The Old Woman's Shoe Crib Quilt

The Old Woman's Shoe

Progress Quilt Kit 

No. 1388

c. 1950

Kit came in two sizes

36 x 50

54 x 72

Children's Vintage Quilt Remake

I call it rescuing. Removed the border and four blocks.  Hand quilted with the Big Stitch.  Used vintage fabric on the back and binding.

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Red and White Quilts---Again

Several new to me red and white antique quilts.

Phoenix Arizona (2014)
c. 1940

Denver Colorado (2014)
c. 1940

Antique Crib Quilt

Merry-Go-Round

Progress Kit Quilt

No. 1512

c. 1940

40" x 58"

Antique Crib Quilt

Babes in the Woods

Bucilla Kit Quilt

No. 2148

Antique Crib Quilt

Gay Circus Quilt

Simplicity Transfer Pattern

7279

15 cents

Antique Crib Quilt

Elephant Ride

Home Needlecraft Creation

c. 1940

40" x 60"

Antique Crib Quilt

 Dancing Elephants

Home Needlecraft Creation

C. 1950

40" x 60"

Antique Crib Quilt

THREE LITTLE PIGS

Progress Kit Quilt

No. 1358

c. 1950

(top only)

Antique Crib Quilt

TEDDY BEAR QUILT

McCall's Needlework

Winter 1943

No. 27009

Includes stamped white and colored material for quilt top, stamped colored material for the appliques.  Lining and wadding not included.

Order at your McCall Pattern Department for

 $2.25

Antique Crib Quilt

BABY ANIMAL QUILT

Aunt Martha's

No. 3047

(Hot Iron Transfer)

c. 1950

Antique Crib Quilt

APPLIQUE ANIMAL CRIB QUILT

Bucilla

Kit No. 2863

(no name)

30" x 45"

Kit included everything except the sheet wadding used for the padding and the white material for the quilt backing.  Recommend dry cleaning as washing is apt to make the padding lumpy.

Antique Crib Quilt

LITTLE RED HEN

Signed and dated

1938

Ellen Esther Loveland

(maker or owner)

T. Buettner & Co.

1937 catalog #56

#5370

42" x 58"

The book In the Nursery (2010)

 by Jennifer Sampou 

has a pattern for this quilt.

Antique Crib Quilt

Pussy Willow Crib Quilt

c. 1940

 NEEDLECRAFT CREATIONS

NO. 7179

Red and White Quilts

Red and White Quilts are so classy. How can you not love them.
From my collection. Don't know much about any of these, except I love them.

Redwork dated 1926 large motifs from online auction.



























I purchased this top in Pennsylvania June 2010.



















Bethlehem Star




















I have had this quilt a long time, don't even know
where I got it. But just love it. This is the first time it has had it's picture taken. It has been at the bottom of a trunk. So glad I finally got these pictures.




















This one was in the same trunk. Classic.





















Amazing what you can do with half-square triangles!
Lots of different red prints. First picture. Love the things you see in a picture.






Taryn at Repro Quilt Lover is hosting a virtual red and white quilt exhibit. The American Folk Art Museum in New York is having a red and white exhibit from March 25 to 30. I even checked the price of a plane ticket $307 not a bad price, but have no one to travel with and too chicken to go to New York alone.

Vintage Doll Quilts

My small collection of vintage doll quilts.
My favorite of course is the little bow tie quilt.

I don't show quilts I have made very often. These are little quilts I have made.

Judie Rothermel Kit

Redwork Quilt

Makes me want to make a small quilt. I hand quilted all of these.

Ruby McKim Quilts

When I first started to make quilts appliqué was my very favorite technique. I was lucky enough to have learned from one, in my opinion, of the very best quilt teachers, Laurene Sinema. And Laurene is the one who planted the seed for my love of antique quilts. When Laurene first introduced me to Ruby McKim quilt patterns I was hooked. And when I started to collect quilts, of course I recognized those patterns. Also I was lucky enough in the early 90’s to acquire the volumes of Ruby McKim/Kansas City Star Patterns compiled and edited by Harold and Dorothymae Groves. I have the patterns Volume QP 1-6, suitable for redwork or embroidery. I don’t think they are available anymore. I did find this information here. But none of the contact info is any good. I highly recommend collecting these books. None were on Amazon right now, but I would keep looking.

Here are some of my quilts and tops with Ruby McKim patterns. Dates are when the patterns were originally published.

Mother Goose Quiltie 1916

Flower Garden Quilt 1930

And the one I wrote about here.

Farm Life Quilt 1930

Peter Pan Quilt 1926

Roly-Poly Quilt 1923

My quilt is dated February 25, 1924 and has many signatures, purchased this in Texas.

Bird Life Quilt 1928 

Toy Shop Window 1933

This is the first antique crib quilt I bought around 1998. I love this, so sweet.

Bible History Quilt 1927

Bedtime Quilt 1916

Patchwork Sampler Quilt 1930

I wrote a little about this pattern here and have taken that quilt top apart, but not sure I’ll ever get it back together. It needs a lot of help. But I did buy this quilt. Love, love, love.

Not too long ago I bought a quilt that really doesn’t fit into any of my collections, not something I would usually buy, but I thought it was really different and I wasn’t familiar with the pattern. After having it several months I was looking through one of Ruby McKim’s Designs Worth Doing catalogues dated 1931-1932 and what did I see an ad for a kit for my quilt. I was really surprised. I guess because I love the applique and embroidery pattern so much I really haven’t paid too much attention to the pieced patterns she did.

The maker of this quilt couldn’t quite figure out how that leaf in the bottom right corner was suppose to be. Funny! Mine has 15 Iris blocks that measure 12 inches x 15 inches.

There are six different patterns. Now you know what I am on the lookout for.

Do you have any of these quilts? Tulip, Pansy, Iris, Rose, Wild Rose and Sunflower.

Well, I did find another one the Rose pattern now in my collection. Only four more to collect!

I hope you will share your Ruby McKim quilts on the Facebook Group, Quilts-Vintage and Antique I would love to see and hear about them.

Another one I found summer 2012. Oriental Poppy

I wanted to add this update about another blog with wonderful information about Ruby McKim. Check out the blog at The Quilters Hall of Fame Blog.