Amy at Park City Girl is hosting a Fall Quilt Festival and I thought I would participate! Although I have been sewing forever and have an MFA in Costume Design, I am brand new to the quilting world. So many wonderful quilts and blogs are being showcased on Amy’s blog, so I was a little hesitant, but I figured I should get my feet wet.
I haven’t made many quilts yet, since I just started quilting in the summer, but I would have to say that my Vintage Scrappy Quilt is my very favorite (Liam’s stacked coin quilt is a close second).
I followed Oh Fransson’s Mod Sampler Quilt Along and I enjoyed quilting along with the flickr group (though I started my quilt late!).
I used a mix of vintage bed linens and modern fabrics, so finding the fabric was also a lot of fun. I think I went to every Goodwill, Salvation Army and Thrift Store in the area scouring for vintage bed linens.
I think my attraction for them is that they remind me of my childhood, waking up on a sunny Saturday morning to hear my mom singing downstairs. I had a canopy bed and I remember laying in bed staring at the sherbert colored paid fabric hanging over my bed. I completely forgot what it looked like until I received a scrap bag of linens and lo and behind, there was a scrap of the exact linens that were on my bed! They are not in my quilt, though, because I couldn’t bear to cut the scrap up. I’ll save it for a quilt that uses larger pieces.
I love the vintage bed sheet I found for the back, also:
Hopefully for the next quilt festival I will have a whole new selection of quilts to choose from!
Thanks for hosting the festival, Amy!
October 10th, 2009 at 3:58 pm
Love this — especially the hardwood floors & grassy back yard backgrounds! Those are often my photo backdrops too!
October 10th, 2009 at 4:52 pm
Your quilt is lovely! Sherbet colors is a perfect description of the colors.
October 10th, 2009 at 6:08 pm
Really lovely!
THanks for sharing,
Margaret
http://www.quiltsoflove.blogspot.com
October 10th, 2009 at 6:26 pm
I really like your quilt. Love all the colors. I just started quilting in June.
October 10th, 2009 at 6:49 pm
Yours turned out so pretty! I like it better then the one I made
October 10th, 2009 at 9:05 pm
I like your quilt and the story of the vintage bed linens. Such a clever idea! Was it difficult to quilt on the sheeting fabric? Did you had quilt this or machine quilt. I’m curious because I once wanted to use sheeting for a back and was told it would be difficult to quilt. So I used a different backing. Would be interested to know of your experience. ~ Sarah
October 11th, 2009 at 6:14 am
I love your quilt! The fabrics are fantastic. I need to find some vintage bed linens!
-Jaclyn
October 11th, 2009 at 5:53 pm
I think you did a beautiful job! I love all of the colours you used and the fact that you repurposed scraps and vintage sheets! I am pretty new to quilting too (I’ve shown my first two quilts in my Festival post), and I think it’s lovely to have this venue to share our quilts and to learn more from the experienced quilters who are also showing.
October 12th, 2009 at 12:46 pm
I really like this one! I have a portion of a sheet that coordinates with your border printed sheet on the back.
October 13th, 2009 at 10:48 am
thanks everyone! Sarah, I didn’t have any issues quilting the vintage linens. Some of them are quite thin and wonky, so I had to take extra care when lining up seams and trimming edges. I also used white batting instead of off white, since it could show through the thin fabric.
I machine quilted it with a free motion foot.
October 13th, 2009 at 7:45 pm
Wow, I really love this. I want to eventually make the mod sampler. I, too, love working with vintage linens. The quilt I put in the festival is also a mixture of old and new prints. I really think vintage linens make the best quilts!!
October 13th, 2009 at 9:18 pm
I love your quilt, front and back!
October 14th, 2009 at 8:36 am
What lovely memories! This is my first foray into the boggy quilting world too!
October 14th, 2009 at 4:44 pm
Beautiful quilt! I love that you use vintage sheets. It looks fantastic.
October 15th, 2009 at 7:36 pm
It’s always amazing what stirs up a memory. I’d have a hard time cutting into old linens from my childhood too! My sister and I had matching sheets with poppies, and my mom painted a yellow brick road and Emerald City on our bedroom wall. I love your quilts and the pieced backing is wonderful. Thanks for sharing your quilt’s story.
October 16th, 2009 at 7:13 am
What a gorgeous quilt! I love how you mixed the vintage linens with modern prints - well done!
October 19th, 2009 at 9:34 pm
this is amazing and beautiful and just so great. i saw that quilt a long but your fabric really made this come to life.
October 30th, 2009 at 1:36 am
Neat-O!!! Love the mix of vintage and mod! : ) Inherently, the quilt comes with history…or her-story! ; ) It’s a beautiful quilt! Thanks for sharing.
November 2nd, 2009 at 6:21 pm
You did a fantastic job putting together all those vintage fabrics!
November 4th, 2009 at 7:26 pm
i adore this quilt!