Study Time

I am using this time to study quilt patterns and review my quilt books.  One of my favorite books right now is 5,500 Quilt Block Designs by Maggie Malone.  I have been using this to identify patterns for quilts I have that will be posted as soon as possible.  I have a beautiful scrappy LaMoyne Star quilt, a Postage Stamp Basket quilt top, and Altered Nine Patch and a few more.

Mr. Puff-n-Stuff and I went to an old antique store a few weeks ago and found some great quilts which we didn't buy.  Instead of bindings, the quilts were edged with crocheting around each one.  One was done in hot pink crochet thread for a green and pink Flower Garden Quilt.  The second quilt was an album quilt and I am pretty sure they were made by the same quilter as the fabric pieces were the same for both quilt.  That quilt was edged in off white crocheting instead of binding.  This is the only time I have seen quilts finished in this manner.  Each had a pretty hefty price attached to it and while I thought they were beautiful, I had to pass them by.

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!

These fine little fellows were whittled by my husband's Uncle John for me and they are some of my favorite Christmas Treasures.  The Santa with the belt and hood is 7" tall and was made in 1991.  The other Santa is 8" tall and was made in 1994.  He made others too that he gave away.  We are lucky whom he chose to give them to.   I wish everyone a Merry Christmas!

Butterfly Baby Quilt

This baby quilt is made using the 12 butterfly blocks I found in the box of other blocks and quilting fabrics a couple weeks ago.

Butterfly Quilt Block

More quilt blocks in the box.  There are 12 of these small  butterfly blocks.  They measure 9" wide and 8 1/2" long.

WIP

I placed these blocks on a navy blue sheet because I think I want to use this color and wanted to see what it would look like with the strips between them.  I am no sure of the placing just yet, keep playing with it.  Should I place them all in the same direction?  Should I do random placing?  I am looking at both ways.  The blocks 12" x 12" and I have 30 blocks.  I think I want to do this same pattern in small blocks and have them all the same fabric too.  For this quilt in the making, I like the scrappy look.  Anyone out there have an opinion?

9 Patch Baby Quilt

My cousin, Sarah Wilson Waterman received this quilt for her first son.  She said her parents found it in an antique shop in Missouri so it is from the 1970's or before.  It is a nice combination of blocks, 9 patch and I am not sure of the other block.  It is like the Attic Window block but completely framed.  This is a crib quilt.

Kim's Patchwork Quilt

This quilt was made about 1978-9 for my daughter, Kim.  It is double knit with a light weight double knit on the back.  She was 6 years old and we were very short of bedding at the time.  My mother-in-law, Ruth, gave me a bag of scraps and thus Kim had a quilt.  Now she has it on the  bed of one of her children.  It is twin bed size, big enough to cover her bunk bed when she was little.  Patchwork is a common method of making a fast quilt.

Grandmother's Choice

It took me quite awhile to find the name of this quilt.  Grandmother's choice.  At first I thought it was a variation of the Tennessee Waltz but it wasn't.  This quilt was another from the Iron Range.  It is in perfect condition other than slightly faded.  It is all cotton and not quilted but tied.  The maker did a beautiful job matching corners and the blocks are nice and even.  It is heavy so possibly has a blanket inside.  It is a full bed size.  The backing is a solid olive green cotton.  The only thing I didn't like about this quilt is that it was finnished with a dark brown zig zag stitch but it isn't straight and in places the backing comes over the front. Other than that, I really like this quilt.  Would it be wrong to take the zig zag stitching out and add a binding?

Needle Keeper Book

My Great Aunt Cecle was an avid quilter.  My family spent a lot of time out on her little farm in Northern Idaho when I was a little girl.  She always had a quilt in the frame and several more tops ready to go into the frame.  She made little Needle Keepers out of flannel and had several needles threaded in the keepers so that it would speed up her quilting time with less breaks for re-threading.  This keeper is almost 60 years old that she made.  I have added needles to it.  The size is 4 inches wide and 8 inches long.  It has 4 long pieces of flannel inside with the paper strips for needles.  Around her quilting frame, there would be a keeper for each side with threaded needles.

Crazy Quilt # 2

This is a family piece.  It is 76"x 105" and I am unsure how old it is.  My cousin inherited it and she said it was old when she got it about 25 years ago.  It is made of 30 blocks.  I like this style of quilt.  My grandmother use to make them but she didn't embroider on them.  She would just call them "Family Quilts" because they were made from clothing of the family when they wore out and the material was salvaged.  I can tell you this quilt is very heavy.  It has wool and other heavy fabric pieces.

Mae's Crazy Quilt

    This quilt is very special.  It was made by Mary Elizabeth "Mae" Mather Wilson and is owned by her great granddaughter, Erin, my cousin.  The quilt was made before 1910 and is shown in Mae's cabin at that time.  It is made out of heavy silks and velvet and has all the wonderful embroidery stitching.  The quilt is made of 4 main blocks set together and is twin size.  Mae made it to be used and she took very good care of it.  Erin said it is in perfect condition and still vivid colors.  As I study this quilt out and study out the one on the bed, I think these are 2 different quilts made by the same person.  Does anyone else see what I see?  The color photo has a green border around it and the quilt on the bed has no border.  Also the fabric in the pieces is different as the colored photo has solid colores but the one in the cabin has patches with a sort of print. 

Quilt Blocks From Class

These are the blocks we worked on in the quilting class I took.