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Saturday, April 17, 2010

Grandmother's Flower Garden

1. Memories
2. Day dreaming
3. Tomorrow's another day
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The last quilt in my Aunt Susanne's collection of quilts is a Grandmother's Flower Garden (1" hexagon) quilt hand pieced and hand quilted by my grandmother in 1931.  


The arrow is pointing to my Grandmother's name, Ruth Park 1931, embroidered in the quilt.  In 1931, the date on the quilt she was not married so technically, she should have her maiden name Gillette.






The colors are exquisite aren't they??  


Love the triple zig-zag border.



I remembered to take a pic of the back - {AMAZING!}


Have you seen the other quilts in my family's collection?


Thursday, March 25, 2010

Scrappy Appliqué Flowers

(my sister's list, but I second it!!)
1. Mekhi (her son)
2. Parents
3. Jesus
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This quilt was made by my maternal grandmother's mother, Frances Cordelia Cornia Gillette.


Samuel and Frances Gillette circa 1880's


I don't know if there is an official name for the block pattern, I've seen variations of the same era.


All the petals are hand appliquéd. 
Something I found interesting for the time is the blue thread that she quilted around the petals. 


I forgot to get a picture of the back of the quilt, darn!


No date is on the quilt.



The Quilts:



Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Vintage Pink

Diagonally across the street from Cool Cottons (Portland, Oregon) was thisconspicuous building.

I don't normally like to go into second hand / antique / vintage / retro shops because they can be quite crowded and cluttered and claustrophobic but we had some time to kill so Urban and I went in.
Vintage Pink was set up in sections and seemed to be surprisingly spacious.
Urban had a fun time exploring the vintage shop with me
Any idea who I had in mind when I took the picture of the beehive lamp bases?
These vintage panels were sooo tempting, but I had just spent too much across the street at Cool Cottons.
I love this ruffled blouse and two toned shoes!
Urban thought this TV was funny and liked the texture of the mushroom piece.
Do you remember flowery vinyl booster chairs like this one - I do!! I've got a picture of me on one getting my first perm!
I carried an olive green drop case around and ended up buying it. It was only $9 so I thought it was a good purchase for a fun sewing caddy.
Yes, those men's golf shoes are really bright pink - and worn! Must have matched his club covers!