lauriejo

Love pastels! I know I have those in my stash.

Yosamitesa

yea!!!!!! Woo hoo!!!

luvTooQuilt

As Yosamitesa reminded me - 1930's fabs are PASTEL colors !!!! hint hint hint.. my favorite fabs !!!!!!!

sapdoggie

Fast becoming one of my favorites too ! I have so many ideas and so little time and $$$$. So, just need to do one thing at a time

Pastels will have to stay in the box for a while till the brights are all assembled. But, at least I have a box to hold the 30's and pastels

Yosamitesa

I just saw that packages are starting to be delivered!!! Hope most get theirs today!!!

marybrace

As Yosamitesa reminded me - 1930's fabs are PASTEL colors !!!! hint hint hint.. my favorite fabs !!! so said luv

can you give a description of the 1930's fabric?

Thank you

Yosamitesa

During the 1930's, a quilt revival took place, a revival brought about by the hard economic times of The Great Depression. The resulting need to be thrifty, coupled with a strong need for socialization, brought women from across the country together around their quilting frames. Eleanor Roosevelt's campaign for American Arts and Crafts further helped propel quilting to the forefront of activity. One would frequently see quilt patterns appearing in local newspapers and sales catalogs. Newspapers and catalogs also advertised and delivered the necessary fabric and supplies the women needed to make their various projects.

World War I also played a role in the development of the 1930's fabric. For example, as a direct result of the war's end, pastels began to appear. Germany's surrender meant it lost all the dye patents it had previously held. Pinks, Blues, Yellows, Greens, Reds, Aqua, Peach, and Lavender made with these synthetic dye patents began appearing on cotton goods containing popular designs: flowers, geometrics, conversationals, and Art Deco motifs.

According to Quilt Historian Sharon Newman, author of the book Treasures from Yesteryear, the designs of the previous decade, the 1920's, were smaller, closer together, and overall more dense. But by the 1930's, prints had a bit more space around the designs with white grounds. Some of those trends continued in the 1940's. Fabrics saw even larger designs, more conversationals appeared, and many patriotic or military type themes became increasingly popular. And that's the story!

Yosamitesa

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marybrace

Thank you fpr the information---I can see the picture of the quilt BUT what am I suppose to do with the two little squares below the quilt picture? OK while I'm showing that I'm clueless about computer things I have another question. How do you all get the quotes to appear with the statement "originally posted by ....and then the quote?OK I've shown enough ignorance for today - will go push the button on the embroidery machine.

Yosamitesa

Hmmm...they should have showed up. Hmmm...dunno. As for the "quotes" below the person's post it says "reply" or "reply with quote" click the reply with quote and that should do it. Hope that helps!!! Whatcha embroidering???