Help! Just inherited 325 pieced units!
#1
I was visiting family for my 30th birthday and my grandmother gave me these 325 units/stars that my great-great grandmother pieced in the 1950's. What a treasure! I need some help, though, before I can put them together into a quilt. Does anyone know:
1) What period the fabrics date to? My grandmother thought perhaps the 30's/40's.
2) What pattern she might have been striving for? I've included an example of how I think they might go together - will have to add diamonds in between. But what is the name of the pattern?
3) What kind of fabric should I look for to complete the quilt top? Do I need to go vintage or would a new fabric in off-white work?
Thanks in advance for your advice/thoughts!
1) What period the fabrics date to? My grandmother thought perhaps the 30's/40's.
2) What pattern she might have been striving for? I've included an example of how I think they might go together - will have to add diamonds in between. But what is the name of the pattern?
3) What kind of fabric should I look for to complete the quilt top? Do I need to go vintage or would a new fabric in off-white work?
Thanks in advance for your advice/thoughts!
Treasure trove of pieced star units.
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Possible pattern?
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#3
Muslin would be in keeping with the time frame.
It looks like the stars need to be on point.
I think your inheritance is grand. How big are these stars from point to point?
Isn't there a quilt site called "victorian ... something?"
I will go looking to see what I can find.
Kalaidescope ... we tend to think of that as a strip piece, but, I am sure it started out as a solid fabric/diamonds.
It looks like the stars need to be on point.
I think your inheritance is grand. How big are these stars from point to point?
Isn't there a quilt site called "victorian ... something?"
I will go looking to see what I can find.
Kalaidescope ... we tend to think of that as a strip piece, but, I am sure it started out as a solid fabric/diamonds.
#8
Originally Posted by rosemary128
Amma - thanks! That's a very close match. I'm thinking I'm going to have to inset all the diamonds by hand or practice my Y-seams on the machine. *faint*
The last block I sewed with Y seams I did all but the last 1/2 on each side by machine, then I sewed the middle by hand, it was that or sew the whole thing by hand. :shock: I can't wait to see your quilt!!!! :D :D :D
#10
Originally Posted by rosemary128
Amma - thanks! That's a very close match. I'm thinking I'm going to have to inset all the diamonds by hand or practice my Y-seams on the machine. *faint*
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