When I See an Old Quilt…
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- čas přidán 10. 05. 2024
- Hello Shiny Crafty People!
Today I’m talking about old quilts - both ones I’ve made and ones I’ve found - and how they make me feel.
Ever seen an old quilt and wondered who made it? How they chose the fabrics? Who they made it for?
Join me on this walk down memory lane. And tell me about your favorite quilts. Either ones you’ve made or ones you were given.
What made them special? Who were they made for? How much time did they take? And when and where were they made?
I hope you enjoyed the video and, until next time, stay crafty! Bye for now. - Věda a technologie
You are so lucky to have been given such a beautiful quilt. I have quilts from my great grandmother , grandmother, mom. I think what you said was perfect.
That’s very sweet. Thanks for your kind words.
My Mom sent my Grandma (that lived in another State) all my fabric scraps from all the dresses I made in School in the early 70's. When she passed there was a quilt with my name on it, made from all the fabric scraps of mine. I remember She had a huge frame hanging from her ceiling. She hand sewed all of her quilts. I love that quilt. I also have 2 more She made.
That is such a wonderful thing to have as a memory! A great gift.
The quilt behind you is a Periwinkle Quilt. My paternal grandmother from Parkersburg, West Virginia made one in the late 30s with feed sacks and muslin with a layer of flannel for the batting, more of a summer weight quilt that was made for a 3/4 size bed. It was machine pieced on a treadle sewing machine and hand quilted. My dad brought it to our home in Baltimore some time in the 80s. He swore by all that was Holy that the quilt design was a double wedding ring when he gave it to me in 2000. I told him no it wasn't but at that time I didn't know what the pattern was. He passed away in 2009. In about 2014, I learned that the quilt was a periwinkle design from a video from the Missouri Star Quilt Company. I have started one made with larger blocks and arranged like yours. I hope to finish it soon. Thank you for your interest in old and unlabeled quilts.
It’s a pattern I hadn’t seen before. I love seeing new things. Thanks for sharing your own story.
great video Tim! One of my girlfriends had a quilt her grandmother made. It was probably 1950's. It had places where the fabric disintegrated. She wanted me to fix it. I'm not an experienced restoration quilter. She said do my best. I was able to cover the places where fabric was missing with similar fabric. I made a label on my embroidery machine, grandmother's name, birth and death years. When my girlfriend showed it to her mother, she cried.
Such a great thing you did! I know your friend will cherish that forever.
Beautifully said. Quilters spend l lots of time on their craft only to give it away.
I love your Grandma Julie’s quilt ! It’s wonderful ❤
Aww, thanks!
Thank you for your recognition of a craft that has been a large part of my life for over 40 years - creating quilts for family, friends, and charity. I pray that recipients enjoy using them as much as I enjoyed making them.
I feel you! While quilting is its own reward, it’s nice when you know someone appreciates it and will hold onto it for a long time.
I love your piece on quilts. The story behind the quilt is so beautiful and so important.
Thank you so much.
Beautiful recognition of what goes into the making of a quilt.❤
I ran across this video and I love it! Crafters of any type are dwindling. Our local fair when I was young had 3-4 buildings of quilts, knitting, crochet, tatting, petit point, needle point, cross stitch, etc. Now it's just one building. I am old now and. I just took up quilting, thanks for the incentive and reminder of why we sew...🌬
I feel the same way as you that it's a hug from my mom. I'm lucky enough to have 3 or 4 of her quilts, 1 is a fan quilt that she Specifically made for me. When I'm really missing her, I'll go get that quilt and curl up in it & feel that hug...! We made quilts together, too. Thanks for sharing, I have some crazy stories I've heard about quilts passed down from great grandmothers... very funny!
Awww, I’m so glad you have quilts from your mom. What a great way to connect with her.
I ABSOLUTELY LOVE your grandmother’s quilt, it’s super cool!❤️💕👍🏻
I think it’s so good because she never tried to overthink it. I’ve seen people try to replicate that look but they just care too much about matching colors or making sure the fabrics work together. Her type of quilts always worked because she didn’t pay any attention to that stuff.
I just found your channel and can’t wait to hear about labels for old quilts. I have over the years collected many different of quilts. I have not labeled them but feel like I should! I have only recently begun labeling the quilts I’ve made. Thank you for sharing!
I'm just starting to sew I enjoy it but I hold back a Lil cuz I don't feel like I'm good at it but thank you for sharing the beautiful quilts
Loved the story of the quilts
What a sweet, sweet video! Everything just beautifully stated! I have sewn and done handwork for years, but didn't start quilting until I retired. Love, love, love it! But boy, the hours put into every quilt is just incredible! I have made labels for the ones I have done so far, probably largely because they have all been for my grandkids to date. I have seen labels on Pinterest that are absolute works of art, but my favorites are the ones where the creator has handwritten on the labels using one of those permanent pens (e.g. Pigma Micron). Just such a personal touch that I think (I hope anyway) that the kids will appreciate when they are older. Likewise, I am hoping that they will use the quilts in the future for a hug from grandma when grandma won't be there to do it in person.
I am one of those quilters who doesn’t label very often. However, after listening to you, I will do so more often.
Yeah, I’ve been pretty bad at it. But it’s gotten better the last few years.
Thank you for sharing, and reminding us all that love goes into every project we make and gift or are gifted.
Looking forward to the next one 💐💜
You are so welcome!
I've got a number of quilts made by my mom and her mother in the 30's and 40's. I have a quilt my dad's mother made for me in the early 70's (the last one she hand quilted) and I still use it every day. I also pick up quilts in thrift stores as well as embroidery and crochet pieces. Something in me says I have to save them from being mistreated or thrown in a dumpster. Perhaps knowing how much time and work went into creating them has something to do with it. I thoroughly enjoy looking at the treasures I find and using them in my home. My own quilts are gifted to friends and family and most these days are going to charities and Orthodox monasteries.
I enjoyed reading this. Thanks for sharing. I hope you treasure all those quilts.
I started sewing when Covid started. I was a 64 year old nurse in Australia and it was a super stressful time. We had the strictest lockdowns in the world. I decided to make a memory/photo quilt for my granddaughter who lives in South Africa. Everything was hand sewn. The quilt became bigger as the lockdowns continued. CZcams became my teacher. My mother was a dressmaker who passed away in South Africa and I was fortunate that I could attend her funeral just when Covid started. Every time I struggled with something as I hand pieced stories and photos, it was as though I could feel my mother’s hand on my shoulder. When our borders opened, we travelled to South Africa where I finished the final quilting. It took me two years to finish. Only my husband knows how much time went into it. We are currently in Croatia where I am finishing my second quilt, also a queen sized story/photo quilt for my youngest son. I am busy now 18 months. I have two more quilts to go for my other two children. I plan to make it simple. Maybe. 😅😂 Thank you. I simply loved your video.
A wonderful story! Thank you for sharing your journey. Happy quilting!
I have several of my grandma's quilts she made and I still use them. A lot of handwork went in to most of them because she didn't get a sewing machine until the 40's and it was a treadle machine. (I learned to sew on that machine). Grandpa finally rigged up a motor for it and it made her sewing so much easier. Some of the quilts have deteriorated quite a bit and I cut the raggedy parts off and rebound them and made lap quilts. But what is so special for me is she made the quilts from her old dresses and grandpa's old shirts and I remember every one of them from when I was a little girl. The backing was usually several tea towels sewn together. Sometimes, but rarely, she did have store bought fabric for the backing. The treadle machine is still in the family and I have told my son about all of the quilts and to take special care of them when I'm gone and he promised he would. I just love them.
That’s wonderful! Those are the stories that need to get passed down.
Thank you for this video. This past year I decided to make quilts for my family in hopes of them being used and passed down for generations as I have 2 quilts that were made by each of my grandmother's and will pass them down to my children. I am making a quilt using fabric from articles of clothing of a person who has signed passed away so that the loved one can feel the hug of their family member.❤
Such a great way to remember a person. I love it!
You are so sweet! 😊💝
I totally understand where you're coming from! I am also a very sentimental person. Although I live in a small space, I have held on to items that mean a lot to me. Infact, I still have the very first quilt I ever made. It is was machine stitched and hand knotted with yarn. It's special to me because I made it using remnants of flannelette pieces left over from pajamas I had made for my children and all of my nieces and nephews, and other loved ones. So, as you can imagine, it's not the prettiest quilt, and it's crudely made, but it holds a lot of memories and love. So, I am looking forward to your video on how to apply the stories of our quilts to the actual quilts. My hope is that the person who ends up with my quilt, will appreciate it even more because of it's story, and perhaps they might also be one of the recipients of a pair of pajamas I had made for them years ago and see their particular fabric in it too! How great would that be?! 😊
Thank you so much Timothy! Keep up with the great content! 💝
I love that your first quilt was already infused with so many memories! I cherish those kind of things.
Thank you for sharing with us. My mom is in the process of making quilts for my boys & little cousin from her mom’s cloths. She was great grandma to my sons & I think it’s such a sweet remembrance of my grandma. Your video has inspired me to try my first quilt because I want to make one for my mom. She’s making quilts for other people & I want to make one for her. I’d been considering it but I’ve never done it & thought “oh I should wait until I can do it better” but your video reminds me that my mom would love one no matter how good I am. Thank you. I love the idea of quilt labels with more info on it & look forward to that upcoming video. I could see the subject meant a lot to you. I love your videos by the way.
Absolutely! Anyone who makes quilts knows how hard they are and will appreciate your effort. And the odds are that few people have ever made her a quilt, so she will appreciate it even more!
What a beautiful reminder of the time & love it takes to create something.
Whatever the craft.
I crochet
Timothy, thanks for the video. I make quilts all the time and give them away. Thanks for acknowledging the work and love that goes into them.
Thank you Timothy for acknowledging this fine craft & the labor & love that goes into every one. I am currently working on one for my granddaughter & hope she feels as you do wrapped in your quilt from grandmother. Look forward to your subsequent videos.
Thank you so much!!
I believe the quilt on the wall is Periwinkle.
How wonderful. Love that you took time to vocalize those thoughts!
I have made small quilts, simple patches. I had been given a quilt, very old. I didn't use it as I didn't want to harm it. Some one had borrowed it with out asking me and then let someone else use it. Well when I found it, I was beyond mad +++. Someone had been smoking and dropped lots of hot ashes on it and had several burn holes in it. Thank God it didn't burn the house down. I still have it but do not know how to get it fixed, been thinking just do the best I can, find some cotton batting and best match what I can and patch it up. I envy those of you who make these beautiful quilts. I do craft items that take much time and detail so I am familiar with the love and patience it takes to hand craft something. My siblings and I have recently become the new owns of some quilts my parents had tucked away in a closet, again, these are very old. I do wonder about their history, did a family member make them or a friend, where they handed down to our parents or gifted to them. They forever will hold all the answers we may ask, still, I wonder what they have seen. Thank you Tim for doing this video.
Karen Brown of Just get it done quilts has a video on how to repair quilts, including burn holes - worth a look x
Great video!
Thanks!
A lovely video. Thank you. (I quilt like your grandmother and I hope my quilts will continue to bring comfort to people long after I am gone, as your grandmother's has done for you. May her memory continue to be a blessing.)
Awww thanks!
Three years ago, when my parents (in their 70s) were moving into a smaller home, we were getting rid of, garage selling, or throwing away accumulated items. My mom had a pile of items that she thought needed to go to the dump, so I started to move that pile outside. In doing so, I found three old quilts that were made either by her mom or her grandmother, so anywhere from the 1900’s through to the 1960s (fabric choices read very early 1900s to me). When I asked why she’s throwing them, Mom said that there were some tears and dry rotting in the fabrics. I packed those quilts up and brought them home with me. Now I don’t know what to do with them. I’m not capable of fixing old quilts, and I don’t even know where to start, but I do know that I could not ever throw those quilts in the dump.
I’m a fan of folding them up with the best side showing and putting them on a rack or in a shadow box.
The design of the quilt behind you is called by two different names. One is periwinkle and the other is called kite. Periwinkle is a fairly old pattern. For whatever reason someone decided to call it vintage kite. You can find that pattern on Missouri Star Company's you tube channel. I did see it on another person's channel, but I don't remember that person's name.
Wonderful story about her grandmother and the quilts, Do you follow Kris at Sew The Distance? She finds and discusses old quilts.
I don’t but I will! Thanks for the suggestion.
The quilt hanging behind you, Jenny Doan has this pattern called periwinkle. I believe years ago it was called something different>. The one you bought from Kathy Lee is commonly paper pieces. Sorry I don’t remember what the pattern is called. I hope you find this helpful. Thanks for sharing your quilts!
I love quilts but I do not know how to make them.
It’s never too late to learn! Or just be an avid collector. There are many ways to participate.
Well said…..
Very cool….where can I get one of these.
Hi everyone
How can you figure out a price for a quilt when someone wants to buy one you have made or wants you to make them one?
That’s a huge question with so many pitfalls. I have never sold a quilt and could probably never make enough for what I’d have into it in just time alone.
My Grandmother made me an Afghan for me, she asked me what colors, I asked for Red, White and Blue. That was 37 years ago, might be time to gift it to my Daughter who was named after her.
So lovely. What a great way to share your grandmother’s love with your child.
@@timothytotten9409 Thanks for the response. This past Christmas my daughter helped me make 3 single bed size blankets for all my grandchildren. She has a new grandchild for me to make 1 more blanket for. Treadle sewing machine, it was my Grandmothers.
See ya soon