Pickle Dish Rescue Quilt

Ahhh....I love a good rescue quilt. My husband purchased this unfinished Pickle Dish quilt at an estate sale and gave it to me for Christmas.  It's so pretty!

Here's a closer look.  It's a fairly small quilt, 38" square, hand basted and partially hand quilted.

It came with this beautiful hand quilting hoop.  The hoop is about 24" in diameter.  It takes up a bit of space in my already crowded studio, but I do occasionally enjoy hand quilting.  I hope I can find some time to finish this lovely quilt in between other projects.

Here's a couple of close ups of the quilted areas.  There are diamonds quilted in this four patch section.

Both the colorful triangles and the white triangles in this section have been quilted as well.

 All together, it's a lovely quilt, begging to be finished.  I'll add it to my "to be quilted" stack.  I have a lot of projects planned for 2021, but I'm hoping to finish a few UFO's too.  What are your quilting plans for the new year?  Leave a comment below.

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Jennifer Thomas

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Vintage Quilt Rescue ~ Tied Feed Sack Quilt

 Here's a Craigslist quilt rescue.  My husband picked this up for free from a Craigslist ad.  It's a vintage quilt, obviously made with a variety of necessity fabrics, sewn together and tied to finish.  It's in pretty good condition ~ no holes or tears.

 The back of this quilt is made from old feed sacks sewn together.  

 They are all sewn with the fronts facing the inside, but I can still read them (backwards).  This one is from the Sanford Milling Company, a local business here in Henderson, North Carolina.  They are still in operation.  I sent them a message this morning to see if I can find out how old this is.

 This one is from Statesville, North Carolina.

This one is from Washington D.C.  How fun to rescue an old quilt like this!  I wonder what clothing the original fabrics were from, who used it, when was is made, what the history of this quilt is? I wonder who the original maker was and their story.  It will most likely remain a mystery.  I hope you enjoyed seeing it, too. 

Be creative ~ Sew something beautiful today.

Jennifer Thomas

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