After posting the photo of the red quilt with embroidered squares, I decided to take inventory of my 1930 reproduction fabrics. The 4 quilts in this photo are some that I have made in the last 18 years. The one on the left and the top middle were the first quilts chosen when I showed a prospective new owner a group of baby quilts. The one on the right is twin size and I still have that one.
The first box has yellows and blues and 2 pieces large enough for quilt backs. This box is about 10" x 15" and 10" tall.
This box (same size) has the rest of the colors. The light fabric at the left is a large piece, several yards to use as the background fabric in blocks. There are several different brands. I started out back in the 1990s with just Marcus Brothers Aunt Grace fabrics. Then a lot of other companies started producing similar prints so some of them were added. The large light piece is a Moda fabric. There was also a small bag of scraps.
This one doesn't have any company name on the selvage so I'm not sure if it is a 30s repro. This is where 2 pieces were joined at the factory and then the printing skipped a couple places. I'm sure I got this piece at a deep discount.
I'm not sure of the era of these fabrics. The one on the right is 36" wide and I'm thinking maybe 1950s.
Now I have documentation of this group of fabrics. I think maybe another couple quilts might be made with it but not soon.
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I like the way the log cabin blocks work to give a diagonal stipe effect even though it’s in border in thr left hand quilt.
The TATW is beautiful in the pastel 30's repros. The misprinted fabric isn't 30's....more like 80's/90's. It took me several years but I finally used up the 30's stash (and gave the leftovers to the guild rummage sale).
Lovely LV quilts in those pastel shades, Wanda!! :))))
You have quite a stash of those Repro fabrics to work with...
29 here and sunny this morning; off to bring our Honda in for servicing...then perhaps work on my paper crafting 52-week GAL
(glue along is that an acronym even??? It is for me!!)
Hugs, Julierose
What a delightful collection of charming reproduction fabric quilts! The colors are so cheerful.
I used to have a few fabrics with no selvage information and my AMIL told me those fabrics were old, probably from the '30s or '40s.
We're back to cold nights and days in the 50s*F. The snow expected for Thursday has disappeared from the forecast.
Hugs!
Another fun post today seeing such a lovely array of quilts and fabrics.
I saw some familiar fabrics in that collection from my repro phase.
I don't have much in the way of repro 30's prints in my stash. Your 30's quilts are very pretty!
I've always thought of 1930s reproduction fabrics as being cheerful, but have not done a project with them as the focus. I seem some real possibiities for your next project!
in your first bin of fabric I recognize a couple that I have pieces of that black with white daisy's for sure and in your second bin one of the red pieces -yes it all used to be mainly small prints or solids wasn't it.
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