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Tuesday, June 8, 2010

Feast Your Eyes!

12:17 AM | Posted by Mel

Be Aware, Be Thankful

1. Visits from family

2. Movies at home

3. Outdoor dining

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On the first Saturday of the month during the summer, a shopping center's parking lot becomes host to a slew of vendors selling antiques, homemade items, edibles, plantings, and other such things. They call the event A Paris Street Market.

The quilt above was my favorite! A vintage quilt top for only $45. I don't know who ended up with it, but they got a wonderful deal!

Cup cakes!!

Vintage kitchen toys

Labels: antique quilt, antiques, Colorado, flea market | 12 comments

Monday, April 12, 2010

A Crazy Quilt

3:24 PM | Posted by Mel

Be Aware, Be Thankful

1. Content of my blog wasn't lost

2. Ease of finding info online

3. Diet Coke. Lots and lots of Diet Coke.

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Getting back to the quilts that were made by my ancestors, here is a wonderful Crazy Quilt.

I had no idea there was one in the family - a fun treasure!

This quilt has worn areas, mostly where fabrics are breaking down due to time. But on the whole, it is a great specimen!

Silk, corduroy, lace, wool, cottons - all seem to be represented. There are butterfly appliqués here and there.

See the other family quilts I've featured:
An Afternoon Visit
Morning Glory Quilt
Scrappy Applique Flowers

Labels: antique quilt, crazy block, family | 6 comments

Saturday, March 27, 2010

Morning Glory Appliqué

1:11 AM | Posted by Mel

Be Aware, Be Thankful

1. My own bed

2. Cold water, drinking

3. Ibuprofen

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This quilt is another made by my great grandmother Gillette that is in my Aunt Susanne's collection.

This piece has a combination of hand work. Appliqué, embroidery and quilting.

The quilt is very well made in a nice soft, spring pallet.

Notice the consistent even stitches.

I love that the embroidery gives the solid pieces depth.

This is the back of the Morning Glory quilt.

Thanks to Karen who left a comment suggesting this quilt may be one of many quilt kits that were available in the 1930's, something she had learned in an article she had read.

I went searching for similar quilts in that time and sure enough - found several with the exact same colors. I love that we are able to share and learn so much via the Internet and blogging friends!

Did you see the first quilt of my grandmother's? Click here.

Labels: antique quilt, appliqué, embroidery | 12 comments

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

An Afternoon's Visit

10:10 PM | Posted by Mel

Be Aware, Be Thankful
1. Children's enthusiasm
2. Home
3. Transportation
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While in Utah, we visited my mother's only sister, Susanne; pictured below.

She and Uncle Thale were happy to see us and we spent a good while with them. Like any good aunt, she baked chocolate chip cookies and allowed Urban and I to eat as many as we wanted!!

Aunt Susanne and I pulled out the quilts her mother and grandmother had made and took pictures.

I took around 75 pictures in all of just four quilts, but since nearly every block was made from different fabrics, I HAD to! I don't need to explain that to you!

Beginning tomorrow, I'll make one post per quilt so you can see, and I can properly document, the detail of each treasure.

The Quilts:

Morning Glory Quilt

Scrappy Applique Flowers

Crazy Quilt

Labels: antique quilt, family, hand quilt, hexagon | 10 comments