Dale made the cheddar cheese and crackers little quilt and here it is ready for quilting! Isn't is adorable? The directions are on my blog
HERE. Thanks for sharing with me Dale!!
I got the most interesting email after posting this toile. See the horseshoe on the chimney? I didn't either, but a keen blog reader did! From Wendy Coffin, who I assume is related to the original owner:
Thought you’d like to know the house in your toile is The Jethro Coffin House on Nantucket, also known as the Oldest House, built as a wedding present to Jethro Coffin & Mary Gardner in 1686. It’s very recognizable by the inverted horseshoe on the center chimney, thought to perhaps keep away evil spirits.
I was completely fascinated by this information!
Another blog ready asked why I called it Cape Cod...
By Waverly. I wish I knew when this was printed.
Here is the home! Look at the chimney!
What a beautiful property!
I wrote back to Wendy and her response:
I don’t know of any other horseshoe chimneys..... it’s also known as Horseshoe House. It’s quite unique & makes the house identifiable. I don’t know if there were other other first period houses that used the upside down horseshoe. I knew Waverly did some prints with cape motifs like lighthouses, baskets, maps of the island, etc but I had never seen yours with the house depicted before. I kinda chuckled too when looking at your fabric as there is a split rail fence by the road with a rock beside it! Well that’s one fabric I wish I had in my stash!
Thanks for writing Wendy!!
Here it is again in case you missed it.
My sewing room was a bit dark when I snapped this photo. Finished up 31 modern stars for Barb's swap.
I hope you are having a fantastic week!
