A Bit of Antiquing Fun!

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There will be Quilt-Cam TODAY at 3pm Eastern via Facebook Live.  I’ll see you there, then!

There was no deadline for getting home yesterday.

And let’s face it -

I had been INSIDE the cabin since Tuesday afternoon, only venturing outside to feed the birds, get a quick sunrise photo, or to take the trash to the garage, which doesn’t really count, does it?

It’s a good thing that the cabin is 3 levels with plenty of stairs.  Or I wouldn’t be getting any exercise at all!

There are 3 different routes I can take which will all land me home within 5 minutes of each other.  The way I plan to go depends on my mood, the weather, and if there is somewhere I want to explore along my way.

I chose the Wilkesboro route, traveling south on highway 16 from Jefferson.  I had an itching to do some antique mall wandering.  I can’t do that if I have Sadie in the car in the winter cold or summer heat, and she wasn’t with me this trip.  I was free as a bird!

Sweet vignette in a suitcase!

This is a Japanese import that looks like a Singer 15, but it doesn’t have a name or badge on it.  It was pretty well frozen up, but I still gave it a pat and moved along.  My goal this year is to use the machines I have, spend some time with those who need some attention, and stop the acquisition of machines I really don’t need.

Famous last words?  Just watch.  Something will magically appear in my way making me break that statement!

The quilts were primitively wonderful.

Vintage fans with rows of quilting wide apart.

Fun fabrics..maybe 1950s?

Stars.  I always love stars!

Stars with Baptist fans?  EVEN BETTER!

1970s hexie basket!

Some of the brown fabrics have worn away in the center..can you see it?

I thought this was an ingenious medallion layout, not sure if it was a Mountain Mist pattern or what.  The solids are a poly/cotton broadcloth. 

Check out the “crazy quilt” fabric in the yellow rosette. 

Each hexie is outline quilted, an amazing amount of work went into this quilt, and it was well loved and well worn from years of use.

Marching on through the 1970s!

Flower power, baby!

These look like today’s “MODERN” prints – but these are the real deal.  I wonder who made this – the contents of her scrap bag giving us an idea of clothing she may have worn from this same fabric.

And that gold background?  I wonder if it matched her fridge, her stove, and her shag carpet!

Thick and warm, a tied maple leaf comforter.

Most of these fabrics are shirting plaids!

There were a lot of cotton mills in North Carolina.  Many of the popular plaids and stripes and prints were manufactured here.  Were these fabrics mill ends?  Scraps from factory clothing manufacturing?  I love that yellow sashing plaid!

Trip Around the World, OUT OF THIS WORLD!

Strawberry Shortcake around the center.

Some spacey “Star Wars” type of fabric in the blue toward the outside!

Wondering if this was made for a grandchild in the 1970s to 1980s??  I looked all around at that outer blue round trying to find a Princess Leia or an R2D2 but all I got was space scene parts.  Who knows the story of this one.

A beautiful silk crazy quilt, fabrics shattering.

All of this beautiful embroidery!

It was COLD in this mall…but the light from the window made the fabrics shimmer.

Crazy quilts were extremely popular during the 1890s.  I imagine the lady of the house pulling scraps from her dresses and choosing how and where to place each piece, and then deciding which embroidery thread she was going to use, and which stitch.  Hours and hours and hours of labor intensive stitching went into these masterpieces.

A hodge podge of X or Hatchet Blocks.

Plaids and more plaids!

This is one of those “Let’s group like kinds together!” quilts. There are a few odd balls and patches thrown in.  Evidently this quilt was a favorite for snuggling in and sleeping under.

Singer model 337

I was thinking of this one for Mona, and then remembered that she and I have a road trip planned to head out toward Asheville and pick up a machine for her that a very kind quilter contacted us about.  We had hoped to go this past week, but her mother-in-law passed away suddenly and her funeral was Friday.  And I head to San Diego tomorrow.  It may be spring before we do this road trip, but we will do it!

I wanted this chair!

I REALLY wanted this chair!

But, there is no room for more furniture in either the cabin or the house.  There is nowhere for it to go.  And it is HUGE.  It would be such a great “lap top tapping” chair! 

Vintage Pinecone Canisters!

And on these I DID cave.  I’ve been wanting canisters at the cabin.  I love vintage pottery – and better yet, this set was marked $30.00 and the whole booth was marked 30% off as well.  For $20.00 these are mine!  They are perfect in every way.  And I got out of there with ony having spent $20.00.  Happy girl!

100 orders out the door!

I was home by 2pm, and Jeff and I set in to take care of the mail order that had come in from the Quiltville Store before I head out tomorrow morning.  I am so glad that he is here to help me!

These will hit the post office tomorrow and be on their way to their assorted destinations.

We worked up quite a powerful hunger and declared it a Taco Night in Quiltville. Yummy!

Quiltville Quote of the Day!

This is something I have to remind myself of quilt often.

Today is a studio cleaning day, so it will be nice and clean when I return from San Diego next Saturday.  I love coming home to a clean work space.

I’ll see you  later today for Quilt-Cam!