Another Vintage Quilt Repair

I had the privilege of repairing another vintage quilt!

This is actually a coverlet, and was purchased at an estate sale by a woman who loves butterflies.

Even though it was terribly worn, she still was drawn to it.  It wasn't cost efficient to replace all the worn binding that covered the seams, so I simply repaired any holes or seams that had opened.

It's always fun to see another vintage quilt, and it was very heart warming to know that it will be treasured by another generation!

Vintage Quilt Repair

 

I had the privilege of repairing this vintage/antique quilt today.

And, I had the fun of informing my customer just how old this quilt could be!  

While I'm no expert on dating quilts, it was pretty clear to me that the top was pieced from fabrics from the 1800's, and that the back was pieced from several feedsacks, so it definitely has some age to it.

It's amazing what this quilt had just been through, including being washed in the washing machine (not even on delicate cycle!) and tumble dried with dryer sheets (cringe!!!), as the owner had no idea how old or fragile her "blanket" was!!

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Yo Yo Love!

Isn't this cheery?!  My friend Leann asked me to make a pillow sham out of these sweet yo yo's...

... for a beach-themed guest room.  She did all the hard work; I simply added some scrappy piping and an envelope backing.

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Too Many Quilts Floating in My Head!!

Some days I feel like my brain is going to explode with all the quilts that are floating around inside my head!!  I am so grateful for the internet, the online quilting community and all the amazing quilts that are to be seen on Pinterest and those fabulous quilt blogs.  But, the downside is that there are now more quilts in my head than I can possibly crank out in a reasonably timely basis.

In an attempt to calm down my brain, I made a serious list (and sublists!) of all the quilts I need to finish, all the quilts I have all the supplies for, all the quilts I am still collecting fabrics for, and all the quilts I'd love to do someday.  That list totals 67 at the moment!!  At the rate I'm completing quilts these days, I've got some serious quilting and serious living to do (I certainly don't want to die with a bunch of uncompleted projects or a huge stash of unused fabric!!)!

So, I need to hit the gym and get seated in front of the sewing machine!!

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Quilt Photo Shoot at the Umholtz's

My dear friends Elma & Leo were not only kind enough to let me tack up my quilts on their barn to take some photos this evening, but they also helped me (even though they weren't so sure at first about my vision!).

Photographing quilts is not for the faint of heart!  You have to scout out settings, wait for the right time of day so the lighting is perfect (still haven't completely figured that out yet!), haul out your stepladder and climb up on it, reaching as high as you possibly can [which isn't that high when you're only 5' 2"!], pound nails into a barn wall, then hope everything is reasonably level and what you had in mind.

But it's always worth the effort, and it's always so meaningful to spend time with your quilts in a lovely setting.  Elma quickly caught my vision and served as my "photo stylist".  

I love the Umholtz's property....  They are moving into a retirement community next week, and although I'm happy for them, I'm ever so sad for me - I never get tired of soaking in their property as evidenced here and here.

Enjoy a tour of this lovely property through a quilter's perspective!

(These photos make me want to do an outdoor quilt show with my entire collection of quilts....)

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Yummy Fabric

Some fat quarters of  Lecien's "Old New Fabric Collection 30's" from Simply Sweet Fabric.

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Book Pillow for Ella

This sweet little book pillow was made from the scraps from Ella's quilt.  Directions are in Allison Harris's book Growing Up Modern.  It was such a fun little pillow to stitch!