Vintage Baby Quilt Re-do

Norene brought me this baby quilt that is her brother's from around 70 years ago. It had been hand tied and was falling apart, so she fixed it up and sent it my way to machine quilt with a new backing.

The fabrics are SO worn and thin, I dare not sneeze when working with it!

I kept it super simple with a big swirl.

You can see how thin the blue fabric in the bottom corner is- the batting shows through.

I'm betting most of these fabrics were from clothing.

Norene's brother is just going to have it to keep- it is not going to get used at all, if even displayed. So, we were not too concerned with perfection here.

Thanks Norene for the super neat little project!

Judy's Rolling Stones

Judy made this lovely quilt in dark green and burgundy.

I just did an all-over in half feathers, leaves, double circles, and curls.

I used a light gray thread to blend in with the dark and light fabrics.

Thanks Judy!

 

Peg's Heirloom Embroidered Baby Quilt

Peg brought me this sweet embroidered baby quilt. I believe the story goes that Great-Grandma had traced these from a coloring book (probably?) and hand embroidered them. She has since passed and Peg volunteered to put them together for an extended family member's new little one! Love those multi-generational heirloom projects. So special.

I outlined the critters and filled in backgrounds. This happy little ducky needed a wing to help hold him together. 

A spineless leafy feather for the outside border, and more leaves for the sashings.

A horrible peek at the back.

Thanks Peg! I loved working on this one.

 

Lois's Seasonal Table Runners

Lois made a couple of table runners. Same pattern- different seasons. It looks like I was just barely able to squeeze both runners onto the same piece of backing. Such a time saver when you can use the same backing for multiple small projects like these.

I did a bit of custom work on it by quilting leaves in the orange borders, and some loops inside each light colored square.

I used a variegated thread that has all the fall browns, golds, and rusty oranges.

The Christmas version got the same type of treatment, only a little different.

Holly leaves in the red borders, and a fancy swirl design in the center squares.

I used a dark green thread on this one.

The back of the Fall runner.

The back of the Christmas runner.

Thanks Lois for the fun little projects!

Turquoise Lilly Baby Quilt

One more from Jessica here. 

This little quilt is more Lilly Pulitzer fabrics in turquoise and greens in a 4-patch layout.

I quilted all-over loopy leaves in a white thread color.

Grunge for the back. Love it!

Thanks again Jessica!

 

Jessica's Floral and Fox Baby Quilts

Jessica made a couple more baby quilts. How pretty are these prints?!

Lots of all-over flowers, curls, leaves, and circles.

Just quilting out what I see!

Here's a cute fox quilt. I believe it is an Elizabeth Hartman pattern.

I did an echoed serpentine McTavish type of design.

Thanks Jessica! Her shop is Home in the Heartland.

 

Lilly Pulitzer Quilt

Jessica sent me another tub full of quilts to quilt up for her. This one is another one of her Lilly Pulitzer designs, this one is a big one.

So many fun and bright prints to look at!

And the pattern really allows for the fabric prints to shine.

I quilted all-over designs of flowers, leaves, and curls.

Do you seen an alligator?

Thanks Jessica-always a fun one to work on with these prints!

Check out her Etsy shop Home in the Heartland to see all her quilts available to purchase.