Monday, May 2, 2011

Nine Patch Oldie



This is a nine patch quilt made by either my grandmother or her sister. The nine patch blocks alternate with solid white squares.

I love some of the fun little fabrics in it, like the horses pulling the little carts.


And this one with dancers.

I remember having a doll dress made of this green check with gold squares.
There are 3 squares along one edge that are actually 16 patch blocks. They look like a square made of light purple print, but are actually 2 different purple prints cut into 16 little squares.

The borders are blue and yellow at the top and bottom of the quilt and light pink and purple on the sides. I love how she used a dark pink in the corner when she ran out of the light pink.

When I unfolded it, I could see that some of the black dye was starting to bleed onto the white squares. This makes me sad as the quilt is in really good condition otherwise.

1 comment:

  1. I'm so glad you posted your Grandmother's quilt. I just love it. They really did "make do" in those days. My Grandma cut up a lot of her house dresses and aprons to use in her quilt blocks. Thanks for posting it!

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