Pieces of the Past: Antique Quilts

Monday, June 6, 2011

A Very Old Quilt

I know some of you who read this blog know that I am an obsessed quilter and have been for over 35 years. I love anything and everything about quilts and do have some lovely old things that I treasure. Back in the 1930's, it was quite a common practice for newspapers to publish the patterns for quilts by doing it a block a week. This came from the Peoria Journal Star and the blocks were embroidered by my husband's mother, Clemie, and I believe the blocks were made into a quilt and quilted by Ray's grandmother on his father's side.

A hoot owl sits on a branch in this block and

a pretty blue bird sits on a branch with blossoms. It is a very pale quilt but pretty regardless.

Here is a shot of the quilting which is very nice and even. The colors are quite true in the picture. A very lovely "piece of the past" I am happy to share with you. (Click to enlarge)

Old Pictures of the People in My Life

In this blog, I will post pictures from the past of the many people in my life who I love and have loved. The initial post and any that are labeled Pearce Family refer to my mother's family. Dan and Maggie Pearce had five children, Nelle, Nan, my mother, Harry (Ham), Leah and Ed. They took a lot of pictures and I plan to post many of them. My brother has sent me many pictures over the internet this past week - some of which I haven't seen - and this has prompted me to set up this blog to display those wonderful old photos.

I will also be posting pictures of my family, my husband's family, and our family. Those posts will be labeled by the family's name in the list on the sidebar. I hope this is something that will be enjoyed by anyone who looks in on

my blog.

I will try and tell as much as I can remember about people and places and events and of course much of it will be inaccurate but really just having the great old photographs to look at is fun in itself. And I do know who lots of the folks are.

Enjoy.