No Cure for the Summertime Blues

Well, in between trying to scan my entire sheet collection for updated shop listings, get my UFOs rounded up for my upcoming challenge, laundry, and just wanting to sit and vegetate, I finally managed to finish this quilt!
It probably would have been done a couple of days ago, except I decided I wanted my binding thread to match the binding and wanted to wait for the Memorial Day sale at Joann's before I went and purchased the thread.
No worries, it is down now, and I really like it. I'll be putting it into my Etsy shop, so hopefully it will find a nice home.
It finishes out at 55" x 60", a nice lap or throw size. Something to put on the lawn during outdoor Summer concerts, perhaps?
The backing is made up of 12" squares of several of the fabrics that are on the front. It's been quilted with some straight lines outside some of the seams, but not all of them.

In other news, if you're into vintage sheets as fabric, I've added a couple of bundle deals to the shop. Pick 5 or pick 10 for the special price of only $1 per fat quarter.
I'm currently in the process of updating my pictures with scanned swatches to better show the color. I'm also adding many prints that I've had around, but have escaped being listed.
I'm also open to trading fabrics, so drop me a line if you want to perhaps swap some stash!

My Prize from Norway

Last month I won a giveaway at the Vintage Sheet Blog for an assortment of 36 vintage sheet fat quarters and a Spoonflower panel by the sponsor of the giveaway, Junette of Junette Bay and her Etsy shop Pattern Like where she will be listing 70 new (to her shop) vintage sheet prints on Wednesday! Well, they arrived yesterday and I thought I would share some pictures of what I received. First is the Spoonflower panel

And now for the sheets. So many pretties, and quite a few hard to find (for me) purples

Vintage Purple Baby Quilt Finished

I finally finished ripping out all of the quilting I had done on this quilt and redid it all. The first time I quilted, I used a dark purple thread. This time I've used a lighter lavender and I think it suits much better.
This was made with squares from vintage sheets and the backing is a piece from a more modern purple polka dot sheet.
Straight line quilting along the seams. No binding, I did the inside out method then sewed two rows of stitches all along the outer edge. Measures 38"x38 and is in my Etsy Shop

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Thrift Store Finds

I love Sundays at my thrift store. Sundays mean that more items will be on sale than are generally on sale Mon-Sat. You can always tell what day of the week it is by the parking lot; it is so packed, people start making their own spaces.
Both my husband and I enjoy going, but he tends to be done looking after 10 minutes! So when we go together, like we did yesterday, I have to quickly dash to my favorite spots and try to pick some goodies. If I'm still looking when he's done, he'll offer to wait in the truck, but that kind of takes some of the fun of browsing away. Still and all, perhaps it's a good thing, too, as then I won't spend as much if I'm not in there longer.

Today I'm going to share what I found yesterday, and a few things I've found over the past two months, but haven't bothered to write about.

First, of course, is vintage and just plain old, modern sheets. This little stack will be going into the shop, where I'm always hopeful that it will be just what someone is looking for.


I also found some fabric yesterday. About 2 yards of this rainbow bright print by Timeless Treasures.


And, about 1/2 yard of this sweet floral print that has one of my favorite flowers, poppies!



And how about this pillowcase, that could give Michael Miller's Metro Living Circles a run for its money.


How about some dishware? I don't collect Pyrex, but I couldn't resist getting these little gems. They'll probably go into my shop someday, but for now, they're just hanging out on my shelves.



Lastly, these Mikasa Duplex plates featuring designs from Ben Seibel. I think his designs are so pretty. This print is Pink Ribbon. I was able to get 8 of little beauties. I believe they are cake plates, though I can't be sure of the terminology when it comes to dishes.

And that's all for today. Hopefully I'll have more to share next week.

More Baby Vintage Goodness

I like making these baby quilts because they provide such a measure of quick gratification. Plus, I get to use a bit of all of these sheets I'm collecting.

I liked my orange and yellow quilt so much, I thought I would try to make several more in other colorways. I've plans for a blue, pink, green and perhaps an all yellow.

Today I have a purple one. This one has been the hardest one to put together simply because I have not found a lot of sheets with purple as the main color. I don't know if it is just the area where I live, or if purple sheets were not a popular item in the "olden" days.
Anyway, I finally pulled together a sufficient amount to make a 7x7 top and that is what you see below. I've got my backing all picked out, nothing too fancy, but it is another sheet, just not vintage.

Little Apples Baby Quilt

Wow, I've finally completed a quilt that I feel I've done a nice enough job on that I could sell it.

I've kept it really simple with basic squares and rectangles and only some straight line quilting. I've even used my favorite way of non-binding binding the quilt.


It measures approximately 41"x45" and is backed in a pin sized red with white polka dots fabric. I used some of the leftover print cuts to make a stripe across the back.


I'll be happily listing this in my Etsy shop, I hope it finds a home!

Next up, is this little quilt. All that remains is the the quilting, then this one will be ready for my shop, too.


It's made up of vintage sheet squares, all in oranges and yellows. I think it's my favorite quilt so far.


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