Sunday, June 01, 2014

Inspiration for Vintage Linens


One of the quilt guild ladies coordinated a class where we could learn about using our vintage linens in new ways. An instructor was invited from "the west side" who has created some beautiful patterns and made samples up to show. She also taught us how to select and choose vintage linens for projects. Here are some of her beautiful creations.




Do they inspire you? I hope so. I love her work and how she combines colors, textures, and fibers. The meld of old with new has such charm!

5 comments:

  1. Lovely, La Tea Dah. I love anything quilted. Colorful and pleasing to the eye! Susan

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  2. The center one really does because of the play of pinwheels.

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  3. Oh My Goodness! I LOVE the square with different embroidered teapots!! Do you know if there is a pattern available somewhere for this? Would love to have it. Lovely blog entry. Thank you for sharing!

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  4. Oh my goodness. LOVE the quilted square with teapots. Just beautiful! Do you know if there is a pattern available for this? Lovely blog post. Thanks for sharing!

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  5. Belinda Ch --- the teapots designs are all pieces of cut-up, vintage linens. In the class we learned how to take old tea towels, doilies, and dresser scarves and recreate them into something "new" again --- so the embroidered pieces were cut out of old linens. I do think that Crabapple Hill has some new embroidery patterns that are VERY similar, though. Google them --- and they should come right up. Let me know if you have trouble finding them.

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