A Few Antique Quilts I Love
 

I have a small collection of antique quilts. I love the precision and skill put into these quilts. Most of the time they used what they had on hand. I thought I would share them with a little story about them.

[ATTACH=CONFIG]322058[/ATTACH]This is a quilt made by my DH's great grandmother in 1912. It was made from men's shirts and was hand sewn but the quilt was tied and not quilted. It appears to be a trip around the world made with rectangles and not squares. When my MIL passed in 2007, we had to empty out the house. We live in Alabama and the home was in Florida. DH went down there as he was the only child. I couldn't go because of my work schedule. He called one night and said, "Honey, we were in the garage and I found an old quilt in the chest. Do you want it?" I said, "It's not in the car yet?" He said, "No, Natalie is playing on it in the concrete driveway." After I regained consciousness, I asked him to please get it and put it up for me". I love it.

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This quilt was made in 1935 by the mother of a friend of mine. It is all hand pieced and quilted and I just love it. I have a few more made by the same woman. I will share them later. Thanks for looking.

Thanks so much for sharing...those are so pretty and I know they are fun to own!

The time spent hand quilting. you can see all the details in them. Love the Sun bonnet Sue, the colors are just great. Thanks for sharing.

Love them both

Thank you for the pictures and the stories.

Lucky you. They are both beautiful. A "Trip Around the World" in rectangles gives a great look. The "Umbrella Girls" (?) is so very colorful.

they are beautiful thanks for sharing!

They are wonderful!

I would have fainted too, at the thought of that quilt in the driveway!!! The umbrella/sue quilt is beautiful, and amazingly well preserved.

Love the umbrella girls! Does any one know if this pattern is still around? I would like to make wall hangings for my granddaughters bedrooms.

These are wonderful! Thanks for sharing them.

I really love the older quilts, so much work and love went into them. Your are beautiful.

just cool. i love them thanks for sharing.

Very pretty - I love antique ones too.

What great quilts. How lucky you are to have them. Pure treasures.

I believe the design is called Southern Belles. I am not sure if there is a pattern for it now. I love how she did the scallops on the border. I had a picture taken of some friends of mine with this quilt at the quilt show. BTW, Southern Belles got a 2nd place ribbon in the vintage/antique category. Here it is

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I love old quilts too. I especially like the border on the girls quilt.

Those are precious quilts . The "southern belles " is amazing! Thank -you for taking the tme to share these antiques with all of us.

Thanks for sharing :)

I love your antique quilts. They are lovely.

Thank you so much for sharing these treasures!

Very nice! Thanks for sharing! :)

You are so lucky to have such beautiful treasures. Very nice story also. Thanks for sharing the pics with us.

They are fabulous. I can see a man asking his wife if she wants a quilt from 1912; sometimes I know God has a good laugh by what they do and say. You have a treasure. Thank you for allowing us to see them.

Both are beautiful. Special quilts that hold special memories. Thanks for sharing. BrendaK.

What beauties. The flowers in the Umbrella Ladies blocks look very modern...sort of Northern European/Scandinavian. Love the stories....hope you have put it in writing to be kept with the quilts.

Aren't they charming? I love the cheerful outlook they express. Thanks for the little show.

It's so nice that you have some history about the quilts, that doesn't always happen.

More, more, more. I wanted to see more. lol I love to look at old quilts. The ones that have a story are even more special.

Those Southern Belles are so innocent and natural and sweet.

You have a very precious collection, thanks for sharing

wow that is a really nice quilt and has held up very nicely

Beautiful! I love the blue one!! Thank you for sharing!
Patricia

I have several more if anyone would like for me to share them with you. I just love antiques. I married one LOL

What treasures you have !!! A lot of history going on there. Tk goodness you rescued them.

Keep the pics coming. Thay are just so precious. Thank you for sharing these wonderful quilts with us. It would be nice to have this old pattern. How wonderful of your friends to dress the part at the show. The unexpected is what make going to shows so much fun.

amazing that the colors are still so bright and happy! Someone must have taken really good care of them. Thanks for showing them to us.

I just love the Sunbonnet Sue. Glad it was rescued.

I believe I have that pattern handed down from some of my Mothers old patterns. The southern bell one.

Beautiful !! I really enjoyed learning the stories of these quilts !