One of the last quilts I opened from the estate was this beauty! It has been well loved.
Lovely hand quilting
I'm assuming it is from the 1940's.
The biggest problem with this quilt is the binding is pretty much non existent. It was the color of the final blue tip. I think I'll see if I have a solid blue similar, replace it and keep this one. At least for awhile.
Recently we went to a Living Celebration of Life for my Brother in Law. What a concept! I loved it. We went back up the following week and spent some time with my sister and brother in law. Make sure you let people know how important they are to you.
My sister in law has been forced to think about the "stuff" she will have after he passes.
Years ago we were at an auction together and she bought a quilt that had this quilt inside! She asked if I wanted it last week and I said yes.
I always enjoy the antique quilts at the show! These were great!
Full quilt shown below
The color is really off on a few of these photos.
This is the info on the entire exhibit.
I loved them all!
Maybe the Carpenter's Wheel is a favorite.
Do you have a favorite?
PS My blog comments stopped coming to my email and I have several with no emails. If you asked a question I will reply at your comment on that specific blog post. (most of these were about Parsonsfield)
This is a repost from a blog post I wrote in 2015 about the quilt show in the Alsace region of France.
We left Paris early in the morning on the high speed train to Strasbourg, where we rented a car to drive to the villages that the European patchwork was taking place. It was so beautiful and quaint!
The first town we went to for the exhibit was Liepvre and the first building and the first quilt I saw was......
This amazing beauty! These were the " Quilts de Legende" Reproductions of antique quilts. They were all masterpieces!! I was ...
This is a repost of a fun and quilty trip to WA- my road trip friend Laurie had a little show!
About now I should be immersed heavily into Roman History!
This wasn't a quilt on the lawn but it sure was a cute little quilt made with antique fabric that Laurie made and hung up for us to enjoy.
I went to Seattle with my friend, Michelle, on the left, picked up Juliann, on the right, and made our way to Marysville where Laurie (center, in blue) had a quilt show of Anthologie quilts. The weather has been ...
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The Iowa Quilt Museum is in Winterset, Iowa. I think this was one of my favorite towns that we visited! The women at the museum were unbelievably friendly and in general everyone in town was pretty pleasant. (we also picked up a couple of cute pieces of clothing and Laurie bought an antique quilt!)
But for the special exhibit at the museum was HOUSES!
A celebration of house quilts! WOW! Each one unique and so wonderful!
We liked this one a lot made from antique quilt blocks.
It was so special to see Wendy's potholder style house quilt at ...
Good morning quilters! Our first stop on our Midwest roadtrip was the International Quilt Museum in Lincoln Nebraska. I was thrilled to be making my first trip here! The museum link is HERE.
Cool chair in the reading room.
Tobaccianna silks quilts:
These were pretty incredible!
Teeny tiny!
Who doesn't love a house quilt?
This one had tiny little 3d door knobs!
I see the arrow first. Creative and a bit humble!
I hope you enjoy this post and future posts of our quilty roadtrip!
Donna was co chair of the programs at the guild I visited last week. She graciously opened her home for a personal show and tell! (Truth be told I invited myself over but did give her the option to say no)
I'm dividing this into 2 posts. Today is antique quilts.
Seriously so charming!
Be still my heart!
This was a family quilt that she had quilted and was enjoying it in her living area.
Love the corner whirlygigs!
She had several more family quilts that she was going to finish and give them to family members. Such a ...
At the quilt show I vended at earlier this year I met a woman who wanted to sell a quilt. She shared a few photos from her phone and told her I'd be back in the area to teach later in the year. Well, she wrote and we met and I was able to see the quilt in person. It's a treasure! It belongs to me at the moment but I do plan on selling it.
I thought this was the letter Q- lol. I posted it on an antique quilt group and it appears to be a ...
Good morning! I have to share with you this latest treasure that has crossed my path, I couldn't be more tickled! A friend has trusted me with the safekeeping of this Sunbonnet Sue quilt made in 1930 by her maternal grandmother. This was her grandmother's first and only quilt! She was part Cherokee and likely learned to stich from her mother. She was from Missouri, later moved to California where
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