This is an amazing depression-era sampler quilt. The minute I saw it I knew I had to share it with you. The blocks are made using a variety of techniques in a wide variety of sizes. There are 35 blocks in the quilt with filler strips making it all fit together. The quilt came from an estate in Plattsmouth, NE....
These "not quite so little" gems are so much fun to make. They're all classic blocks (not the same as the 3" Little Blocks 365. Use your 1930s fabrics or pull out your reproduction prints. How about using solid colors? I'm also thinking about using my Kaffe Fassett fabrics. Here are the little details - 161 different 4.5" foundation paper...
The minute I saw this quilt I knew it had to become part of my collection to share with you. It's well-loved, faded, and worn but oh what unique applique designs. The larger 8" blocks are mostly solids set together with what was a beautiful poison green print. The little 3.5" blocks are a myriad of 1800s prints...
Half of the blocks are 6" blocks and the other half are 3" blocks. I'm throwing in a few special applique blocks just because I can! The 3" blocks are foundation paper pieced. The 6" blocks will be a mixture of techniques with most being rotary cut and machine pieced but there will be some hand pieced and foundation...
The love affair with the Cabot Cuties continues with Cabot Cuties II. Nancy Cabot was a fictional designer whose quilt blocks appeared in weekly newspaper columns during the 1930s. The Cabot Cuties II quilt is based more of the hundreds of vintage designs I’ve collected. The blocks are 4 1/2". Includes finishing instructions for the 66” x 72” quilt using...
