I have been working away at some of the projects that I have already started and posted about several times already so I decided that I would take a few things out of the quilt closet to show.
This first quilt top is full of little surprises. Signatures and interesting blocks and fabrics.
At some point in its history someone decided that it needed to be “fixed” yikes! They sewed on a few patches very poorly
and added a binding…which stretched it all out of shape as they machine sewed it on pulling as they went
It will take some work to get it in shape to quilt, but I still like it. I am always drawn to blocks that have names on them….here are the signed blocks (click to enlarge)
I also took out a pile of fan blocks
I have 40 of these, and I really think they will be a great quilt one day
Teddy likes to help me decide what to do…
we think that we will lay them out like this
and make some pieced sashing to go between. The overall look would be something like this picture that I pieced together
It won’t be exactly like this but that is the basic idea. This is a some day in the future plan….but it is always fun to think ahead.
Happy Quilting
Tim
Just want to wish you happy quilting on your “signature”quilt. What an extraordinary piece of art.
Thanks! it really is a neat quilt top…..I look forward to geting it quilted
I just loved looking at all of those old fabrics.
the fabrics are really fun to look at and compare to others in different quilts….fabrics today are very different than they were then
OOOOOooooo….LOVE the fans. If you get tired of them (ha!), let me know!
lol….ok i will let you know
I also love the fan blocks and the way you may lay them out. It will be a beautiful quilt. Of course, I love Teddy also.
thanks!
Looks like future fun. Any idea of the age of the fabrics in the signature quilt, specifically the one signed by Jessie Thomas? Love your posts!
on that block I would say about 1900-1910…some of the block have fabrics that seem more like the 20′s, could be that they had just collected scraps of fabrics for a number of years so it is hard to say for sure when it was made
Thanks for the date clue. I have a nearly full quilt top with some of those fabrics. I didn’t think they were as new as the ’30s, but I am not experienced at dating fabric. The 1900-1910 time frame makes sense to me. Thanks!
The signature blocks quilt is made in lovely colors–very warm and rich. Good luck in fixing it. I’ve seen what you can do so I’m sure it will end up better than ever! The fan blocks are great too. More play time with those.:)
they are both going to be fun to play with!….some day
What fun you’ll have with those! Love the fan quilt idea.
Thanks…I am looking forward to working on those fans!….I just hope I can hold off long enough to get a few other quilts done before I start
Like what you are doing with the fan blocks!
I need to find some fabric for the sashing that will look right with the old blocks..but it will be fun to look for