Pennsylvania Piecemaker
Monday, July 4, 2022
Friday, July 1, 2022
Flower Friday: July 1, 2022
Happy Flower Friday!
Egads it's the first day of July already! We best celebrate the summer as much as possible!
Today we have a nice selection of flowers from Betsy and Sue P.
Betsy shared her "Vermount Poppies" a single flower poppy and a double. The color is amazing!
Thursday, June 30, 2022
Rudbeckia!
Happy Thursday!
I've been puttering and weeding the garden for most of the week. The next few days I'm going back to the sewing room as the weather will be hot and I need to rest my body.
In my garden, the rudbeckia--or black eye-susans--are blooming in full force. They always make me happy.
Wednesday, June 29, 2022
Picnic Quilt
One of my earliest recollections of a handmade quilt was a picnic quilt that my family used when I was a child. I can't remember a single thing about it except the stitching (hand quilted not machine).
I also had a picnic quilt after I got married and later had a baby. It was an old faded quilt that my mother-in-law thought would be a great picnic quilt when we took our new born baby to the park.
I had assumed that quilts used for picnics were old worn quilts that were recycled by our mothers and grandmothers before going to the rag man. I was wrong.
Turns out that during the first half of the 20th century, quilts were made specifically for the purpose of picnics.
1932:
Tuesday, June 28, 2022
Butterfly Question
Happy Tuesday! Today's post is brief...the weather is perfect and I need to take advantage of it in the garden.
Are you seeing butterflies in your garden yet? I haven't seen a one. Not in my garden, or the neighborhood or even at the park.
I asked this question at the luncheon yesterday and Kathy who lives in the neighboring city has sighted some. It's very weird to me that it is almost July and we don't have any yet.
Anyway, in the spirit of butterflies, I thought I would post this lovely. It's a top that was perhaps meant to be made into a pillow. The blocks are little silk premiums that were sold in packs of tobacco at the turn of the century. Women used them often in their quilts--especially the flannel ones. The majority of them are butterflies and moths, set with ribbon and embroidery on the sashes:
Some other motifs:
Monday, June 27, 2022
Buttons and Binding
Today's post is about a project I just finished. You may remember that I posted that I wanted to make some doll quilts for the little girls in my family.
First off, thanks to Susan and Nann for suggesting I name my doll after Nana Elsie. The doll's name is now Elsie Elnora after my grandmother.
My goal was to make quilts for the 8 little girls (and 1 grandmother) in my family by July 4. I had suspected there would be some kind of family get together and sure enough, the kids will be together on July 2 at a family picnic.
One of the challenges was the sizes of the dolls. Some of the girls have 18-20 inch dolls; others have smaller dolls. Never at a loss for using up scraps, I made two size quilts.
Friday, June 24, 2022
Flower Friday: June 24, 2022
Happy Flower Friday!