Antique Inspiring Modern

Where do you find inspiration for your quilting and sewing?

 I think you can find it anywhere, a shape, a beautiful landscape, a person's favorite thing, or maybe
color.

I have a very small collection of antique quilts and this is one of my most favorites!


Antique quilt from my collection


 I call it the Orange Sherbert quilt because of the wonderful orange fabric! I just love it! I found this several years ago languishing in a corner in an antique shop in Indy (Indianapolis Indiana). You see it is not in the best condition, there are some holes, the binding is worn, and it is fragile just because of age. But I couldn't resist and finally purchased it for $50.00, and have never looked back. It lays folded on the top of one of my book cases and the orange still makes me smile every time I see it :)

 Here are a couple of my favorite blocks:

This has a bit of a Japanese feel to the fabric although very doubtful

When I remarked about the unusual orange fabric in this quilt, the lady I purchased this from told me that each state had a color and that quilters would make quilts with that color so that when seen people would know where that quilt came from....Orange was for Ohio. Well, I was born in Ohio so that just made me love it more! Now whether that story is true, I don't know. I never did any research on it, and frankly it would not make a big difference to me....but I do like the story :)



Look at this blocks background fabric! Very Modern looking!

 

Sorry for the poor lighting, trying to show you all the handstitching!

As you can see from this pic, the backing and binding are made out of muslin. And the quilt is totally hand quilted. She thought this quilt was from the early 1900's. Again I didn't research or verify that I just loved it and wanted to keep it from being cut up to make Teddy Bears by someone. No offense to anyone that does that, I just didn't want that to happen to this one. 

 

So what does this have to do with Inspiration?

 

Awhile back I was lucky enough to have won a pack of fat quarters over at Plum and June's that wa generously donated by Julie at The Intrepid Thread.

It is a great pack of the whimsical Flying Free with many great colors and notably Orange!

 

So when I seen that fabric and pared it with some orange mango

by RJR Supreme (a swap fabric I had purchased)

I was reminded of my antique Orange Sherbert quilt

and it inspired me to make a more Modern quilt!

 

Here are the fabrics I pulled and the pattern I plan to use:

 

 

So a new W.I.P.

And no I didn't go thru my WIP list...still working on the organization thing.

Or maybe it is denial? LOL

There are worse things in this world. 

Next time ;)

 

Wishing you a productive, quilty kind of week!

Psst...don't forget to stop back by on Friday...it's a Giveaway Day!!

 

Ginny

 

PS. Blogger is acting up again tonight... so if something is off or looks weird--hey I am just happy to get it posted!

 



I will be linking up to:

 

Beth over at Plum and June and Lee over at Freshly Pieced