Day 10 (41) All Aboard

Redwork embroidery often has charming motifs and this is one of my favorites: a baby in a bathtub with the words "All Aboard".

And here are some "Brownie" figures from artist Palmer Cox. Quilt is from 1920s.

More Brownies ...

And another redwork summer spread in the Starley collection with a lace edging.

Day 9 (40) earlier work

My 2 favorite techniques for a modern challenge are wonky log cabins and word play.

Hello Dolly - wonky logs with Russian nesting doll centers. Made for a Trading Bags challenge.

Eat Your Veggies - made for a local Trading Bags challenge. I'm on the left and the quilt recipient Monica is on the right.

What's Black and White and Red Allover- made for the national Proverbial Riddle challenge.

Day 8 (39) postcards

Day 7 (38) Flower Power

Day 6 (37) Antique quilt fun

I'm having a great time at Quilt St. George sharing my antique quilts. Come on down

Day 5 ish (36) quilting sisters

Hoffman challenge quilt from 2008 ish. The challenge fabric was the giant cherry fabric and it was a challenge. Click on photo to enlarge and see all the fun details.

Quilting Sisters

The quilt shows my sister (blonde) and me quilting. Sew glad we got together at Christmas!

Day 4 (and 35) 1890 Novelty Top

Wonderful top with tons of interesting novelty prints. From New York State, 1890

See the couple at the bottom of the segment above - here they are in the original fabric on a quilt in the Spencer Museum in Kansas as seen of Barbara Brackman's blog.

day 3ish (34) Whig's Defeat

Whig's Defeat - New York Beauty variation.
Love the cheddar

Day 2 (33) Thousand Pyramids Quilt

Still going ... Oh no, I found another bird... detail from a Thousand Pyramids quilt with wonderful novelty prints. Starley Collection.

The full quilt

Love this novelty print of people mailing letters

More great prints

Another day 1 (day 32) Birds

It looks like I'm still blogging daily ...
After stars (see yesterday's post) my next favorite motif is BIRDS. Many of the quilts I have made feature birds. Here are a few:

Day 31 All about the STARS

In honor of the old and new years, sharing my favorite pattern category STARS (such a shock that someone named STARley would love stars)

And yes, I can do a full trunk show or 1/2 day or all day quilt study just on stars.

Enjoy!

Day 30 Antique Eagles

Loooove this antique 4 block eagle quilt from Pennsylvania from about 1865. Part of the Starley antique quilt collection. Headliner of the Birds and Blooms trunk show and available as a 1/2 day quilt study class. The quilt is also available as an applique class that is part applique and part antique trunk show!

And this early eagle medallion is an historical treasure too.

And this funky eagle wreath always makes me smile. 

Day 29 More Holiday Cheer

Gorgeous Whig Rose/Rose of Sharon Quilt c. 1850 from Ohio in Starley Antique quilt collection. Part of the Quilted Garden trunk show and the Birds and Blooms trunk show and 1/2 day quilt study session. Intensely hand quilted with triple rodding (three lines of quilting close together). Love the floral basket border.

Here is more of it along with more of my red and green collection.

Day 28 - Crazy Days

An 1880s cheater print and Love the cat applique, the little mitten, and the horse fabric! 

Cotton Crazy Quilt top c. 1885 - note the "cheater print" from the Mikado opera.

The full quilt top

Day 27 Quilted Joy

Detail of my c.1850 Rose of Sharon quilt which I call Quilted Joy because it is such a joyous quilt.

Detail of my antique reproduction, Quilted Joy Too

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

I'm honored to have my reproduction in the current issue of Quilters Newsletter Magazine in the Readers' Quilt Show as part of the Celebrate Hand Quilting group and featured in their online edition.
It is traveling to quilt shows and museums as part of the American Quilt Study Group's Civil War Quilt exhibit. It is also in their book documenting the 2014 Civil War Quilt Study and shown below in the book

The antique inspiration,