I found these in a bag of remnants I got from Goodwill. I have no idea what they are and what you can do with them.

No pics ?? LOL

I knew I forgot something..lol

They look like those panels you use to get buy the yard. You could them apart or use the whole piece. Cranston Print Works made a lot of them.

Are they for needlework or just as is?

I have some of the bottom pic blocks. I bought a yard of it to practice needlepunch embrodiery. I saw the vendors demoing this at Paducah quilt show and just had to do some.

You could put shashing areound the pieces and make a little quilt.

Thanks for the replies, another project to add to the line up...let's see that makes....nvm....who's counting anyways.

I will stash them away, for a later project.

The 2nd pic looks like they are Thimbleberries.

You could make pot holders with them, too.

I think I saw the last batch by the yard at Keepsake quilting a few years ago.
lots2do
PS I really love the first batch.

Oh... have fun with whatever you do! YEA Goodwill!
Love the black and tan ones. Would be great in a quilt!

They almost look like Trichem squares.
Anyone remember that stuff?

I do - those tubes with the ballpoint tips that always dried up... Lots of colors, though. I haven't seen them in years.

And I was just thinking how pretty they'd look if they were painted... :lol: :lol:

Be creative, it looks like a lot of fun!

Oh, my yes. Wasn't that a requirement to have for good military wives way back when?

Oh yes I remember Trichem. Hasn't been to many years since I got rid of mine. I was not that good with them.

I remember buying them from Hershners & Leewards catalogs. Never cared for the results.

I just found my Trichem paints in their carrier downstairs. They still work! I am really amazed. I did lots of pillowcases with the paints. These little blocks look like something they would have carried except that the lines look really dark and may not have been covered by the paint.
Wendy

Guess what...

http://www.trichem.com/

I have TONS of Trichem stuff!! transfers ball point paints as well as those in the tube for brushes. used to do this with my mom when I was younger. she spent SO much on this stuff i just can't throw it away!! I need to go through it as there could be some great quilt ideas

WOW who knew they were still in business.

Red work designs. You can put them all together in a quilt...after you have embroidered them by hand.

I thought that they looked like the old fashioned fabric (Kinda like muslin) that had embrodery patterns stenciled on. My mother had some that looked like them. She embrodered them -- some just the outline and others the full design.

They look like stamped for embroidery pieces, they could be a linen blend. di out the old embroidery hoop, get some new floss and make them pretty. You could just paint them with acrylics for fabric.Anyway they are a find.Good for you.
Annette

The bottom fabric is cut from a panel. My mom and I got this fabric as part of a challenge project for a retreat a couple of years ago. The challenge project came with lots of different fabric. I made a two sided apron and used four of these fussy cuts for pockets!

They kind of look like embroidery patterns. They would look beautiful embroidered but WOW, that would take alot of time!

The black and tan squares were part of a Thimbleberries
quilt club quilt. They were bordered with small quilt blocks
and then, sashed and then assembled into a large quilt.
Hope that helps.

Looks like blocks you embroidery. You can embroidery them if you like, then put them together with sashing in between the blocks and then borders to match. Or you can you can make individual blocks and make pilows out of them or minature quilts with the red ones. On the fruit, probably tea towels, place mats, pot holders, napkins.. Have fun.

Yes, I agree, they look like Trichem pieces, where you paint the pictures and then do whatever you want with them. They would make some nice pillows...or quilt them. You could give them to a Senior Club if not wanted and they would do something with them. If you have grandchildren, let them paint them and make a quilt.

The first pic looks like panels that you can put together with borders, although they are cut pretty close to the print, to make a quilt.

The second pic looks like something you could either embroider with thread or yarn, then sew together to make a quilt. You'd lose the cute border but could really jazz it up with bright spring colors.

Oh, hey! I just got the top one at MY Goodwill, but it's in blue. Too funny. I got it for my mom because she loves Americana stuff. Mine were all on one pc., though, not cut apart. I thought she could either make throw pillows out of the sections, or put strips around them to make into quilt squares.

The second photo with the stars are Thimbleberries...They had lots of coordinating fabrics a few years ago...one of the best things I saw done with them was "coloring" them with crayons and heat setting them (just a gentle shading with various colors) and then setting them into squares using an assortment of other Thimbleberry fabrics. You might check the Thimbleberries site and see if there are any pictures floating around!

Whatever they are -they are a fantastic find.

Put them in small picture frames and hang them.

This idea offering sounds like a winner to me. Great find. Lucky you!

Also the earlier idea for the red and white blocks being put into quilt blocks is a good one. If the space for seams is too small, the blocks could be appliqued onto a block rather that sashed.
Have fun!

Aunt Martha had a lot of that kind of stuff for finishing when I was a kid in the 40's
Annette

Sew them together and make a wall hanging, unless they would be suitable for a quilt. If so make quilts out of them.

I would use them either way, they are cute.