Vintage quilt blocks

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…

Discover timeless beauty with our Vintage Quilt Patterns roundup. Classic designs meet modern flair, perfect for creating heirloom-quality quilts.

I did not include the disturbing "swastika" block -- a pre-Nazi celebration of the "indian good luck motif" -- how many swastika quilts do you think got destroyed after WWII?

Discover the most common traditional quilt blocks, how to make them and how to make them look modern. Learn how to make 12 different traditional blocks every quilter needs to know!

Vintage Quilting Blocks Butterfly Hand Embroidered Applique, 10x10 Squares Set Of 18 Completed, 12 Empty Square And 8 Unsewn Butterflies, Flour Sack Antique Crafting You Will Receive 28 Completed Squares, 12 Blank Squares And 8 Precut Butterflies. Pictures Show Actual Product. Non-Smoking Home. No Stains Holes Or Damage. Ready For Your Project!

Hello and welcome back to my blog for the big finish post of the Vintage Block Along We have been sewing from my Gra...

This is Linda’s Dresden Plate quilt and it is made with reproduction fabrics. This will be a wedding gift for her granddaughter who loves vintage things so this will be the perfect gift! Linda’s friend Nadine made the blocks and machine appliqued the Dresden plates. She gave them to Linda and then she pieced the blocks together and then gave it to me to quilt, so it has been a real team effort! She asked for traditional quilting which is exactly what this quilt needed. Since the border was…

Classic Quilt Blocks have been sewn for centuries, are easy to recognise and are every quilters favorite. Let's celebrate these gorgeous blocks and add them to our quilting projects! Welcome to the final week of my Shoo Fly Classic Quilt Blocks series. It's been a fun month looking at this cute block in more detail, sewing one together in my step by step tutorial and looking at layouts and variations. I hope you've fallen in love with this block and I've inspired you to plan a Shoo Fly quilt…

At least 33 fat eighths and a bit of yardage are needed to make this pretty star and chain quilt from Chelsi Stratton Designs! Finished quilt measures 71.5" x 85". ALL SALES FINAL. To see what else is in store, please visit Jambearies: https://www.etsy.com/shop/Jambearies