New Project

 I know what I really should be doing.

But there's more to life than packing boxes.

Right?

A dear friend of mine recently gave me this

vintage quilt.

She told me that I might actually do something with it

whereas she probably wouldn't

so I gratefully accepted her gift.

It's not a prize winner.

But someone had stitched it together

and created a interesting quilt.

 This is one side.

It has some wonder examples of

turn of the century prints,

 

shirting, double pinks, black mourning prints,

Cadette blues, and claret reds.

 Each rectangle is 3 inches by 5 inches finished and

they're hand sewn together.

The quilt is tied and it has

a knife edge finish.

The fabrics are in perfect condition.

I could have some fun with these fabric pieces.

Wondering what's on the other side?

A crazy quilt

dated 1893.

This side is in very sad shape.

Many of the pieces are shredding and 

have disintegrated,

 but someones initials are still there.

I'm really not a fan of crazy quilts,

 but they are an incredible amount of work,

 with delightful embroidery.

They were a wonderful way to show off a person's

hand work with

all those different stitches.

 The quilt was incredible heavy.

 I envisioned that there must be another

quilt stitched inside that had been used as the batting.

So with Jack the Ripper,

I started taking the stitching out along the edges.

No, I didn't find another quilt, 

but I did find something to help confirm

 the embroidered date.

  Until Next Time-