antique quilts

Mid Summer Quilt Finish from Gray Barn Designs

We interrupt our Christmas in July/August paper piecing project to present a palette-cleansing scrappy, double Irish chain, low-volume quilt finish.

Cindy and I were estate sale shopping last year (or the year before — is your concept of time messed up too????) and I stumbled on an old quilt in need of some love. The quilt was in pretty rough shape, but it just called to me. I bought it for the tag price of $5 because I loved the uniform bold blue squares and the clever quilting. I mention the quilting because what looks like many small white pieces ...

added by sandradny 1 week, 5 days ago. under antique quilts , double irish chain , gray barn designs , low volume quilts , miscellaneous (Comments)

Virtual Quilts: Viewing, Studying and Enjoying Them in New Ways from Repro Quilt Lover

If you belong to a quilt guild, visit quilt exhibits, participate in workshops, take classes, or study quilt history, you have likely had an event canceled or postponed. If you are anything like me it’s been a lot more than one. This has left me wondering how I can fulfill my desire to view quilts and, equally important, to socialize and learn from other quilters. I miss my people! How can I get my quilt fix when everything I used to do is canceled or on hold?

Fortunately, I didn’t have to create the opportunities, I just needed ...

added by Taryn Faulkner 1 month ago. under 19th century quilt , antique quilt , antique quilts , applique quilt , dar museum , hand quilting , hexagon quilt , inspiration , international quilt museum , mariners compass quilt , pieced quilt , quilt , quilt guild , quilt museum , red and green quilt , signature quilt , taft museum (Comments)

MY Quilt Candy Virtual Quilt Show Tomorrow from Nestlings By Robin

April 8th at 2pm (EST) join me on my FB page,

NESTLINGS by Robin.
Invite your friends and guild members
to join the fun!
This will be a great way to decide that you
need me to come teach at your guild:)

Get ready to be shocked and amazed?

Shocked because who knows how

this fiasco will play out as

I perform my FIRST EVER FB Live video-LOL!

Amazed by the lovely quilts I will be

sharing with you in this

Virtual Quilt Show.

The theme is "Favorite Quilts" and

that is not as easy as it sounds

because they ...

added by Robin 4 months ago. under antique quilts , contemporary quilts , favorite quilts , fb live , nestlings by robin , virtual quilt show

Quilters Eye Candy Virtual Trunk Shows from Nestlings By Robin

Welcome to the Quilt Candy Virtual Trunk Show 2020

Invite your friends and your guild members

to view hundreds of lovely quilts over the

next 10 days!

ALL times are Eastern Standard Time

Below is the schedule for every day listing

the designer and his or her FB page link

so that you can tune in for a LIVE Quilt Show!

Don't miss the FUN!

April 1

12pm Andi Stanfield      facebook.com/Anditruebluequilts
1pm Nancy Scott         facebook.com/MasterpieceQ
2pm becky jorgensen    https://www.facebook.com/patchworkposse/
3pm carolina moore     facebook.com/alwaysexpectmoore
4pm Jackie Kunkel       https://www.facebook ...

added by Robin 4 months, 1 week ago. under antique quilts , applique quilts , contemporary quilts , fb live , nestlings by robin , pieced quilts , quilters candy , virtual quilt show

Quilters are the Best Part 2 from Humble Quilts

Here is Elizabeth and Roy snuggled in the quilt that Mona sent.

Here is a comment she left on Wednesday's blog post:

Dear beautiful ladies,
As I sit here, tears streaming down my face, holding a beautiful baby boy wrapped in a love quilt, I am humbled by your kindness and generosity ❤️
Thank you Mona for the amazing quilt you sent us; I love it so much. Little Roy gets warn out really easily right now during this healing period and he loves me to hold him when he sleeps, now he’s all comfy on my lap wrapped ...

added by Lori 5 months ago. under antique quilts , charity

Strawberries and Cream from From the Strawberry Patch...

Strawberries and Cream ~ 60" X 68" I finally finished piecing and quilting this scrappy quilt from years ago, it was inspired by an antique quilt that I saw at a Quilt Guild "show and tell" and fell in love with. I drafted the pattern and set to work. This may just be one of my favorite all-time quilts. I backed it with this precious strawberry print. Naming this one was a natural. I don't

added by Mrs. Goodneedle 6 months, 3 weeks ago. under antique quilts , backing , machine quilting , pantograph , selvedges , texas tears , ufo's

Strawberries and Cream from From the Strawberry Patch...

Strawberries and Cream ~ 60" X 68" I finally finished piecing and quilting this scrappy quilt from years ago, it was inspired by an antique quilt that I saw at a Quilt Guild "show and tell" and fell in love with. I drafted the pattern and set to work. This may just be one of my favorite all-time quilts. I backed it with this precious strawberry print. Naming this one was a natural. I don't

added by Mrs. Goodneedle 6 months, 3 weeks ago. under antique quilts , backing , machine quilting , pantograph , selvedges , texas tears , ufo's

Friday This and That from Humble Quilts

Remember this quilt? I asked Barbara Brackman about it and this was her response:

I noticed that quilt on your blog. Interesting because of the red behind the lilies. Dating hard as so little to go on. All the fabrics not very good clues. But you wouldn't see a red & green style quilt like this in the 1830s so now we are up to 1840...

The earliest examples I have in the pattern are in the early 1840s.

More reason to think after 1840

R & G quilts 1840 to 1890 but in conservative places like Penn you see them ...

added by Lori 6 months, 3 weeks ago. under antique quilts , toile

Grand Rapids Adventure from Nestlings By Robin

August of 2019 I flew to

Grand Rapids, Michigan to

take my appraisal test that

I had been training for

close to 3 years.

Here are a couple of shots from inside

the convention center that sits

along the Grand River.

My test would take place over 2 days.

A friend from Florida (also training to

be an appraiser) was in town so we

hung out taking in a lecture,

walking the floor looking at quilts,

and attending one of the Quilts of Valor

presentations where 3 quilts were gifted to Veterans.

Montage of old quilts (above)

and new quilts ...

added by Robin 7 months, 2 weeks ago. under 31 day blog challenge , antique quilts , aqs , certified appraiser , grand rapids , margaritas , meijer gardens , nestlings by robin , quilt appraisals

Vintage Quilt Sunday from Humble Quilts

Here's a fun quilt in my collection. The heavy quilting is keeping the layers together.

I adore this setting! It is the same setting Sally Post used in THIS quilt.

Most of the quilting is done with hanging diamonds. But the setting triangles near the border change hanging diamond direction.

The quilting is not tiny and precise, but she did take time to think about the actual quilting of this piece. The quilt is completed by hand.

I wonder what her thought was with putting the small pieces of red behind the flower buds?

The border has baptist fan ...

added by Lori 7 months, 3 weeks ago. under antique quilts

Living History Series from Nestlings By Robin

Coming in 2020 (SO WEIRD to write that!)

I will introduce my Living History Series

of workshops for guilds to book in 2021.

How interested would you be in

seeing and touching and learning

about a 100+ year old

quilt and then making a small updated

reproduction of that same quilt?

That is what we will be

doing in each 3 hour class.

You aren't out a lot of time

or money and you get to

be a part of our quilting ancestry!

If you are super excited about

this idea, keep an eye out

for Houston next year ...

added by Robin 8 months ago. under 1800s quilts , 2020 , 31 day blog challenge , antique quilts , houston festival , living history series , nestlings by robin , quilt class

Thanksgiving Pattern Winners- Happy Friday! from Humble Quilts

The winner of Gracie Lu's Rail Fence is The Joyful Quilter! She was a commenter on my blog.

The winner of Goodnight Darlene from the Facebook comments is Pam Taylor.

Please send me your mailing addresses and I'll get the pattern in the mail. Thanks for playing along and Thank you Kevin for your generosity and talent!

Poor Elsa got into something yesterday and ripped up her feet. We had to make an emergency trip to the vet's office. One of her pads is tore up and on the other foot her dewclaw was torn. Unfortunately it ...

added by Lori 8 months, 1 week ago. under antique quilts , giveaway

Kovals Antique Quilt Exhibit- Houston from Humble Quilts

Joe and Mary Koval generously shared an amazing array of antique quilts in Houston! Here's a sampling.

This was actually one of my favorites. I can't get enough of this setting!!

If I had to make 14 diamonds meet in the center, I'd never have a quilt!

It's okay to cut up a toile. Still makes a pretty effective and fun quilt.

I'm so glad I don't worry about which direction my stripes run!

As precise looking as this applique is................

The maker added this funky folk art dog? I love it!

Quilts that ...

added by Lori 9 months ago. under antique quilts , houston quilt show , vintage quilts

Quilts and Friendships from Humble Quilts

Sometimes you meet new friends!

And sometimes you pick up right where you left off with other friends! I met both of these ladies working in the education dept at IQF so at least I have 2 positive things from that event!! I also believe working those early mornings, long days, long week gave me a super appreciation for my unscheduled time at the quilt show. I didn't miss working one little bit!

Donna (I hope I'm remembering correctly) approached me at the show and told me she was a blog reader. She had just made this purchase ...

added by Lori 9 months, 1 week ago. under antique quilts , quilt friends , quilt show houston

Antique Bed Turning and Quilt Show from Humble Quilts

Last Friday on my way to the race I left town early so I could enjoy a quilt show in Hood River!

I enjoyed an antique quilt bed turning the most.

I absolutely loved the applique birds on this one.

Not quite sure about the corners on this one.

Sometimes the simplest ones can be the sweetest.

Pretty sure these are old blocks, newly set and quilted.

The next few were a few of my new favs.

If you want to read a little about the recovery of the stolen pickup......

One of our customers saw our vehicle (He was ...

added by Lori 9 months, 3 weeks ago. under antique quilts , quilt show , vintage quilts

Aurora Quilts Rhapsody in Blue from Humble Quilts

The theme for the 47th Annual Old Aurora VColony Quilt show was "Rhapsody in Blue" I feel a theme for 2019!!

Here are a few faves:

What a fun border!!

Another cool border.

One of my favorites!

Old top, newly quilted.

Another lovely and humble quilt with fabric patterns going every which way!!

Look at that stuffed stem! Cool quilting too.

How about this kind of sashing? Yes? or No?

Antique quilt, reproduced quilt.

Love that green and red print.

I didn't share my favorite here because I took so many photos!!

I'm off to Hood River for ...

added by Lori 9 months, 4 weeks ago. under antique quilts , quilt show , vintage quilts

Vintage Quilts Monday from Humble Quilts

More quilts from Suzette's collection!!

I love the solid green, although I know I'd find it hard to replicate.

But the amazing fabrics the quiltmaker used makes it such a special quilt!

Simple design, but oh so fine!

YES! I say yes to pink and blue!!

This was a newer quilt top. Each block had fussy cutting!!

Almost every single block had fussy cut pieces!!

And look at this! She/he finished every seam- just like a serger, but by hand!! Is that crazy, or what?

I was asked to do another relay- this one is just for ...

added by Lori 10 months ago. under antique quilts , relay , vintage quilts

Vintage Beauties Part 2 from Humble Quilts

Suzette kept pulling out quilts to share with me! And now I get to share them with you!!

This one was a real beauty. As you are checking out the fabric, don't miss the quilting!! It looks like it was marked and quilted by a mathematician!!

My favorite print was the poison green with spots!!

Will someone please reproduce this one???!!

This diamond had to tiniest poverty patch to make it the size it need to be!!

That blue looks like Prussian to me. Your thoughts?

Look at this blue!! And the red! Love them! The brown is the ...

added by Lori 10 months, 1 week ago. under antique quilts , vintage quilts

Friday Fun- Meet and Greet Winner and Vintage quilts! from Humble Quilts

I had a lovely lunch date this week and Suzette was kind enough to show me some of her lovely antique and vintage quilts!

I thought today I'd share a few log cabin quilts.

Love the Lancaster blue log centers!!

And this amazing chrome yellow was the only chrome yellow in this quilt. The maker put it directly in the center.

Loved that purple print!!

The quilt maker fussy cut the fabric with the scallop print. She cut it the same every time she used it.

The backing was pieced and could almost be a strippy top.

This next ...

added by Lori 10 months, 1 week ago. under antique quilts , cheddarback , vintage quilts

How To Wash Antique Quilts from Maria the Quilter

Let me preface this post by saying that I do indeed know what I am talking about – I have worked with antique quilts for almost 10 years. There are plenty of other experts out there, and each person will have their favorite method or technique to share. So if you read something different somewhere else, please feel free to get back to me (or them) with questions. We certainly don’t want to damage any of these priceless treasures.

Number one, I will always say, if it’s an old quilt and it doesn’t have to be washed, then ...

added by mariathequilter 1 year, 4 months ago. under antique quilt care , antique quilt top , antique quilt wash , antique quilts , quilt , quilt care , quilt wash , washing a quilt , washing old quilts (Comments)

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