19th Century Sampler

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    A quilt I made by hand as a gift for Prof P. These are 4" squares of vintage 19th century fabrics and some reproductions of 19th cenury designs. I chose to use only dark and light tones of blues and browns and attempted to evenly distribute the colors over the entire quilt. The squares are latticed with plain muslin; the back is a contemporary wide beige paisley.

    This was an absolute thrill to make! The fabrics are to die for and getting to revisit each one while patchworking, then while handquilting, and again while binding made me smile.

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      littleshika, kameraschwein, qusic, memmu, and 40 other people added this photo to their favorites.

    2. zuglói lány (70 months ago | reply)

      very beautiful work!

    3. littleshika (70 months ago | reply)

      so simple, so beautiful.

    4. sewmamasew (53 months ago | reply)

      Beautiful quilt. I love how the design makes those reproduction prints look so moder and fresh.

    5. Peacock Chic is FAB.U.LOUS! (53 months ago | reply)

      wow!! love it. It really show cases each fabric!

    6. mikawendy (53 months ago | reply)

      I love how this looks--the lattice really lets each individual fabrics stand out.

      I can't tell for sure, but it looks like you shadow quilted the lattice but not in the colored squares? That makes the colored fabrics "pop" even more.

      I think I have a similar fabric to the brown that is in the middle bottom of the picture. Fabric like that is hard to cut when the lines on the fabric aren't quite straight or are slightly off grain.

    7. cauchy09 (53 months ago | reply)

      Thanks, everyone!

      I quilted around each square twice: 0.25" outside of each square and in the seamline around each square.

    8. BusyQuiltMom (53 months ago | reply)

      I love this quilt too! Very nice work.

    9. CaseyJ* [deleted] (50 months ago | reply)

      Really great quilt!

      --
      Seen next to a fellow photo of studies in blue and brown. (?)

    10. [meggie] (42 months ago | reply)

      This quilt is such an inspiration! I love the simple hand quilting, and how it makes each square stand out.

      Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Hand Quilted, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

    11. cauchy09 (42 months ago | reply)

      thanks!

    12. libbyquilter (42 months ago | reply)

      beautiful quilt! that is one of the good things about hand quilting . . .you get to really "see" every fabric!! and it's just very satisfying!!

    13. cauchy09 (42 months ago | reply)

      thanks! i really wish i still had access to this one. but, alas, all good things must come to an end.

    14. Jocelyn_ (39 months ago | reply)

      How did I not see this before? It's a m a z i n g.

      Prof P? Give it back, please.

    15. cauchy09 (38 months ago | reply)

      heh.

    16. penelope waits (37 months ago | reply)

      Hi, I'm an admin for a group called inspiring quilts, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

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