Feedsack quilt

On Saturday, The Husband and I got out early to be among the first ones at the Big Flea Market at the Expo Center here in Fredericksburg. T...

I've been ready for a little change lately as you can see from my new header and background. My new background is thanks to Aqua Poppy Designs. Isn't it simply darling? She has some really fun and free backgrounds if you're looking for something fresh and new. I haven't jumped in totally and done a major overall but that's definitely in the horizon as I continue to make my blog look more professional and all matchie matchie (can you spell matchie matchie that way? lol). I had so much fun…

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Here is a lovely quilt that you will rarely find on the market, a vintage feedsack scrap quilt. Now let me tell you-- I made this one. I used a vintage feedsack top and hand quilted it, using a cotton batting and a Mayhew print (Still can be found if you wanted to make matching pillowcases) on the backing. This has been a labor of love for me, as it is just beautiful, and a pleasure for me to hand quilt. It is charming and is made out of a lovely group of colors and a huge variety of fabrics…

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Threadneedle Street I named this free pattern Threadneedle Street for for an ancient London road, home to the tailors' guild for ...

I had such fun using these 1930’s vintage reproduction fabrics for this quilt. They remind me of when I was young and my great grandmother died and I was given a large tin of her fabrics tha…

Multicolor cotton feed sack fabrics. Hand stitched beauty. No batting 83x68 size made with love.

Here's a page from a 1933 Sears and Roebuck catalog showing different types of fabrics that were available for a few cents per yard. My favorite pieces are the fabric in the upper left hand corner of the page. This second advertisement is for Silk Bubble Crepe fabrics from a 1934 catalog. It is a really nice representation of the colors of silk bubble crepe that were available. Crepe was all the rage for dress fabric during this time.