Silk Quilt

Here is a vintage treasure from the RHQEtsy shop:

Full silk quilt!

Trip Around the World patched in silk, with silk panels for backing. Tied, no batting. Very heavy. One of the green silks shattered but the rest is in surprisingly excellent shape. And best of all.....

Silk prairie point border:)
This genuinely makes be smile. I mean, you couldn't put binding on the silk, right? So the quilter had to invent a different edging.

Wow, they sure were dedicated to making this quilt happen. I hope it finds a good home soon.

Quilting in Williams

Alex and I made a rainy day trip up north and look what we found!  Williams is home to Grand Canyon Railway, Bearizona, and best of all, Quilts on Route 66
Easy to find in a turn of the last century building on the old Route 66 historic Railroad AVE of Williams, Quilts on Route 66 has tons of charm and some unique finds too:

This sample of Creative Girl Pattern from BelieveMagic stopped me in my tracks.

Yes, it really is raw edge applique, Customized with tiny sayings patch and script quilting too!

 

Here are handmade lampwork bead fobs. So great to find local arts represented:)

 

This sparkly Japanese floss was another  must-have find.

Quilts on Route 66 is a  great LQS for Americana and Route 66 fabrics -

Alex chose a prickly pear FQ, of course;)

 

An adorable shop in an adorable town, I can't wait to return:)

 



An Ideal Doily Quilt

I've searched ages for the ideal quilt plan for showcasing vintage handkerchiefs and doilies. I think Leana has discovered it:

Leana mixed pictorial embroidery, colored pencil, and silk ribbon with crochet from her grandmother.

Blocks are large enough to frame/border the featured handwork, in addition to serving as interesting backgrounds.

 

Plus, the blocks are William Morris. You wouldn't guess it, but the detail and scale of this fabric perfectly compliments the white and cream crochet alike.

 

Mostly outline quilted by hand. This block is a wonderful exception.

Leana's only tip was to spend ages at the design wall considering each placement.
There are no empty or setting blocks.

Leana says she will never show this quilt because it is too precious to risk.

I'm so honored we got to see it:)

 

Here are a few affiliate links for more embellished quilt ideas. Enjoy!:

Hanky-Panky Crazy Quilts by Cindy Brick





Handkerchief Quilts by Pat Long Gardner

Quilting with Doilies by Barbara Polston

 

Show and Tell

Here are a few of my faves from the neighborhood.
Hope you have time for a cuppa and a little show and tell.

Big stitches, beads, feature buttons, applique, and some stitchery.

It all comes together in Lynette's tiny pictorial.

Here is Barbara's tiny quilt - sew cute!!!

Diane worries about the scale of the cats:flowers & birds

 Here is one of Diane's gourds.

The beaded edging is pine needles!

This one is HUGE, I never saw such a giant gourd.
The edging/handle is burned lasso.

 Everyone contributes Rows for Valor.

Then Carolee builds the Valor quilts.

The GFG on the wall really is from Carolee's grandmother.

 I love this one-patch, Super clever design.

Especially the border.

Not to mention, Karen's great workmanship.

I guess this also counts as R/W/B, and as pinwheel?

Foundation pieced pillow case. Also a one patch.

Spinning the biggy/smalls makes it look like a Spool.

Sculptured T-Shirt Quilt.

LOL I should have got a picture of the whole thing. Of course this block was center top ;)

This one is from the museum, and traveling AQSG exhibit.

There were more pictures but my phone ate them. AARG!

Check out the sculptured edge!!!

I would have flipped the sawtooth rows so they appear to come from the sashing instead of from the block....but that might have made the green too overpowering? What do you think?

For sure that is the tiniest dresdens I have ever seen. Paper Pieced?

Pearl says I should get to work now.

Happy Monday!