Need advice on vintage quilt....
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I think if you look around you'll find something suitable. I got 300 yards of fabric from my Sis that she bought in the 70's, and it's pretty much very small floral patterns. I've been told that is getting popular again.
It is funny though, because I also got some UFO quilts from my Mom that she was working on during that time frame, and they also came with white backing. I know my mom used white or muslin for the quilts she made. I don't think she ever considered using a print. Don't know if that was common, or just my Mom.
It is funny though, because I also got some UFO quilts from my Mom that she was working on during that time frame, and they also came with white backing. I know my mom used white or muslin for the quilts she made. I don't think she ever considered using a print. Don't know if that was common, or just my Mom.
Might have been common back then, IDK? I do know that both girls would prefer something different than the white. I thought about using it for sashing on a couple of them, since they will be smaller.
The one that I have started is really cute so far. I've got only 6 blocks done, because mom cut the pieces by hand, so some of the bocks end up wonky and I have to pick out the seams and fix them. But I'm getting there. I'm determined to finish it before baby Zoe shows up. LOL I know that Y seams are not my favorite, and thank goodness for Utube, or I would still be struggling with those.
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Back in "those" days, one never thought to use regular fabric on the back..wide cream or white muslin was common as well as solid 45" goods. The use of those fabrics was more economical. Specific quilting fabric lines started emerging at that time..Quilting was becoming a lost art in the late 60's and early 70's. A resurgence happened with the American Bicentennial....and we keep moving forward...
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Here's some of the blocks for my grandsons quilt. He will be here in may, so I've got some time yet on this quilt. We've attempted to replicate some of what mom was thinking with the color combinations, since she had them in sets of 8.
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Oh, that first one is reminiscent of the whole, "back-to-the-land/homestead" movement in the late 60s and early 70s. Everything was calico prints and gardening themes. (Remember granny dresses? Katherine Ross' dresses in Butch Cassidy?) I'm sure that you can find fabrics to match up with that. The second one looks a little more quaint...perhaps a nod to the 30s. There's lots of mens' shirt prints in that...again, with little, calico prints. Try looking on Connecting Threads site. They have a lot of this kind of stuff. and, as I mentioned before, Effies, on EBay has a lot of these prints as well.
Thanks for sharing...the quilts are going to be beautiful and straight from the heart.
~ C
Thanks for sharing...the quilts are going to be beautiful and straight from the heart.
~ C
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Oh, that first one is reminiscent of the whole, "back-to-the-land/homestead" movement in the late 60s and early 70s. Everything was calico prints and gardening themes. (Remember granny dresses? Katherine Ross' dresses in Butch Cassidy?) I'm sure that you can find fabrics to match up with that. The second one looks a little more quaint...perhaps a nod to the 30s. There's lots of mens' shirt prints in that...again, with little, calico prints. Try looking on Connecting Threads site. They have a lot of this kind of stuff. and, as I mentioned before, Effies, on EBay has a lot of these prints as well.
Thanks for sharing...the quilts are going to be beautiful and straight from the heart.
~ C
Thanks for sharing...the quilts are going to be beautiful and straight from the heart.
~ C
We felt that it was a great way to honor her, and maybe put a smile on her face. <3
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