1930s quilts

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

More work on UFO's today. It was a bit cooler and I wasn't feeling real crash hot, so I thought I'd pull out my Old Fashioned Charm quilt an...

is finished. I decided to try and baste this little quilt on my design wall, which turned out to be quite successful! I used some 9 patch blocks that I had sitting on the drawer for a zillion years for the backing. It saved me buying fabric, and used up MORE stuff. I pieced this quilt, using one of the new methods I read about online. I joined 4 squares together...a 4 patch. I made two of these, the placed them right sides together. I sewed around the 4 edges, then cut diagonally through…

Embrace the past with this collection of quilt patterns featuring 1930s reproduction fabrics. Whether you love classic blocks or want a modern design, these quilt patterns ensure your fabrics will shine.

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…

The biggest quilting event of the year is just about to kick off! And I am super pumped that I have been invited to be one of the official guest bloggers for this awesome quilt-along! This is the book that we will be quilting along to: The Farmer's Wife 1930s Sampler Quilt by Laurie Aaron Hird. This quilt along is being hosted by Gnome Angel in conjunction with Fat Quarter Shop and From Marti Michell. A super-impressive list of bloggers have been asked to join the party, you can see them all…

Other Fabric Styles Will be Wonderful Too! Easy star blocks in reproduction fabrics come together in a lovely quilt. The pieced border adds to its vintage charm and helps to evoke a simpler time. Soft yellow is a wonderful background for the fabrics chosen by the designer. It gives the quilt a warm and happy …

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