure out […]
Amy at Amy's Creative Side is hosting the Blogger's Quilt Festival again. This year she has gone back to basics, with no categories and no voting, just a chance to be inspired by oodles of beautiful quilts of all sizes and styles. I'm a little last minute with my contribution, as I couldn't decide what to share. I've been working on quilting a new Wandering Geese all week, and I thought it might be fun to share the new version as the original was one of my early Blogger's Quilt Festival entries. However, the quilting isn't finished so I chose my most recent finish instead. Sparkling Thirties Quilt Sparkling Trail in 1930's fabric had been sitting in a bin, unquilted, since February 2015. I really like how the top turned out, so why was it languishing in a bin? When I pulled it out this August to show different color options in my trunk show, I felt bad showing just a flimsy. I didn't have time then to finish it properly but it moved up a few places on my priority list! I think this sat unquilted for so long because I just couldn't quite decide how to quilt it. I have quilted every version of Sparkling Trails differently (you can see those here, here and here). I thought I should do some free motion swirls or feathers on this one, but I just couldn't work up the enthusiasm to do that. When I presented my trunk show this summer, I realized that most of my quits are quilted mostly with a walking foot (some have a few FMQ flourishes added in) and the audience really liked what I had done. It reminded me that there's nothing wrong with straight line quilting. As long as it enhances the piecing, it doesn't matter if I used FMQ or a walking foot, especially it it gets me a finished quilt! So, out came the flimsy, the walking foot and my hera marker to mark some straight lines. I quilted in the ditch around all the triangles and borders, between the squares in the outer border, then added the diamond crosshatching. This is a mini version of Sparkling Trail, just 30" x 36", but I didn't have appropriate yardage for even such a small back, so I used some scraps from the top to add some width. I think it turned out pretty cute. I used scraps for the binding too. I'm feeling very thrifty! Pieced back of Sparkling Thirties I have one more version of this quilt to quilt. Maybe the black and red mini will get the swirls! It is a little lower on my list though. I have Wandering Geese to finish, a reworking of Jelly Bean Stars clamoring for me to get started, two Lemoyne Star modern quilts in progress and some Anne of Green Gables fabric I'm itching to get to. And some pattern writing to do in there somewhere. I think the black and red one will be the 2018 Sparkling Trail finish!
Last March, a neighbor brought a vintage quilt top to me, asking if I could turn it into a finished quilt. As you can see, the top was a Grandma’s Flower Garden. Some investigation showed that it was all hand-pieced and that there were multiple places where a gap had opened up in the piecing.…
Red, blue, and yellow 1930s reproduction prints have as fresh a look today as they did back then. Combine those primary prints with the classic basket block for a timeless throw.
You'll wish you had these quilts from the 1800s in your home today!
Explore Spring Parade's 135 photos on Flickr!
Doll quilt made from all vintage scraps. NOT an easy pattern.
Our Giclees are Printed and Shipped in USA from an Owner-Operated company that has been in business since 1978 so purchase with confidence that you are buying from an experienced seller. All Posters and Canvases will be Shipped Rolled in a heavy tube. High Quality Matte Paper Stock and High Quality Canvas Material used for your purchase. The size selected will be the size of the Image. However, the paper/canvas the image is printed on will be larger to accommodate a mat for the Posters on Matte Paper or to be stretched for Images on Canvas. Kindly understand, colors may vary depending on your monitor settings. ******************************************** von-zero-zero-2
Item specificsConditionNew: A brand-new, unused, unopened and undamaged item. See the seller's listing for full details. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tabUnit of SaleSingle PieceTypePosterYear of Production2023SignedNoThemeTravelMaterialCanvas, Matte PaperFeaturesTravel PosterFramingUnframedOriginal/Licensed ReprintLicensed ReprintSubjectTourism
(Please note that affiliate links have been used in this post.) I think my ‘old fashioned’ sense of thinking gets the better of me sometimes. Does anyone else ever feel like you belong …
Bay Leaf 217 x 164 cm Alison Klein 2010 Inspired by a design by Kathy Munkelwitz featured in Quilters Newsletter Magazine Oct, 2000, I loved the bright fabrics from the ‘20s and ‘30s and quickly finished the top. The unfinished quilt slumbered in a cupboard for nearly 10 years until I decided that life was too short to quilt it in the traditional manner and opted for Pearl thread and large stitches. Machine pieced, hand appliqued and hand quilted
One of the things I do is repair well-loved quilts that no one else will touch. Most of the time, someone that is truly using a quilt will not care that it isn’t museum quality, they just wan…
If you're not one for piles of delicious fabric, cover your eyes or look away and scroll down as fast as you can! This is all my new stuff. In the 1st pic: fabrics from Sew Mama Sew. Bet ya didn't know I've been slowly gathering fabrics to make a...
Is it possible to sidestep fabric fashions? To make a quilt that won’t look dated in 10 years because of the prints you used? Yes indeedy. One approach is to embrace a bygone era’s favorite colors and motifs. That way, brand-new quilts come with built-in vintage appeal. And 10 years or more from now, that …
An interesting repeat in a quilt from about 1900. There's a place in the Encyclopedia of Pieced Quilt Patterns and BlockBase+ for quilts pieced of triangular blocks. It's a small place with just a few published patterns. But not this one! In fact there isn't one triangular block based on a half-square triangle proportion. The few published patterns indexed there are based on other geometry... Mathematically speaking: Equilateral Isoceles Triangles (Sierpinski's or Pascal's Triangles). These are fascinating the way they tessellate. I've been working on this one for Best of Morris fabrics.... That's not the point, however. The missing patterns are Right Angle Isoceles triangles. A whole class of quilt patterns adrift without identification. This might very well be NOT MY FAULT! The Encyclopedia is an index to published patterns and I'd guess these designs were not published in popular catalogs and magazines. Mainly because it's hard to show the repeat in a square box. But I have pictures of quite a few, mostly pieced of small half-square triangles, mostly from online auctions and most of them look to be about 1900. Schwenkfelder Library, Pennsylvania Cyndi Adams CollectionThis one is the earliest in the file---those blues and oversized stripes look 1840-1860. Minnesota Project & the Quilt Index 4 triangles per block---maybe 1870s Mid 20th-century But back to one at the top of the page. It's a variation with alternating triangles. Sort of like an Irish Chain where the alternate block contains parts of the more complex blocks. An Irish Chain--two blocks So you would need two blocks But wait a minute wouldn't it be easier to make this as a square block? and just stack them up? The block is not in the Encyclopedia either. Pattern for a version at 12".
www.prettybyhand.com
•8 different fabrics, select Fat Quarter, Third Yard’s, Half Yard’s or 1 Yard of each Liberty Fabrics Deco Dance Collection 8 Repro Feedsack Prints Fabric Bundle Vintage Retro These gorgeous fabrics, in florals, geometric, whimsical, sweet & beyond will surely bring just what you need in your next quilt project All fabrics in my shop are 100% quilt shop quality cotton
Petal Signature Cotton® Design #749074 42" wide, 4.4 oz per sq yard Everyday-use cotton for quilting, crafts and apparel Estimated shrinkage: 5-6% in length and 2-3% in width Perfect for quilting, craft projects, costuming, toys and accessories.
Pine Burr aka Double Pineapple quilt block. Free PDF pattern download to make your own Pine Burr with a choice of nine or four patch centre.
A strange bird. Is that a sweater vest or an American shield on the breast? It must be an eagle, the symbol on the Great Seal of the U.S., usually shown with arrows and olive branches in its talons and a striped shield on the breast. The Great Seal The appliqued bird is not one of a kind. I saw the eagle on a four-block quilt offered in an online auction recently. Offered by a Pennsylvania seller. I was immediately reminded of one in Rod Kiracofe's book, The American Quilt. From Gail Binney's fabulous collection. Same striped sweater vest and branch of berries in the beak. Same wreath. But an appliqued border echoing the wreath. Both eagles have green heads and brownish wings, etc. This one came from northeastern Ohio (up there by western Pennsylvania.) And here's a third: Found floating around on the internet as a "Slide" This bird and the wreath are more complex. Thirteen yellow & red stars in the wreath. The others have only one green star. The bird looks a bit more like the Great Seal with a shield and arrows (are those olive branches?) in the talons. Same appliqued border but with added appliqued ovals. What is going on here? Obviously some handing around of a patriotic pattern. Shall we say 1840's or '50s. Although the first example may be after 1880 by its strip border and the way the reds are fading to brown. My major question is: What are those berries? Poke berries 1818 I'd like to think they were poke berries and had some political connection to President James K. Polk who ran for a single term in 1845. Polk & Poke plant A search in newspapers of 1844 reveals how pervasive the Poke Stalk image was. That is indeed what poke berries look like. But not what poke leaves look like. However, the combination of red berries and those trilobate leaves is a common image in mid-19th century applique. Here's a version with a five-lobed leaf at top left in an Indiana quilt pictured in Marie Webster's 1915 book . Now you might say it's a grape plant but the other berry block in the quilt looks much more like a grape leaf and cluster of grapes. What is that leaf & fruit? Viburnum? Read more about Poke & Polk here: https://barbarabrackman.blogspot.com/2018/08/poke-weed-politics.html
pretty little things :: everyday
This is a Keepsake Fabrics reproduction quilt block on a premium colorfast, washable cotton fabric. It is available in a variety of sizes. Please make your size selection from the drop down menu. Price varies by size. This is not an iron on transfer. This unique and easy to use heirloom quality fabric block is great as a focal point for a crazy quilt, or use as an embellishment for your decorative pillows, tote bags, sachets, wearable art, or any of your special Victorian or vintage sewing or crafting projects. Have fun embellishing this lovely piece with everything from silk ribbon embroidery, rhinestones, decorative beading, sequins and more… let your imagination take over! You can even frame it! This piece can easily be sewn or glued with a fabric glue or fusible webbing to your project. Complete instructions are included with your purchase. Please note: The Keepsake Fabrics name is added for copy protection purposes only and will not be on your finished piece. All of my fabric blocks ship FREE by first class mail! Insurance or delivery confirmation can be added at the customer's expense if requested. We make every effort to ship within 48 hours excluding weekends. Your satisfaction is guaranteed! I have listed only a small sampling of the Keepsake Fabrics inventory. Please contact me if you have a special artist or subject in mind and I will be happy to create a special listing for your purchase. Please feel free to convo or email me with any questions.
