Incredible Fabric- Quilt Top

At first glance this doesn't look too special. 

But a closer look reveals more!

This top is beautifully hand pieced. 

Minty 

The brown geometric prints are stunning!

I'm a little baffled on the minty green. 1860's?

This looks fussy cut to me.

A real beauty! I'd love to know your thoughts on the year for the fabric and quilt. 

It is in my Etsy shop!

https://humblequiltsbylori.etsy.com

Lori

 

Antique Pineapple Quilt Blocks

Look at these amazing foundation pieced pineapple blocks a sweet friend sent to me! 

Funny how I didn't notice one block is different- only after I took a photo did it stand out!

It is also the only one with that light blue fabric. 

The darker portion is toward the corners. 

Love that pink print!

The next blocks seems to have a wide time span of fabrics. 

The butterscotch, chrome yellow and poison green are a bit later then the shirtings. (I'm not an expert, so feel free to weigh in!)

Love! Love! Turkey red, yellow and green!

Be still my heart!

Love that grey print. I could see this being a shirt. 

The back of 7 of the blocks. This is also on the front of some of the blocks too.

And then one fun primitively pieced block!

I'd love to know if you have any opinions on the dates of these. 

Also, any thoughts as to how I could put them together.

Let's have an amazing week!

 

Billie's Guild Box

I stayed in a lovely home with a wonderful host named Billie. She shared a box of vintage and antique blocks, bits and pieces that were donated to the guild. A knowledgeable woman took the box, documented all the blocks and presented a trunk show to the guild. They are going to donate the box of goods back to the woman so can use them for future teaching opportunities. 

Here is peak into the cool textiles!

YES to red and cheddar!

Uhhh a little humble.

Love that black print!

Not even a close substitution on this one! lol

This looks like a hankie was used in this block.

The entire box was a treasure!

Billie designed this quilt....

After making this one! (designed by Krista Moser)

Lovely! Thank you Billie for your hospitality! 

 

Antique Quilt Found in Virginia

As I was prepping to vend at the Oregon Quilt Festival in Salem, I realized I never took ANY photos of this amazing quilt! So I spread it out in my kitchen and snapped these before packing it up to take to the show.  It measures about 80"x80" and has this giant red border! 

It has some simple cable quilting and squares. (filler because the cable wasn't wide enough?)

It has some lovely madder prints and mourning purples,

It has some issues- mostly the browns. 

The green/blue print has been exposed to sun or bleach so it's a little mottled. I couldn't find too much information on the print used for the setting squares. It has a fun floral sprig quilting motif in the squares. 

That center blue is delightful! (see the damaged fabric on the right)

Someone had some access since the entire backing is this lovely print!

This quilt is charming as ever! I'm selling it so let me know if you are interested. ($200plus shipping) 

I'm excited for the rest of this week! I know I'll enjoy the quilts, but I hope I sell some quilt stuff too!

Love ya!