Showing posts with label vintage quilt top. Show all posts
Showing posts with label vintage quilt top. Show all posts

Friday, October 25, 2019

Longarming a 1930's Dresden Plate Quilt


"Oh, What Shall I Quilt on Monday?"


Just a tiny tongue-in-cheek, but not really true in this case. I just actively began taking in outside quilting. Not enough to be bombarded, but figuring 15-20 hours a week would be a nice pace for me. It's been most enjoyable so far, and I've met some talented quilters. But the person who pieced this quilt top is gone, and she or he left behind a legacy for future generations. Lucky me, I was asked to finish it.

Monday, October 8, 2018

Vintage Quilt Top: 9 Patch



I Spy with my little eye....a Nine Patch!
Can you see it?

Do you ever walk by old quilt tops for sale, wrinkled or balled up, and say, "Meh?" There is little interest in only a quilt top I've observed. Casual collectors around here want quilts even if they are what some call cutters. Cutter quilts have so much damage they might only have a small section usable for cutting down into a craft project. Quilt hunter and gatherers will pass these orphaned tops with little more than a second glance. Could that be a big mistake?