Back in early June, I took part of an afternoon off and spent a couple of blissfully air-conditioned hours bopping around one of my favorite antique/junk malls, finding all sorts of useful little vintage treasures, most for only a few dollars. I'm a very careful shopper, and these days everything I bring home has to not only make me happy when I look at it, but must also be immediately functional.
Friday, August 13
Friday Farm Photos: Another Vintage Quilt
Back in early June, I took part of an afternoon off and spent a couple of blissfully air-conditioned hours bopping around one of my favorite antique/junk malls, finding all sorts of useful little vintage treasures, most for only a few dollars. I'm a very careful shopper, and these days everything I bring home has to not only make me happy when I look at it, but must also be immediately functional.
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My violin. I bought it (rather my parents bought it for me) back in 1994 after being told it was an unsigned 'shop' or demo instrument from a late 19th century German-born American master in NYC. After some investigating and digging, about the only link to that story is that it was built somewhere in the US. It was probably somebody's teaching instrument, as one side of the carving is exquisitely balanced and executed, while the other is rough and has some flaws that have stood out over the past 15 years of examination during downtime in rehearsals. :) The wood is top quality, though, and through a few small changes over the years I now have an instrument better than I could have ever imagined when we first bought it.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great quilt! You're right, it has some kind of story to tell! I love that it has barkcloth and the old pieced quilt and plaid and such a mishmash of leftovers. It's loveable! (and what's not to love about that price?!)
ReplyDeleteLove the top quilt photo, hung out to dry. We have a quit on our bed that my wife made decades ago, before we even met. Sadly it has been patch, patch, patch as we try to keep it alive. The cotton is slowly giving way under real world use of children's feet and life in general over the years.
ReplyDeleteGood luck on the decluttering! Moving into our tiny cottage forced it on us, to our delight.
That old pieced is loveable!
ReplyDeleteIt can be my great inspiration! :)
I have a shelf full that I have collected and only use the one that my husband's mom made for us.....
ReplyDeleteI LOVE that quilt! Now that is a quilt. I do love quilts in general but there is something so obscene and contrary to the true spirit of a quilt when one goes to the fabric store and buys brand new carefully color-coordinated fabrics and then cuts them apart to sew them back together. A real quilt, to me, is to create something warm and useful from scraps and bits and pieces of leftover fabric and wornout clothes and stuff.
ReplyDeleteI love that quilt!
Nancy
My late former mother-in-law was a great quilter and gave me many vintage and new examples of these craft works, some of which she had inherited from her mother. My younger daughter is now a collector; such a wonderful hobby!
ReplyDeleteLovely to see this one hanging on a cothes line. My homeowners association would probably attempt to get me thrown in jail if I tried! :-)
Hi! I love the quilt, your lovely blog and all your recipes...yum! xocc
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