old quilt rescue

I finished the binding on this old quilt. It's a rescue. I found it at a flea market for 12.50. The top had been hand sewn and the fabrics were vintage. Someone had taken it, and longarmed it. And, when I rescued it, it only needed trimmed and a binding. It had big fluffy batting. There was enough of the back to use as the binding. I trimmed it, and folded it, and hand sewed it to the front. I love the simplicity of the quilt, and the fabrics are really great.

I don't think I would have longarmed it, if, I had found just the top, but, since that decision was already made for me, I was still happy to give it a home. This way someone might enjoy it. As a top in my stash, it would have been donated after the great clean out, that seems silly. Someone else would have to rescue it, just because, I thought it needed to be hand quilted. And in the future will any one hand quilt it?

The fabrics are fun.

Especially the mushrooms...

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treasure mart

A weekend trip to the treasure mart, and we found this wonderful old tv set. My first memory of a tv set from when I was a little girl is one like this. boy tvs have changed in 50 years.

There were some old quilt tops to explore. The lone star diamonds were hand stitched but the setting triangles were machine pieced. odd

fun border

 This one was so sweet and handpieced. I really wanted this one, but I surely don't need it and so I talked myself into leaving it there.

This was an interesting Minnesota sewing machine with stamped cast iron body. It was in a martha washington cabinet which took a little finesse to open it. Husband to the rescue.

 I have a finish to share. I long armed it and was very annoyed with the quilter who pieced it ( me) the borders were difficult. So that's it. Next year I am concentrating on squaring up the borders better, so my longarmer ( me) doesn't get fussy.

I love the stripe for a binding.

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vintage quilt

I found this recently at a flea market. I love the simple nature of this quilt. It is hand pieced but someone has taken it and quilted it by longarm. They used a polyester batting and an old sheet for the backing. I wish they has used a better batting. But, since the hard decision has been made ( whether to finish an old top or not), I will bind it and it will get to be used as it was intended.

 The fabrics are fun, and I think I recognize some of them from my mother in laws scrappy quilts. Actually, if it had been machine pieced, I would have wondered if one of her tops had escaped into the wild. I know she had the green floral.

and the orange foods

And my hubby had a shirt made from the gear looking fabric as a youth.

I wish she and I had had years of quilt making together. I introduced her to quilting in the 70s before children. Then I had children and she made quilts. Now, I have time and she is gone. She left way too early.

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vintage brother sewing machine

My husband is a very talented machine repairman. And he is more than willing to contribute to my love of vintage machines. I have never met a machine he could not coax into a useful tool. This one he even found on a curbside, abandoned and unloved. The color is not as blue as it really is in real life. It's a 1950s Japanese clone for the Singer 15 models, I believe. She is a straight stitch machine and she runs really well and fast now that she has been serviced.

Bonnie Hunter of quiltville has this machine. I've seen it on quilt cam.

I love how the machine case has a place for plug ins. She weighs a ton, but even on a tv tray she doesn't shake at the fastest speed.

This machine would love a new home if you live near enough to central Indiana to pick her up locally. I will list her on craigs list for 45.00.

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