Suzanne hosts Vintage Thingie Thursday. Check out all the fun VINTAGE stuff!!
I have a quilt top that was hand pieced in the 1940's. Newsprint was used as a template/ foundation. This could be an example of paper piecing before the term was coined. Each photo is clickable . You can see some great 1930 and 40's fabric in this quilt.
Labels: 1940, antique quilt, hand piecing, vintage thursday, VTT
posted by Ruby | 1/27/2010 05:42:00 PM
25 Comments:
wow...what a great quilt! This is almost a lost art
This is a great vintage treasure. You do not see many of these older quilts anymore. Thanks for sharing yours.
This is a fabulous quilt! Thanks for sharing. Happy VTT!
Jocelyn
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What an amazing treasure!!
I looked and looked..then looked some more. What a wonderful, beautiful quilt top you have. When I was a little girl, my grandmother and an elderly aunt taught me to strip quilt with a paper backing. It's always been one of my favorite older quilts,cause everything was used..and you can see so much of the vintage fabric.You have a real treasure there. Happy VTT, have a great weekend.
I've never seen this particular "X" pattern on a quilt before. Very lovely.
It amazes me that fabrics withstand the test of time. Your quilt is beautiful.
What a lovely quilt! Love the newspaper pattern pieces too.
What a treasure! Wonder if that fabric is feed sack?
Wow, what a lovely quilt! And wonderful fabrics used too. I wonder what that pattern is called?
Happy VTT!
Carol
This is so great! The colors are so pretty! WHat does the newspaper say???? :)
Lovely-I am [temporarily] not buying vintage tops on eBay-at least until I deal with a couple n more I have already,LOL.
oh what a treasure!
Lovely quilt! The fabrics back then had such lovely colours.
I had never seen this! It is beautiful. Thank you for sharing!
Your quilt top is gorgeous!
Blessings!
Gail
Beautiful quilt! I have my father's baby quilt (made by his grandmother for him) hanging on the wall in my boys' room. Things like these are so precious!
Wonderful vintage quilt top! I kept looking and looking-love the "crazy" style border and how she made sure the pretty floral was right up against the sashing all the way around...gives a peek into what she was thinking.
The paper backs just add to the interest!
Did you know that Martha Washington made a hexagon quilt using newspapers as the foundation?
I love vintage quilts and this one is beautiful. I can only imagine the time that went into making this.
Jane
Beautiful vintage quilt. I am so sorry I am so late, I want to throw my computer in the street.....Happy VTT!
What a beautiful old quilt! I am so glad that it has found a good home. I wonder if it was a Kansas City Star Pattern? (patterns were published in the newspapers.)
That is a great vintage find. I love the quilt. Thanks for stopping by for a chit chat.
Your quilt is stunning and the stockings too! I have just recently started to sew again after many, many years.... for now just pillows and simple things like that. Your blog is inspiring.
Blessingswen
I love your quilt. I wish someone had taught me this craft when I was younger. It's a lost art.
Thank you for visiting junkblossoms. Hope you'll be back soon. Pat.
Like the pic of you dogs. and the quilt that's a fun treasure.
Thanks for coming by my blog.
Regena
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