Antique Quilts # 4

 Today I will be cleaning up from the big de-stash sale I held the last 3 days. If there are any great things left I will  offer them to you, here, on Wednesday January 19, 2022.

For a quick post, here is another antique quilt top in my collection. The block is called Economy or Garden of Eden, among other names. I bought it at International Quilt Festival in Houston some years back from Julia Kelly-Hodenius, owner of Pique. If I recall correctly, it came from Pennsylvania, my home state.

Here it is laid on the floor: 

This isn't a great full photo since it is pinned to the design wall on top of my Lifetime quilt under construction: 

Frugal patchwork: 

Love these Neon fabrics: 

Quite a design sense, very scrappy, not something  contemporary quiltmakers are likely to do: 

 

I have begun replicating this and hope to get back to it later this year:

Let's quilt.

Quilts I Should Finish This Year

Many of us get excited to START a new project, but don't always FINISH those previously started.

Here are a few I really WANT to finish in 2020:

1. Patriotic Pineapple--I put this on my local teaching schedule to force me to dig it back out and get her done--it's about half way done and all I need is time to make it a priority:

2. Economy Block: this one is a replica of an antique top I bought a few years ago from Julia Kelly-Hodenius, owner of Pique'. It is a bit more than half done--the top photo is one block: 

 The antique top:

3. $795: A funny name which I may explain later. This was started years ago and I really WANT to finish--hoping this is the year. I have two of these rows done, about 26" wide x 54" long. I am either 25%, 50 %, or 66.67% finished:

4. Star of Texas: designed years ago from a very small graphic I saw. I wrote to the person who designed the graphic and got permission to make a quilt like it--in the old days when that sort of thing happened with letters through the mail. It took all my math skills to get this far--I remember working in 1/32 of an inch increments--nuts! 

Now I don't care for the background fabric and will replace that with a more contemporary fabric. All of this has been stored for at least 20 years but this might just be the year I get back to it:

In addition to all the usual projects I am working on, class samples, blog posts,  BOM commitments, etc., these will have to work their way into my schedule.  Having them out of the closet, on the design wall, visible, will help get them moved to the front of the line.

I'll bet you have a few UFO's (unfinished objects), or PHD's (projects half done), or PIGS (projects in grocery sacks). Whatever we call them, at some point we were excited enough to start them. 

Let's quilt.

Barbara

Stars In a Time Warp and More

I love making these 6" blocks from Barbara Brackman.  Called "Stars in a Time Warp", each week on Wednesday Barbara's blog talks about a specific type/style/color of historic fabrics.  We learn a lot this way and the block is every easy to make.  I am making 2 each week so I really use my stash, or at least really get to search through it, as the blocks don't take much fabric.

Here is this week's style:  Neat Stripes:

 In addition, I started reproducing the antique top I bought in Minneapolis--read about it here.  A few blocks so far, being made as leader/ender blocks:

Four Economy Blocks with sashing

 

It's been fun digging through my stash looking for blues, double pinks, plaids, reds, similar fabrics to the original.  No rush on this one, I am always eager to get a project started then let it sit for awhile as I finish something started before it. 

I'm off to meet my granddaughter, Stella.  Can hardly wait!  Until then,

Let's quilt!

Barbara