Sunday, September 6, 2009

Antique Quilt Copy

I saw this quilt at an antique exhibit. It was in terrible shape, but I loved the composition. The booth owner let me sit and take notes - I didn't have my camera with me. To answer a question from comments, my camera is an old Gateway digital (DC-T50 5.25 megapixels). My reproduction of the quilt came totally from stash - I love when that happens! The quilt went together fairly quickly due to the deep sashing/cornerstones.

Status on current project - the Colorado center is complete. I'm working on the rick-rack border. I scratched the QST and am using the flying geese method. I made a small sample last night and decided I needed to increase the scale. Hope to have one side done soon to show you.
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11 comments:

  1. KarenSeptember 6, 2009 at 10:55 AM

    A very interesting quilt. You made yourself some good notes. The like the use of the green sashing. The pattern looks very dimensional.

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  2. LoriSeptember 6, 2009 at 2:56 PM

    OMG! I love it!! Yours looks old;) I love the green sashing and is that a wine colored red in the blocks?
    Lori

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  3. VickiSeptember 6, 2009 at 3:24 PM

    Thanks, Lori! Yes - wine red from stash.

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  4. JanetSeptember 6, 2009 at 4:14 PM

    My goodness Vicki, that is some quilt, its a stunner. I love the colours and the design.

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  5. SheilaSeptember 6, 2009 at 6:35 PM

    Beautiful. Are these colors similar to the original you saw?

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  6. VickiSeptember 6, 2009 at 11:35 PM

    Yes - I copied the colors from the original quilt.

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  7. JanetSeptember 7, 2009 at 1:03 AM

    A beautiful quilt! It has all the charm of an old quilt.

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  8. LouiseSeptember 7, 2009 at 11:06 PM

    What a beautiful and interesting quilt! It has the look of an antique. I love all the fabrics, especially the "poison" green. Louise

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  9. antique quilterSeptember 8, 2009 at 4:49 AM

    you have really done it this time
    this quilt is just BEAUTIFUL and of course I would love for it to live at my house
    Just can't get enough of poison greens
    what a great wine red fabric in there too....
    it looks so old you really did a
    Great job Vicki
    a beauty
    Kathie

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  10. bethSeptember 8, 2009 at 10:29 AM

    Yes! this is really beautiful...I'm super inspired...but I have so many quilts in the works right now. Love the colors!

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  11. Lynn DykstraSeptember 21, 2009 at 12:21 PM

    Great quilt--I love the odd size of the sashing, kind of takes over the quilt, making you peer deeper into the quilt to see the little parts.

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