Home from Vacation! Vintage Quilt Find

I just have to share my find on our recent trip to the Oregon Coast! I was amazed to find this lovely vintage quilt at an Antique store. It is in such pristine condition that I wonder if it is actually fairly new. But the fabrics are 30's prints and it is beautifully handquilted, so I'm not sure. Never the less, I think it is a wonderful find and I was happy to pay 95.00 for it! Actually a bargain if it is vintage! I would invite anyone who is interested to chime in-do you think it is vintage, or new? The clerk of the antique mall had no idea!

Simply Needle and Thread

I have 2 projects that are hand applique and embroidery projects that have been hanging on for a long while. The one with the blue background is my Garden Party quilt designed by Sheryl Till and posted on her blog last year as a BOM. I have 4 blocks left to hand applique and then I can put it together and quilt it! The quilt will be divine when done-so I am anxious to finish it! The one hour of simply needle and thread idea that Bonnie Hunter came up with is a great one to motivate and encourage me to finish these projects.
The other project has been around much longer-about 6 yrs. I haven't touched it in about 4 yrs. The idea was to applique and embroider around the birds and flowers that I added to the panel with the border. Then I will probably hand quilt it...maybe! The bird panel is an authentic indigo dyed Japanese cotton panel with the cranes printed on. It is so lovely and I hope to see it finished yet!
This will be a good week for starting this as we are on vacation until the 18th. We are going to Oregon for a few days, and then hanging out at home for a few more days.

God Bless!
Mary

Here's a few new summer mugrugs in my etsy shop!

This is just about the funniest cat photo I have ever seen! If you don't see his paws, he really
Does look like an Owl!!!
This was definately my Belly-Laugh for today!!!

Mary

It's Not about the Money Honey!

My son Matt's girlfriend Ashley sent this card to me on facebook and I just had to share it! All of us quilters and other seamstresses can relate! I'm such a fabricaholic!!! I tend to think this is a wonderful addiction and don't need a cure!!! I just need to be allowed to indulge in fabric shopping, fabric fondling, and digging through my fabric drawers as often as I can!!! LOLOL!
I have been on a fabric-buying hiatus for this whole month though, and probably next month too. I want to save money for when we go on vacation in September, and the quilt show in October. Finding great new and unusual fabrics-and even finding some vintage ones- is one activity we love to do! Shara gets into it too, and is really good at finding some really great prints that are interesting or unusual.
Money might not buy happiness, but buying fabric certainly makes me happy!!!!!!

Mary

Design Wall Monday-July 9, 2012

I have a design wall Monday post! I started the Christmas Town Sampler yesterday and have several of the blocks done or in progress. Those houses are fun to make and I have 3 more to do. The lovely Applique' block is in progress. I love them all and am excited about this wonderful project.

See the CTS icon on my side board? Click on that and it will get you more info on this project.

See more DWM posts here!

May and early June quilt activity

Here is one of the new charity quilts I finished recently:

This quilt is going to be a baby quilt gift for a co-worker. She is due this month. I haven't worked with flannel that much and was pleased with the results.

These are two blocks I made for the new Carol Doak BOM/Mystery quilt going on now. The first one is the June block and the 2nd is the block for May. I chose some really bright fabrics!!