Dandelion Factory: May 2008

My friend, the veteran yard saler, recently sold me a stack of beautiful vintage quilts. As I am a sucker for any kind of vintage fabric, I snapped them right up! Now, on occasion, I drag them out of their box and gaze lovingly on them. And that's about all I do with them. I am sort of stuck as to how to put them to use. Of course, I don't want to use them on our beds, as they seem a bit fragile. I certainly am not going to cut them up and make them into other projects for a couple of reasons. First, it would seem sacrilegious to cut them up, and also, I really don't know what I would do with pieces of vintage quilts. I'm not too into the quilted clothing thing (believe me, I need as little bulk as possible in my clothing!). I could make pillows or something, but, again, I would be afraid they would get ruined. And, I am not really into hanging quilts on walls. Not my style, but I can appreciate it in someone else's house. Who knows... maybe I should sell them? Meanwhile, here are some pictures. I apologize for the shots. They aren't great. It was a nice bright day, so no flash, but I think they look a little out of focus.

Quilt 1:

A couple of up-close shots:

This is the back. Beautiful, huh?

The interesting part is that there is a whole other quilt underneath. I have no idea how old this quilt is. Anybody want to hazard a guess? Here are two shots of the quilt underneath:

Here is another large quilt:

And some up-close shots. I think that a lot of the pieces are the coveted feed sack fabric. So, maybe these quilts are from the 30's? I have no idea.

The colors are just so great!

This is a vintage crazy quilt.

I suspect the same person that made the previous quilt also made this one. There are a lot of the same fabrics, specifically the red, white and blue striped pattern. But, she got all crazy with the second one!