I found this quilt top at a local thrift store...I paid $8 dollars for it. It is very large, it is wide enough to hang over 24 inches off each side of my king size bed . All - ALL- ALL- hand pieced. It must have come from a quilt shop that did quilting classes and they put all of their blocks together. An incredible find. I machine quilted it and we use it on our bed in the winter. I would have preferred to hand quilt it but my hand quilting days are over. .Several years ago I had an accident while on a sail boat in the middle of the British Virgin Islands and I broke, actually crushed my right elbow. I have 3 plates and 17 screws holding the arm together and my hand and wrist can not turn like they used to. Oh well, I can at least machine quilt the tops I make and find.
Here is another great thrift store find. All hand pieced. Beautiful. It fits on the queen sized bed in our guest room. I machine quilted it with a butterfly design. It came out really nice. Oh, and this one cost me $6.00. I just could not pass it up. Every piece is no larger than 2 inches square! Quite impressive on a bed.I found this one at a thrift store too. Paid $5 for it. All hand pieced also. I machine quilted it. It fits nicely on a twin bed. The fabrics are all vintage. It is really beautiful..I put an off white fabric on the back of all three of these great quilts.
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ReplyDeleteI want to come and shop at your thrift shop! what great finds.. You are one lucky woman and so nice that those wonderful quilts have a home!
I can not wait to see your house blocks! I am glad you are inspired. You have plenty of your own going on here... I see :)
What a fabulous thing to find! I am so jealous!
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