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Blue & White Antique Carpenters Square Quilt
Item #B-2257 SOLD!!
From the late 1800's
to early 1900's comes this Carpenters Square quilt, a complicated
pattern, machine pieced using the latest "modern" appliance, the treadle sewing
machine, in Cadet blue & white cotton fabrics. It measures 76" x 74", has
a thin cotton batting, a machine applied binding, and a bright white back.
HAND QUILTED with angle and straightline quilting on the face,
and angle quilting on the borders @ 9 neat and tiny stitches per inch.
PROFESSIONALLY HAND LAUNDERED, we find no rips, tears or odors,
just a couple light spots, especially on the back. A CLEAN,
GRAPHIC QUILT!!

Indigo Bears Paw Antique Quilt w Saw Tooth Frame
Item #B-2256 $850
The maker of this 1880's quilt
combined 2 patterns, a Bears Paw and Stars, then HAND PIECED
them using many different cotton scrap bag Indigo prints for the bears paws and
scattered stars, and white cotton for the background (the star blocks have a
cream background). She even made a 2-1/4" wide frame and a Sawtooth frame!
The quilt measures 93" x 85", has a thin cotton batting with a few seed
fragments, a hand applied binding, and a white back. HAND QUILTED
with diamond quilting on the pieced blocks, feather quilting on the sashing, and
double angle quilting across the frames and border @ 9 to 10 neat and tiny
stitches per inch counting one side only. IN UNUSED, UNWASHED
condition, we found no rips, tears or odors, but a couple small storage
spots.
CLEAN & VERY GRAPHIC!!

Indigo Blue Double Dot Antique Irish Chain Quilt
Item #B-2248 SOLD!!
This c 1890's Irish
Chain quilt is HAND PIECED using a double white dot on Indigo
Blue cotton for the 1-1/2" squares set on point, and bright white cotton for the
background. Measuring 82" x 68", it has a very thin cotton batting with a
few seed fragments, a hand applied binding (some light wear), and a bright white
back. HAND QUILTED with straightline quilting across the
pieces, diamond quilting on the background, and angle quilting across the frame
and border @ 9 neat and tiny stitches per inch. PROFESSIONALLY
HAND LAUNDERED, we find no rips, tears, stains or odors, just a
CLEAN, 2 COLOR QUILT!!

Antique Wild Goose Chase/Stars Quilt
Item #B-2246 SOLD!!
A Wild Goose Chase
Variation, this c 1920 example is HAND PIECED using teal blue
and azure blue cottons for the geese, and a bright white cotton for the
background. The maker also added a Goose Chase frame! Measuring 88"
x 81", it has a thin cotton batting, a hand applied binding, and a bright white
back. HAND QUILTED with Chevron quilting radiating
outward from the center of the pieced blocks, large feather wreaths with a small
floral center and pumpkin seed quilting in the corners on the white blocks,
diamond quilting on the frame, and double angle quilting on the border @ 11 very
neat and very tiny stitches per inch counting one side only.
PROFESSIONALLY HAND LAUNDERED, we found no rips, tears, stains or
odors. A CLEAN & FABULOUS BLUE & WHITE QUILT!!

Indigo & White Antique Snowball/Shamrock Quilt
Item #B-2241 SOLD!!
This 1880's Snowball
or Shamrock quilt comes from a famous Ohio businessman (think Baskets!) and
it's HAND PIECED using bright white and tiny white or blue
stars on Indigo. Measuring 90" x 77", it has a thin cotton batting, a hand
applied binding, and a white back. HAND QUILTED with
square quilting on the white pieces and the makers' own flower pattern on the
Indigo pieces (see the back in the last photo) @ 9 neat and tiny stitches per
inch. PROFESSIONALLY HAND LAUNDERED, we found a
couple old repairs in off white cotton (see closeup photos) and a couple light &
tiny spots, but no rips, tears or odors. Someone has used this quilt as a
wall hanging, as a sleeve is sewn on the back of one 90" side. AN
UNUSUAL PATTERN, IT WOULD MAKE A WONDERFUL FOCAL POINT AS A WALL HANGING!!

Blue & White Stairway to Heaven Antique Quilt
Item #B-2224 SOLD!!
In Ohio, we call this
pattern a Stairway to Heaven, but it's also known as a Lightning Streak.
This 1890's example was machine pieced using just 2 cotton fabrics - blue
Chambray and bright white. Measuring 83" x 72", it has a thin cotton
batting with a few seed fragments and a bright white back. The binding was
made by bringing the backing material around to the front and machine stitching
in place. Diamonds are HAND QUILTED across the entire
quilt @ 10 very neat and tiny stitches per inch counting only one side.
PROFESSIONALLY HAND LAUNDERED, we found light sun fading on a
couple pieces along a fold line, but no rips, tears, stains or odors.
CLEAN & STILL VERY CRISP!!

Antique Indigo Ocean Waves Quilt
Item #B-2184 SOLD!!
We were able to purchase several of these early
(c 1860) Indigo blue quilts directly from a house where they had been made and
stored in blanket chests ~ UNUSED & UNWASHED for over
a century! This Ocean Waves example is HAND PIECED
using a tiny white circle on Indigo blue and creamy white cotton
fabrics. It measures 78" x 72", has a thin cotton batting with seed
fragments, a hand applied binding, and a creamy white back.
HAND QUILTED with outline quilting inside each piece, diamond
quilting in the white centers, and angle quilting across the frames and borders
@ 10 very neat and tiny stitches per inch counting one side only. We found
no rips or tears, just the occasional small storage spot and a light cedar
scent.

Blue & White Embroidered Antique Crib Quilt
Item #B-2152 SOLD!!
SUCH
A CUTIE! This 1930's Irish Chain crib
quilt is machine pieced, but has 31 blocks HAND EMBROIDERED
in white cotton floss showing children and animals. Made of bright white
and sky blue cotton fabric, it measures 40-1/2" x 33-1/2", has a hand applied
blue binding and a bright white back. HAND QUILTED,
each embroidered block has double angle quilting forming a diamond frame,
rosettes on the chain pieces, and running half-feather quilting on the borders @
9 to 11 very neat and tiny stitches per inch counting just one side. In
clean condition, we found no rips, tears or odors, just a couple very small and
light spots - one spot on the elephant block and one smudge on the border next
to the bunny block, as shown in the photos. Someone hand stitched a strip
of loops on the back and used it as a wall hanging.
Indigo Shnit Cut Fleur de Lis Antique Applique Quilt
Item #B-2071 $750
Remember making snowflakes in elementary school
by folding a piece of paper in fourths, then snipping a design? Well, that's
how this 1920's Schnit Cut Fleur de Lis pattern was made - VERY
FOLKY! The maker made 16 cotton blocks, HAND
APPLIQUING the Indigo blue printed Fleur de Lis cutouts to a
bright white background, surrounding each block with three 3/4" wide strips of
sashing, and using a running Fleur de Lis applique for the border. The quilt
measures 74" x 74", has a thin cotton batting, a machine applied binding, and a
bright white back. Minimally HAND QUILTED with
outline quilting around each applique and circle quilting in the centers @ 7 to
8 stitches per inch. PROFESSIONALLY HAND LAUNDERED,
we found no rips, tears or odors, just a couple very light and tiny spots, a
couple fabric misprints on the Indigo sashing and some very light sun fading as
shown in the full view photo. VERY GRAPHIC, CLEAN & STILL CRISP!!

Indigo Ocean Waves Antique Quilt w/Arrow Borders
Item #B-2063 $1,299

On first look, this 1870's Ocean Waves quilt
looks like others from the same period, until you look at the folky
arrow borders! HAND PIECED, the maker used either a
tiny white dot on dark Indigo blue or a bright white cotton for the 1-3/4"
squares, with the Indigo fabric cut on angle for the arrow pieces, aligning the
dots to also make arrows! The hand applied binding is a different white dot on
Indigo print (less dots). Measuring a generous 90" x 90", it has a very thin
cotton batting with seed fragments and a white back. HAND QUILTED
with Chevron quilting across the pieces, small teacup or pumpkin
seed quilting on the white background, and triple angle quilting across the
borders @ 9 very neat and tiny stitches per inch counting just one side.
PROFESSIONALLY HAND LAUNDERED FOR THE FIRST TIME, we
found just one small dye misprint (1/4", circled in red in photos), and a couple
of Indigo pieces with fade, which could also be a dye misprint as fabric was
precious in those days and every scrap was used. All dye misprints are in the
same area of the quilt. A CLEAN, CRISP & GRAPHIC INDIGO QUILT!!
(Note: the photo of the arrow border has a shadow caused by a
falling leaf - it's not a hole or stain)

BLUE & WHITE BASKETS ANTIQUE QUILT
Item #B-1008 SOLD!!

This 1930's Basket quilt uses such refreshing cottons - a
sky blue and a bright white - to make this HAND PIECED
beauty with HAND APPLIQUED handles. Measuring
88" x 77", it has a very thin cotton batting, a hand applied binding, and a
white back. HAND QUILTED with outline quilting on the
pieces, diamond quilting around the baskets, running ( ( ( quilting on the
sashing, and angle quilting on the border @ 9 very neat and very tiny stitches
per inch counting one side only. PROFESSIONALLY HAND LAUNDERED,
we found no rips, tears, stains or odors, just a
CLEAN, FRESH QUILT!!

INDIGO ROLLING STONES ANTIQUE QUILT
Item #B-1069 $499

This Rolling Stones
quilt from the 1880's is HAND PIECED using all cotton
fabrics including a deep, deep Indigo Blue with tiny yellow dots for the stones,
a Cadet Blue and white print for the frame, and unbleached muslin for the
background. Measuring 74" square, it has a thin cotton batting, a hand applied
Indigo Blue and white printed binding, and an unbleached muslin back.
HAND QUILTED with outline quilting on the pieces, diamond
quilting on the background, and angle quilting on the frame and borders @ 9
stitches per inch. In UNUSED, UNWASHED CONDITION, with
light pencil quilting marks, we found no rips, tears or odors, but a couple
light and tiny storage spots. This quilt is STRIKING & CRISP!!!
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