Mother Goose Redwork
It's a finish!
Hand quilted.
44 x 56
The redwork doesn't show up very well in the above photo but the hand quilting does.
The Ruby Short McKim series of redwork illustrations appeared in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle on Sundays in 1920. And on Sundays in 2015 Martha at Q is for Quilter reproduced the patterns.
I traced the illustrations on to muslin and stitched them with red perle #8
I bordered them with some red 30s reproduction fabrics.
I guess you could mistake Mother Goose as a witch. She's riding a broom and not a goose. Goose must have been off laying a golden egg or something the day this illustration was made.
I finished the top back in February 2017 and I could never figure out how to quilt it so it sat around for awhile.
Last month I started hand quilting with white perle #12.
The back was a print with some nursery rhyme characters.
And now it will go into the hope chest and be a gift for my first great grandchild someday. And to go along with the quilt is an old Mother Goose book I received as a baby shower gift when I was pregnant with my first born who is now 47. Time flies!
What a great finish! The quilting on it is perfect.
ReplyDeleteThe crosshatching is the perfect design for this quilt. It looks great but doesn't take away from the beauty of the redwork. Happy stitching!
ReplyDeleteYour redwork quilt is lovely! That's a perfect quilting pattern and sashing. Heirloom!
ReplyDeleteSo nice to have this quilt done and ready whenever a great grandchild comes along! Pretty quilting!
ReplyDeleteso very lovely and some lucky future recipient!
ReplyDeleteThat turned out beautifully, Cathy! I really like how you quilted it, too. It will be a wonderful keepsake for that future great-grandchild!
ReplyDeleteWhat an awesome finish!! I admire your handwork both in embroidery and quilting!
ReplyDeleteWhat treasures! Both the quilt and the book are so special. Your embroidery and quilting are just beautiful, and the quilt will be much loved when that special child arrives, whenever that is! ---"Love"
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely finish. So nice to add it with the baby shower book to your hope chest.
ReplyDeleteThis redwork quilt is beautiful, you did a lovely job and the backing is perfect. I bought that some book for my sister when she was bornin 1973 and she gave it back to me when my son was born in 1981 and he passed it on to my great niece in 2013.
ReplyDeleteThis is such a beautiful quilt. I am working on a Sunbonnet Sue piece of redwork. Seeing your quilt really motivates me. Thank you so much to providing the link to the designs. This will be a wonderful gift to your future great grandchild
ReplyDeleteOh Cathy, this is a lovely quilt! ♥
ReplyDeleteSweet quilt finish, Cathy!!
ReplyDeleteVery nice quilt. Simpler than some others but mucho interesting. Nice inheritance from GG. :)
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on your beautiful finish! Hope you have a great week!
ReplyDeleteCongrats on finishing this pretty and special quilt! I like how you quilted it, it's beautiful! Such a great gift the quilt and the book would be, it will be treasured forever.
ReplyDeleteSo lovely, and wonderful that is is safely tucked away awaiting the arrival of a future new arrival!
ReplyDeleteI’m a long time reader and am not sure I’ve commented in the past. I enjoy your blog very much and find your productivity and generosity inspiring. Thanks for sharing! ( gladiquilts.net)
ReplyDeleteAs a retired librarian, I commend you for including a book in with the future quilt gift.
ReplyDeletePat
You're right - Mother Goose does look a little witchy...
ReplyDeleteYou put a lot of love and work into that. I also love that you have a book to read while holding your future grandchild! Just wonderful!
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely present that will be for your future great-grand with both the quilt and your vintage book. You are so smart to set these aside. I need to emulate you.
ReplyDeletethis is such a treasure as a quilt. Wonderful
ReplyDeleteThis is amazing... the crosshatch quilting is perfect and it will be a treasured heirloom quilt for sure!
ReplyDeleteIt is good to be ready, once they start coming (grandchildren) they can come on fast! Hubby had 5 kids when I married him, , then the little ones just kept coming!.
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