Vintage Thingy Thursday - baby quilt

I'm joining ColoradoLady for Vintage Thingy Thursday, with a baby quilt purchased in Ohio, and probably made in Ohio. it is 27 inches wide by 32 inches tall, not including the points around the edge. It is hand-quilted.

Each pinwheel is about 4 and 3/4 inches square, and they are made of a great variety of 30's dress weight fabrics. None has that coarse weave of feedsack. If you collect reproduction 30's fabric (Aunt Grace, etc.) and you look closely, you may recognize some designs that have been reproduced. There are also some fabrics here I wish could be reproduced! The quilting design in the alternate white squares is of a simple circle flower and two leaves. If the quilt is held up to the light, you can tell the cotton batting has shifted and bunched, though the quilt doesn't feel lumpy.

I have never added prairie points to the edge of any of my quilts but these do appear to be prairie points, though the maker probably did not call them that. They are made as shown on this About.com web page, though not overlapping as they show.

Happy VTT! and see this post for how to enter my fabric giveaway to celebrate my second blog anniversary.


Viridian

Second Blog Anniversary Give-away!

THIS CONTEST NOW CLOSED, MARCH 8 2010
And not a moment too soon, as my actual blog-iversary was back in mid-February!


To celebrate I am having a giveaway of some vintage fabric from my stash. Pictured above is the prize package of 6 pieces of fabric about 6 by 8 inches, a few a little larger. The blue piece on the left and the aqua on the right are feedsack, but the others are quilting weight cottons. Just right to add to your stash, or use in a thirties reproduction quilt.

I often add a few pieces of actual vintage fabric to my 30's style scrap quilts. I figure it will keep future quilt historians guessing!

How to win: please leave a comment on this post for one entry in this contest. Become a new follower for another entry, by Sunday night March 7 at midnight. I will use random.org's list randomizer to pick a winner early Monday morning March 8.

And stayed tuned - I am back in the sewing room. Good luck.

Viridian

Soon: back to quilt content

Coming soon: back to our regularly scheduled quilt content!!

I have been ill for much of January and February, but now I am better, with higher energy. Blogging was one of the first things to go, and I haven't been quilting much either. Don't worry all is well. I have photos of my current projects, and some photos of some vintage quilts. Also, I passed by my second year blog-oversary in mid-February, and I'm coming up to post #150. So keep your eye out for a giveaway.

Viridian

Take this Tune: Love of Place

Or, if you want to see Paul (The cute Beatle) singing:

Fairweather at Take this Tune has the theme this week of Love of Place.
The Mull of Kintyre is a peninsula on the southern west coast of Scotland. It is where Paul McCartney has had a farm for many years. To me, this song truly embodies the love of a certain place.
Here are some of the lyrics.

Mull of Kintyre, oh mist rolling in from the sea,
My desire, is always to be here, Oh Mull of Kintyre.

Sweep through the heather, like deer in the glen,
Carry me back to the days I knew then
Nights when we sang like a heavenly choir
Of the life and the time of the Mull of Kintyre.
(Refrain)
Smiles in the sunshine and tears in the rain
Still take be back where my memories remain
Flickering embers grow higher and higher
As they carry me back to the Mull of Kintyre.
(Refrain)

Viridian