Vintage quilts patterns

Vintage quilt patterns are beautiful but they are so hard to find and actually make! Continue reading for 10 patterns you can actually buy!

While each decade is filled with new trends in quilting, the popularity of 1930s quilts and quilt patterns is still going strong almost a century later. Spanning the Great Depression, quilting trends from the 1930s were very much influenced by their time, with quilters favoring scrap quilts over spending money on expensive fabric. Pastel colors were also trending with quilters during this time and many saw the light colors in their quilts as a way to be uplifting during hard times. If you…

Create beautiful and nostalgic patterns in these collection of vintage quilt patterns for free for you next quilting project.

This blog is all about saving bits and pieces and making the most out of a ragged edge dresser scarf. There are 28 pictures below, most all have information in the picture captions. My intention is…

A few years ago i purchased a vintage quilt that i just love. It's totally scrappy, a bit tattered...but warm and snugly. And! A bit ...

Discover the 8 Oldest Quilt Patterns Ever Used in History here. Prepare to be transported into a rich & fascinating history on the oldest quilt patterns that exist.

It's amazing how the choice of fabric can impact a quilt. When my sister saw a picture of the latest one that I made she asked if it was an antique. Other adjectives could be applied to it.... up-cycled, repurposed, eco-friendly.... but it was made only last week so antique is definitely not one of them. The squares were cut from vintage sheets and from a few pieces of discontinued cottons left over from previous projects. The white sashing brought it all to life and the soft green corner…

I enjoyed a lovely weekend. On Saturday, The Posse congregated at my crib for a sew-fest. As always the day was relaxing and laced with a ...

Welcome :) I hope you’ve been well while I’ve been away from the computer. You may recall my little Blog Hop a week or so ago where I managed to over stretch myself and ended up not qui…

Hi friends! Today I have a really special (long) post for you! Today I want to share a quilt that took me two years and about 85 hours to...

Today I made this little baby quilt, using Windham's Story Book fabrics and Wee Play for the backing. These fabrics reminds me of my great grandma's dresses, just gorgeous! Blogged here: swede-heart.blogspot.com/2011/06/1930s-reproduction-print... Follow me on Facebook: www.facebook.com/a.little.swedeheart

If you have found this page via Pinterest, please read! This was originally posted in August 2013. I do not

Welcome back for another episode of the VINTAGE BLOCK ALONG I'm sharing another vintage block with you from my Grandma's...

Put Your Favorite Soft Vintage Florals Out On Display. A simple design of 4 charm squares sewn together becomes a beautiful modern vintage style quilt. These soft pastel florals also make a baby qu…

I know there are several quilters that are well into the process of creating their own Vintage Linens quilt! Thank you for sending pictures of your awesome progress! Recently Elaine Marie on Facebo…

Not mine, but DD's find! She has been searching for an older machine that has a good straight stitch and that would sew through multipl...

Threadneedle Street I named this free pattern Threadneedle Street for for an ancient London road, home to the tailors' guild for ...