Little Quilts for Sale Part 1

I’ve made so many small quilts over the years and I will never stop! But I’ve decided to try to thin out my collection to make room for more. Some of these have been gently used in my home. Most have been washed once. Most are older pieces. All have been made by me. Pricing is admittedly subjective, but I’m thinking along the lines of garage sale pricing. These are not perfect. But I can’t bear to take them to Goodwill. So here goes. Prices do not include shipping. US Buyers only. If interested, please send me an email at sew4given AT aol DOT com with the item number, your email, and your zip code so I can get shipping estimates. Invoices and payment by PayPal. Claimed items must be paid within 24 hours.

I will have another posting of small quilts later this week. If you want me to wait to combine shipping, let me know.

1. Sold Triangles 14 by 19 inches. $15

2. Sold 9 Patch 20 by 26 inches. $10

3. Sold Flowers 16 by 23 inches. $10

4. Sold Hour Glass 26 by 30 inches. $13

5. Sold Machine Embroidered Redwork 21 by 21 inches. $10

6. Sold X quilt 17 by 17 inches. $12

7. Sawtooth Star 18 by 26 inches. $10

8. Sold Whirligig 18 by 18 inches. $10

9. Hexagons 14 by 17 inches. $12

10. Sold Broken Dishes 25 by 29 inches. $10

Again, send an email to me at sew4given AT aol DOT com if you would like to purchase. I have a lot more to come tomorrow!

Have a great day!

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Garage Sale Day 2

I’m still cleaning and finding more stuff. This post is full of miscellaneous thises and thats.

First the boring stuff. I’m only shipping to US Buyers. I take payment via Paypal. Priority Mail Shipping will be added. If you want an item, please email me at sew4given AT aol DOT com with the title, item letter, and your email address. If payment or information is not received within 24 hours, I will mark the item as available to others.

A. Sold 16 1930s Grandmothers Flower Garden blocks, 7 by 8 inches. These are leftovers from my current hand quilting project. $20

B. Sold Signs. $15

C. Sold Vintage Singer TrimHandy. Instead of sewing, this little guy cuts paper! It works great, but I have two. $35

D. Miscellaneous patterns. I don’t even know where these came from. I don’t buy patterns. $8 for all.

E. Sold Porcelain quilt ornaments from the Museum of American Folk Art. $15

F. Sold 32 vintage diamond blocks. They measure about 15 inches on a side. $15

G. Sold 21 – 8 inch vintage blocks.

H. Stash and Dash kit and pattern. Includes the mesh, zipper, foam interfacing, and hardware. You supply the fabric. $15

I. Sold Quilt blocks to embroider. $8

J. Sold Block of the month patterns to make the quilt top shown. 12 patterns total. $10

K. Vintage Singer Sewing Carry Bag. Measures 11 by 11 by 12 inches. There is a crack in the inside bottom plastic piece, otherwise it is in great condition. $35

L. Sold Another vintage Friendship quilt top. 62 by 84 inches. It doesn’t lie completely flat, which might be why it wasn’t finished. $50

Thanks for looking! Tomorrow’s post will be full of small quilts made by me, prices will be in the $10-20 range.

Have a great day!

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Slow Stitching Sunday

Are you sick of this yet? The second corner is done!

I’m so pleased with how this is coming along. I have 26 out of 86 flowers to go! I’m starting to think about binding. This will get trimmed square after quilting. I do not possess the fortitude for a zig zag binding! I’m thinking about bubble gum pink, but I’m open to suggestions. 😄

Have a great day!

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Garage Sale!

Everyone loves a good garage sale, right? I know I do! My loss is your gain as I am seeking to clean out my sewing room.

First the boring stuff. I’m only shipping to US Buyers. I take payment via Paypal. Priority Mail Shipping will be added. If you want an item, please email me at sew4given AT aol DOT com with the title, item number, and your email address. If payment is not received within 24 hours, I will mark the item as available to others.

1. Sold First up is this vintage Grandmother’s Flower Garden top. It measures approximately 70 by 80 inches. I was sure it needed a few seam repairs, but I honestly can’t find them now. It has some great fussy cut blocks. Hand pieced. $50 plus shipping.

2. Sold Vintage Friendship Baby quilt. This little quilt is darling. I love the names embroidered on the blocks! It is in good shape. Tied. $20 plus shipping.

3. Appliquéd Quilt Top. This is huge! It measures 100 by 108 inches. It may have been a kit. The workmanship is beautiful. Background may be a poly cotton blend. There are a few marks and a tiny bit of fabric running. I have pics of this below. $45 plus shipping.

4. Sold 1930s Star quilt top. This one measures about 60 by 72 inches. It is Machine pieced and doesn’t lay totally flat! It is in good condition and the fabrics are lovely. $45 plus shipping.

5. Sold Vintage 9 Patch quilt top. I love this top! It is in need of some repairs, but overall, it is a nice piece. I had planned to make it a slightly smaller quilt and replace some of the worst blocks with some of the better ones. It measures 69 by 73 inches. A few of the red fabrics have bled. I think it is a piece worth putting a bit of work into. I would estimate this dates from 1900-1920. $35 plus shipping.

6. Sold Vintage Ocean Waves quilt top. The work in this top blows me away. Those are one inch finished HSTs. There is some age related staining as shown in photos. It has some fullness in the setting squares and borders. It is entirely hand pieced. $75 plus shipping.

7. Have I ever mentioned that applique is not really my thing? Yeah, I’ll never complete this. It is a vintage quilt kit it is complete and never started. There are some age related discolorations. You can see that in the photos. Finished size s 81 by 99 inches. $150 plus shipping. Sold!

8. Small vintage hexie quilt. 28 by 30 inches. Machine quilted. Has discoloration one back and a couple rust stains as pictures. Otherwise good condition. $20 plus shipping.

I will have another garage sale post (maybe two) next week as I continue to clean out!

Have a great day!

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Finish It Up Friday ~ Cheddar Cheese and Crackers

It’s done! This little quilt has been on my bucket list for a long time. The pattern was a QAL hosted by Lori at Humble Quilts.

I used blue scraps for all of my dark squares and triangles. The photo above shows the quilt before washing and the rest of these show the quilts after.

The backing is an old Mary Koval print.

I feel like my cheddar is more gold than cheddar. I’d like it better if it were more orangey. But I still love this! Btw, I upsized my quilt, it measures 36 by 36 inches.

BTW, I’ve been cleaning and sorting in the sewing room again. Tomorrow I will be starting an online “garage sale” here on the blog. Tomorrow’s post will have vintage quilt tops, a vintage kit, and some small vintage quilts.

Now I’m off to find a place to display this. Have a great day!

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Are you ready…..

…..for a quilter’s garage sale?

I’ve been cleaning and sorting again and some of this stuff has to go. On Saturday, I’ll begin posting items for sale here on the blog. I will likely have several sale posts as I’m trying to group like things together for each post.

Saturday will be the day for vintage quilt tops, vintage small quilts, and a vintage quilt kit or two. One day next week, I will be parting with some small quilts made by me, after that, books and miscellaneous.

Just wanted to give you all a heads up! Have a great day!

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Throwback Thursday

I was sorting some quilts the other day and found a little one that I had been looking for for a long time. It was between two big quilts.

I made it from vintage scraps and tried to achieve a utilitarian look. Check out the date.

I thought I’d share a couple others made from vintage scraps.

This one is so simple, but I remember how much I enjoyed making it. I love this little horse print.

And the feedback backing.

I love a pinwheel!

Have a great day!

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September/October Goals

 Here are things I wanted to accomplish this month:

1. Finish the churn dash quilt. Not done.

2. Get half of the flower garden quilt hand quilted. Done!

3. Finish hand piecing the Liberty hexie pieces. Done! Now to get it assembled.

4. Tackle another item off the UFO list. Not done.

What did I do?

I made two baby quilts.

And I quilted 11 Quilts of Valor.

For October, I would like to:

1. Finish my Cheddar Cheese and Crackers quilt.

2. Finish my GFG quilt.

3. Quilt 5 QOVs.

4. Lastly, I’d like to kit up some projects that have been on my bucket list for some time.

Have a great day!

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50 Shades of Brown QAL

Yesterday part 2 of this little quilt along came out. I decided it was high time I got part 1 done!

I was glad I already had a bunch of 1 1/2 inch squares cut up. I just had to pick through to find the colors I needed. The four patches went together very quickly.

I decided to move ahead to part 2. Again, I grabbed my bin of 2 1/2 inch squares and picked out all the browns I needed.

I got my pieces together.

It’s looking mighty busy right now! Lori said to look for a directional print for the next step. I’ll do that today.

Thanks so much for all the feedback yesterday regarding quilting by mail. I think I’m going to give it a trial run. I plan to work up the details this week.

Have a great day!

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I’ve been thinking….

……yes, I know that can be dangerous! Anyway, I’ve been longarm quilting for about seven years now. Lately, I’ve been thinking about starting to long arm quilt for others. I have a few friends I’ve quilted for and I do quite a few tops for Quilts of Valor, but mostly, I just quilt for myself.

There seem to be quite a few long arm quilters in my area, but there may not be in yours. So I was thinking of offering quilting by mail. Clients can send their tops and I will mail back the quilted quilt.

I’m thinking about trying this out on a very limited basis to see how it goes and work out the kinks. I would most likely offer only edge to edge designs to begin with.

Obviously, I need to come up with prices, options, shipping details etc.

But I guess the point of this post, is to ask if you think there would be any interest in this?

If any of you have had quilts quilted by others, what did you like? What didn’t you like?

Anything you’d love to tell your long arm quilter?

I would so appreciate any and all comments as I consider this.

Have a great day!

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