Reproducing Old Things

Martha at Q is for Quilter is releasing a new Mother Goose Quiltie pattern each Sunday.  The illustrations are by Ruby Short McKim, 1920 and were originally printed in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle. 

I have stitched the first two Quiltie Patterns, Mother Goose (#1) and Old Woman in the Shoe (#2) on a ten inch piece of muslin in red (321) perle #8.   I'm waiting for #3 to be released today. Good thing I took a pic because I can see a few lines I missed stitching. 

I think it will make a cute baby quilt paired with a Mother Goose book. 

1718 Coverlet Progress

I prepped a lot of 4 inch blocks for my last vacation but only finished the four blocks in that center row.  I'm making the blocks all by hand in the traditional method used by the maker- mosaic patchwork.  My blocks will all be in solids fabrics. 

I've been having some problems with the next block on the top row. When I finish that middle block the bottom row will get added to the top row. 

These are a couple of my hand stitching projects for summer since I don't have air conditioning and it gets rather warm hand quilting a quilt. 

Hand stitching? 

Join us for Slow Stitching Sunday at Kathy's Quilts. 

Working the 1718 Coverlet by Hand (Row 1)

I'm making my version of the 1718 Coverlet. 

I'm using mottled solids  (Mirage line from Connecting Threads)

I'm going to sew together the whole darned thing together by hand using the same mosaic patchwork (aka English paper piecing) method that the original maker used. 

I'm using ladder stitch, not whip stitch to connect the pieces. I've tried both stitches on other projects but my ladder stitches look better to me. 

I've completed six blocks out of 9 in the top row excluding larger blocks on the ends. 

You can see the first row at the top of the book cover.  And these are the three blocks I have left for the row.  Wish me luck on that fleur-de-lis ...so far the blocks have been pretty easy. 

This is definitely going to be slow to finish and slow stitching.  I think it will be a nice project to work on this summer. 

Slow Sunday Stitching at Kathy's Quilts.