This is charm quilt #2..........a Tumbler.....not sure why it is hung sideways but it sure contains many interesting fabrics!! Look for the block with the Date!
Every type of fabric imaginable from paisleys to checks to blues....and a little "Centennial Green" peeking on the left side and with the circles also. First time we saw this color show up in a 4th quarter 19th century quilt, we were astonished. After viewing charm quilts for several years in our state documentation project, we began to look for it and usually found it.......sometimes in more than one fabric.....and oftentimes in various width stripes.
Wish I could have photographed every fabric in this quilt! Wouldn't it be great if Pat published a book of her collection! And even better, created a reproduction line of fabric!!
Greek Key is an often-seen design, both above and below. Love the shaded blue leaves...........have seen a similar reproduction of it. And what about the wheat in the lower left!
Centennial fabrics.................and I love that shade of blue in the little floral on white.
Second sighting of a red/black check but this one appears to be smaller checks! Circles and/or dots and stripes were popular!
We call this center fabric "printed lace".
Shaded blue ombre is an earlier fabric..........
Love this blue on brown! Both the print and the colors!
Will be back with more next time! Thanks so much for all the comments for the scrap box drawing! Forgot to set a date for the drawing.....so I will say that I will do it by the weekend!!
Thanks for the fabric history lesson. It would be nice to have Pat design a repro line.
ReplyDeleteIt would be great to see each fabric. One has to love charm quilts, just to see all the fabulous fabrics to study and learn from.
ReplyDeleteOh wow! That was so enjoyable. I love looking at the different fabric in a quilt too. The printed lace is really gorgeous. Love them all and the information about them too. Thank you so much for sharing all this with us.
ReplyDeletethanks so much for all the close ups - so many wonderful little snippets of fabric!
ReplyDeleteHow fun to see all the wonderful fabrics--thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteFascinating to see all of these fabrics! Interesting the way all of the stripes were going the same direction--just keeps your eye moving across the quilt.
ReplyDeleteWow, Cyndi, love these old fabrics. So good of you to share with us. Judy
ReplyDeleteOH I could stare at quilts like this all day long. love that it was made sideways may have to give that a go, love tumbler quilts! thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteKathie
http://inspiredbyantiquequilts.blogspot.com
This is an incredible quilt, loooooove all those fabrics, and when you look at the whole quilt the effect is wonderful! How ware the edges finished I wonder? There is no binding...
ReplyDeleteThe edge is what we call a "knife edge".....many early quilts were finished in this manner. Edges of both top and backing are turned in and then either sewn in a running stitch or whipstitched.
DeleteHere is a link with a demonstration
http://timquilts.com/tag/knife-edge-binding/
Thanks Cyndi ! Wonderful old quilt !
ReplyDeleteFunny you should show this today. I am making this same quilt. I issued a challenge to some friends about five years ago. I hand cut 5,260 darks. That did not seem to work so I also cut 5,100 lights. My friends were smart and made theirs small. This quilt is wonderful, full of life.
ReplyDeleteAnd where oh where can we see your quilt? Do you have a blog? Could not find one on your profile.....
DeleteI used to own a Centennial charm quilt that had 1876 pieces in it. I sold it quite some time ago and have been sorry that I did for several years.
ReplyDeleteSure wish it had been I who bought it! Do you have photos of it?
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