Those look like genuine feed sack prints to me!
Bubblegum pink quarter circles...
...and hand stitched seams. These are no where near that standard 1/4" we expect to see today.
I had a thrifted pink cotton shirt in my stash that is soooooo close to that same bubble gum pink. It was a small shirt, so I had to piece some of the background blocks together. I fused the blocks to the background, simply because I don't expect those teeny seams, and old thread to hold together. Then I used a tiny blanket stitch around the edges of the fan blades.
Thirteen blocks. These blocks are 6.5" (unfinished). I have no idea what I'm going to do with these...a miniature quilt? A doll quilt? A pillow? I intend to trim the blocks down a bit to remove some of the solid colour and let the prints sing out a little louder.
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I will be watching with great interest to see what you do with them. I'd find some way to turn them into a Blanket of Love which are given to parents of babies born "asleep".
ReplyDeleteWould you like a muslin feedsack to continue on with? I have a knee high stack of them...
ReplyDeleteI'd LOVE that Sharyn!!! I'll email you privately!
DeleteI probably have a small pile of similar prints if you want to make a few more blocks. I stashbusting goal is use it or gift it, tag you are it-- lol
ReplyDeleteThank you Cheryl! Sorry for the delay in replying - I just replaced my dead laptop today.
Deleteand...I just printed out your addy to make a pile to send you. fingers crossed I can get to it today, sorry for being so slow.
DeleteI either make piles or plan to make piles or forget I said I was going to make a pile--lol
What a beautiful find. I love the idea of the baby quilt and if you are being gifted a lovely stash then maybe you can make a bigger one in a similar vein.
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