Day 9 - A Month of Antique Quilts - Starley Quilt Collection

 Hmmmmm, what treasure to share tonight?  One of my absolute favorites is this Rose of Sharon with fabulous applique birds, berries, and blooms. The star of my Birds and Blooms trunkshow. 

Aren't these birds delightful!!! Every inch of this quilt is filled with love and JOY. Hence, the name, Quilted Joy.

It is a 9 block Rose of Sharon created by someone who loved hand applique and was pretty good at hand quilting too.

I loved this full sized quilt so much that I just had to reproduce it in 1/2 size - small scale. Pattern is available on my Etsy shop.

Day 29- Old and New Oak Leaf, Reel A Month of Antique Hand Quilting

Tonight's quilt is antique Oak Leaf (Reel) quilt with hand applique and lots of straight-line hand quilting. And the single block/quiltlet is my repro version made for a potholder project for Pam Weeks. Potholder quilts are constructed of blocks that are individually quilted and bound.

Here's a close-up of my little quilt. Click on photo to enlarge. Hand applique and hand quilted.

The Oak Leaf with more of its red and green friends ...

The full quilt. So effectively composed with the sashing and red cornerstones and the 5 strip borders.

Antique (Inspired) Hand Quilting Month - Cheddar Baskets Day 23

Here is my hand quilted miniature Cheddar Baskets quilt made for the American Quilt Study Group 2016 Quilt Study of Basket Quilts. It is currently traveling with the Baskets exhibits. Don't forget to click on the photos to enlarge and see details!

Here's my top (left) with the antique on the right. The original had only 3 fabrics, cheddar, blue, and pink. I kept that color scheme but used 13 different pinks and 13 different blues for a scrappier look. I use foundation paper piecing for the baskets and the sawtooth border. I hand quilted using the same patterns as used on the original.

And the full antique quilt - Mennonite Baskets Quilt, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania, circa 1890.

Month of Hand Quilting - Antique Inspired Quilted Joy Day 21

Here is my version of yesterday's antique Quilted Joy, Rose of Sharon quilt. Quilted Joy Too!
Hand appliqued and hand quilted. It is the star one of my newest classes where teach my method of almost no prep applique and also share antique quilts from the Starley Quilt Collection.

Yes, I did a lot of applique and hand quilting on this repro quilt! And yes, you can now purchase a PATTERN on my Etsy Shop.

Imagine spending a day creating a delightful quilt, learning applique, and drooling over beautiful antique quilts!

The full quilt - Quilted Joy Too   36" x 36"

Day 4 - Hand Quilting Blogathon Cheddar Stars

I love recreating antiques in my collection and my miniature Cheddar Stars Over Moab is one of my favorites. Inspired by an antique star quilt in the Starley Collection. Little 3" Stars are foundation/ paper pieced by machine but the quilting is all done by hand.

The stars are small and the full miniature reproduction quilt comes in at just 19" x 24".

This pattern is available on my etsy shop and it is also available as a fun paperpiecing class. You'll learn how to paper piece and create your own wonky star patterns. You'll also learn tips for accurately recreating antique quilts. I'd love to come teach this at your shop or guild.

An action shot of picking out the perfect fabrics to recreate the original.

December Blog-a-thon Begins - A Month of Hand Quilting

I'm joining the December 31 Days of blogging challenge hosted by Cheryl Sleboda once again. I will be sharing hand quilting both old and new all month. Each day will feature a different hand quilted quilt.  

Click on link to Cheryl's blog above to join in the fun or to follow along with other bloggers.

Here's the after and before shots of my Virginia is For Lovers Quilt. Look at what a difference the quilting makes!

The full quilt - only 16" x 16"! Yes, the flowers above are teeny. A recreation/reproduction of an antique crib quilt in the Starley Quilt Collection. I'll share the antique tomorrow.

Virginia Is For Lovers 16" x 16"
Original Pattern - Sandra Starley
Based on antique quilt in Starley Collection

Quilted Joy! Recreating the Past

Quilted Joy Too - 36" x 36"
2014 - Sandra Starley

I love sharing quilt history through my antique quilt collection both by trunk shows and classes as well as recreating and patterning pieces in the Starley collection. So pleased to announce my newest reproduction pattern Quilted Joy is now available on my Etsy shop. Click here to see details and to purchase.

Detail from antique inspiration quilt

Even More 9 Patch Fun - Antique Quilts

Here's another block (Dolly Madison Star) that is designed in a 9 patch format and also has a nine patch in the center block. Isn't it interesting to see how different each of the four blocks look with the different color placement! 

And here's my antique reproduction, Wonky Cheddar Stars. They are also pieced in a 9 patch format.

Antique Inspiration -New Baskets From Antique Quilts

Here are a few antique repro basket quilts from antique quilts in the Starley Collection. I teach these patterns in hands-on applique classes available for your store, guild, or retreat.

Another Cheddar Break - Antique Quilts

Here are a few more antique cheddar quilts from my collection. Maybe I need to do a new trunk show "It's Better with Cheddar!"  Ps. I'm teaching My Cheddar Stars class at Utah Quilt Guild in September - if you sign-up NOW. 

M is for Monkey Wrench - Antique Quilts and Modern

M is for Monkey Wrench quilt.

This funky one is named Monkey Business for quirky reasons. S. Starley Collection

1920s Amish Monkey Wrench/Churn Dash. D. Starley Collection.

And this is my Modern Monkey/Churn Dash - patterned by yours truly

I've Got the Blues- More Antique Quilt Inspiration

I really enjoy recreating quilts from my collection and giving the old quilts new life. Here's my mini arrows with the antique inspiration quilt from the Starley Quilt Collection.

The reproduction is only 16" x 16". It was made as a donation for the Quilt Alliance fundraiser challenge. And I liked it so much that after donating it, I bought it back from the eBay auction. I do a trunk show lecture on "Rising to the Challenge" (Challenge Quilts) but I don't make a lot of quilts so rarely really let any go.

And look at that little center arrow. It is only 1 inch finished :)

And this is the antique inspiration:

Antique Basket Quilt - Revisited and Revamped

Generally, I look to my antique quilt collection for inspiration when making a new quilt. And while I often make close reproductions with repro fabrics, I also enjoy using bright and bold fabrics to give new life to old patterns.

This is a whimsical black, white, and hot pink quilt I made that was based on a single border element in an antique Princess Feather quilt in the Starley Quilt Collection. It is hand applique and hand quilted (in pink thread, to boot!)

And here is the antique inspiration

And the full Princess Feather Antique Quilt.

Antique Coxcomb & Currants Quilt and Modern Makeover Repro.

An 1850s coxcomb and currant variation - only one I have seen with the berries making a figure 8 around the combs. Also they only one I've seen with this interesting border combination. Starley quilt collection.

Love the border basket motif.

And it inspired me to create this applique repro block.

Here's a detail of the hand applique and hand quilting with some trapunto work as well.

And the full quilt repro quilt: Pennsylvania Posies for Paducah. Made for the Pilgrim-Roy Invitational Challenge to benefit the National Quilt Museum in Paducah, Kentucky. It did double duty as I donated the quilt and then purchased it back to share in my "Rising to the Challenge" trunk show as well as my "Everything Old is New Again/Learning from the past" trunk show. It is also available as a hand applique class.

Antique Cheddar Basket Quilt Makeover - 31 days of antique quilt treasures

So happy to share my creation! Make Mine Cheddar, a reproduction of an antique basket quilt in my collection. Made for the American Quilt Study Group's 2016 Basket Quilt Study

Make Mine Cheddar
Sandra Starley
 original pattern inspired by antique basket quilt
31" x 31"

 Here's the repro top with the antique original

A detail of one of the baskets in the antique quilt

And here is the antique original. 1890 Mennonite Basket from Southeastern Pennsylvania in my collection. Part of my Baskets & Blooms trunk show.