Showing posts with label vintage blocks. Show all posts
Showing posts with label vintage blocks. Show all posts

Thursday, June 7, 2018

Vintage Drunkard's Path Finish



Combining the Old with New

Summer has been quick ins and outs at the studio with many little changes that mean more space for opportunities to come. Hours have been spent sifting, reorganizing, and happily rediscovering lost items. I am still sticking to working through the Pile of Unloved Projects, and it's getting sooooo small that I nearly lost it the other day. Okay, not really, but it's no longer as big as a piece of furniture, and easy to misplace. That's pretty amazing to me! There is officially light at the end of the tunnel.

So how about this quilt story now?

Monday, February 19, 2018

Drunkard's Path & High Water



Drunkard's Path
67" x 89.5"


These blocks were found in a little store miles out in the country, tucked into a basket under piles of other vintage textiles. You must dig for buried treasure, you know. They came home with me, were carefully washed and pressed, and sat in another box for about two years. As I systematically pull out unfinished projects, they have been brought to life.

Read A Sweetheart of a Quilt to see the original condition the blocks were in when I started, and how I trimmed them.

Wednesday, February 14, 2018

A Sweetheart of a Quilt



Vintage Drunkard's Path Blocks 
c. 1930-1940


Happy Valentine's Day to YOU!


Is this a big day at your house? Not for us either, if you said no. Our big event today was lunch out after an optometrist's appointment together. I am having problems seeing in the studio, and wanted to make sure nothing was wrong beside normally ageing eyes. Gratefully, everything is up to par, but I simply need more light. It's become a bit of a joke in our house.

Friday, December 23, 2016

Snail's Trail with Depression Scraps aka Feed Sacks


Snail's Trail Block



Always Start by Sorting!


About a year ago I started collecting vintage fabrics. They can still be found around here by hunting little shops, word of mouth, or scrolling through Ebay. Everything I buy comes home, and gets a good wash and press, and then stored flat. Up to this point I haven't used a thing. I've been literally stockpiling it waiting for just the right project.

Sunday, December 18, 2016

Saturday Lists, Stash, & 150 Canadian Women



The Day of Big Lists 
and Why You Should Have One

More than any other time of year, this is the Craziest (with a capital "C") for most of us. There would be no other opportune moment for me to plug the value of making lists than today, one week before Christmas and Hanukkah. My current lists are:


Santa's List
Shopping
Home and Holiday Budgets
Calendars: His, Hers, Theirs, Yours
Menus
Travel Itineraries
Studio Work/ Holiday Sewing

Thursday, December 1, 2016

Vintage Quilt Block Finds & My List



Vintage Star Blocks: 
Depression Fabric and Feedsack

I'm SO curious! Please tell me if there 
is a special name for a Morning Star 
block in a hexie setting!

This past weekend was Small Business Saturday, but I carried it over to my Sunday excursion. I wasn't shopping for quilt blocks, but one of my favorite little stores had a package of 69 blocks in a bin. I hemmed and hawed, but in the end decided I'd kick myself if I didn't get them. Little did I know at the time their full beauty. It took my breath away as I went through the blocks at home.