My very cheap garage sale find
02-13-2011, 04:11 PM
#91
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My grandmother made one quite similar to that with flour sacking -- which is a finer texture than feed sacking. She was a seamstress prior to her marriage (1890 - 1910) so she learned to use every little piece of fabric. Can even remember her taking out seams and keeping the thread.
Enjoy your treasure!
Enjoy your treasure!
02-13-2011, 05:25 PM
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I have 20 dresden plates that my grandmother made and here is the story.
At the age of 5 my moms family lived in Duluth ,MN. This was about 1935. My mom would walk down to the corner to a uniform factory. She collected scrapes that were left over from making the uniforms. I thought all uniforms at that time were solid colored but these are the 30's prints. My grandma made them into the plates just like the ones in your photo. The quilt never got finished but some how my mom ended up with all the plates. I remember playing with them as a child, I would use them for skirts for my dolls. In the mid 80's I took quilt lessons and started quilting. I had some quilt friend help me sew 12 plates on to squares. And again their the quilt sat until 2008 when I sewed the top together and had it machine quilted. I gave the quilt 2 names, one is "Passing Grandmother's Plates." The other is "The 70 year Quilt". Just looking at the fabric of yours I would say they were from the 30's. If I figure out how to post photos I'll put up a picture but don't hold your breath.
At the age of 5 my moms family lived in Duluth ,MN. This was about 1935. My mom would walk down to the corner to a uniform factory. She collected scrapes that were left over from making the uniforms. I thought all uniforms at that time were solid colored but these are the 30's prints. My grandma made them into the plates just like the ones in your photo. The quilt never got finished but some how my mom ended up with all the plates. I remember playing with them as a child, I would use them for skirts for my dolls. In the mid 80's I took quilt lessons and started quilting. I had some quilt friend help me sew 12 plates on to squares. And again their the quilt sat until 2008 when I sewed the top together and had it machine quilted. I gave the quilt 2 names, one is "Passing Grandmother's Plates." The other is "The 70 year Quilt". Just looking at the fabric of yours I would say they were from the 30's. If I figure out how to post photos I'll put up a picture but don't hold your breath.
02-13-2011, 05:43 PM
#96
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I was lucky enough to inherit the last bunch of Dresdin plates my sister put together when she passed away in 2004. We came up with enough to make 4 quilts with them. We appliqued them onto blocks that measured about 2" bigger than the plates with the blanket stitch and some with just zigzag. We set them on the favorite color of the person recieving the quilt.
02-13-2011, 05:45 PM
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Originally Posted by Prism99
They aren't necessarily made from feedsacks, but the fabrics look like they are from the 1930's. Feedsacks would have a coarser textures than regular cotton fabrics from that era.
This was intended to be an applique quilt. If I were you, I would learn how to hand applique. Later on you will want to find a good backing fabric, create oversized squares, applique these to the squares, and find either an authentic or repro 1930's fabric for the center circles.
Amazing find!!!
This was intended to be an applique quilt. If I were you, I would learn how to hand applique. Later on you will want to find a good backing fabric, create oversized squares, applique these to the squares, and find either an authentic or repro 1930's fabric for the center circles.
Amazing find!!!
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