While sorting through some photo's, I realized that I did not include some other photo's of this quilt that shows the unusual quilting in the borders.
During the July quilt fluff I wanted to share this little beauty. It is a full sized quilt in late 1950's pastels. It was made entirely by hand and quilted by hand with a heavy thread, probably Knit Cro-Sheen.
The center of the star was really well done. This is an unusual quilting technique, the thread appears to be a crochet thread, in a reddish-pink. This is the only one in this collection quilted this way. Each of corners are done this way. I am always amazed at the quality of vintage quilts considering there were none of the fancy tools we now enjoy. Hope you like these little tours of my closets:))))
Gratuity Moment: Lucite templates and rulers, rotary cutters, cutting mats.
During the July quilt fluff I wanted to share this little beauty. It is a full sized quilt in late 1950's pastels. It was made entirely by hand and quilted by hand with a heavy thread, probably Knit Cro-Sheen.
Can you believe this is entirely hand pieced? Remember that there were no rotary cutters then. Each piece was traced on the fabric from a cardboard template. I found the templates in a box when cleaning the attic. Most of the templates were bruised on the edges from use, some were never used. 
Gratuity Moment: Lucite templates and rulers, rotary cutters, cutting mats.
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