my baby quilt

Reply Subscribe

Page 4 of 6

« First

Thread Tools

10-08-2015, 03:48 AM

#31

jillmc

Super Member

Join Date: Jun 2011

Location: O-H-I-O

Posts: 1,586

Very sweet quilt! Can't wait to see your version! I would frame this quilt without doing any repairs....lots of love and history there!

10-08-2015, 04:41 AM

#32

waltonalice

Junior Member

Join Date: Apr 2014

Location: Catskills, New York

Posts: 262

The designs and materials are very "period," but still charming. I'm sort of astounded that you were able to track down the original pattern, but, lucky you, you're going to be able to create a new version. You could change the border pinks to blue, if you have a grandson for whom to make the new one.

10-08-2015, 04:49 AM

#33

feline fanatic

Power Poster

Join Date: May 2009

Location: NY

Posts: 10,590

How neat is that? I had to laugh at your "vintage" comment. I think I like that term for me too! LOL.

Can't wait to see your repro. You will have to post a side by side pic.

10-08-2015, 05:47 AM

#34

EmiliasNana

Super Member

Join Date: Sep 2011

Location: Illinois

Posts: 5,372

What a wonderful heirloom quilt. Can't wait to see your reproduction in modern applique. I have a couple "stamped" transfers I have been holding onto for the same purpose. (One is an alphabet and the other a Sunbonnet Sue) I would never get them done in embroidery, so thought applique would be the way to go for me.

10-08-2015, 06:27 AM

#35

Taughtby Grandma

Super Member

Join Date: Dec 2010

Location: Colorado Springs

Posts: 7,583

This quilt is precious! Sometimes I find really cute pictures in coloring books at the dollar store.

10-08-2015, 06:29 AM

#36

Latrinka

Super Member

Join Date: Aug 2010

Location: Slidell, Louisiana

Posts: 6,951

Yes, definitely a sweet quilt! So cute and babyish looking, nowadays it seems they don't want the baby things to look babyish, but I like that look!

10-08-2015, 07:27 AM

#37

dunster

Power Poster

Thread Starter

Join Date: Mar 2009

Location: Lake Elsinore, CA

Posts: 15,242

Quote:

Originally Posted by EmiliasNana

Oh no, I misspoke. I meant embroidery, not applique. But your idea of doing them in applique is very interesting.

10-08-2015, 07:39 AM

#38

newjeepgreen

Senior Member

Join Date: Jul 2010

Location: Up North

Posts: 369

This must surely bring back many happy memories . These quilts were made so lovingly and we all appreciated things back then as fabrics and thread weren' t so plentiful. I have a few small crochet items that mean the world to me as everyone is gone who made them.

10-08-2015, 08:24 AM

#39

Jo Anne B.

Super Member

Join Date: Sep 2012

Location: Central Ia

Posts: 1,120

When you hand embroidery, do you sew just the one layer or after the quilt has been sandwiched?

10-08-2015, 08:29 AM

#40

Jo Anne B.

Super Member

Join Date: Sep 2012

Location: Central Ia

Posts: 1,120

My grandmother made me a good sized whole cloth quilt, pink with blue and gray kittens that was tied.
It was quickly whisked upstairs to the boys dorm, the next time I saw it was in shreds and probably thrown out. Wished my mom would have saved that for me. Bigger Point being for you---what a great keepsake and quilt!!