I adore vintage quilts. I have many, and love especially the ones that were sewn by my late grandmother and aunt. I have a few cutter quilts as well and I have no idea where I picked up this sweet old depression-era quilt remnant with colorful 2″ floursack squares, but it’s been hanging around my life for years and it’s time I finally did something with it. It’s a bit grungy and pretty fragile, so I scanned it in sections, pieced it back together digitally to create what looks like an old postage stamp quilt and had some fun with it!
I printed out the quilt image onto plain paper and with my sewing machine stitched along the squares.
With one 8.5″ x 11″ sheet and my pinking shears I was able to wrap these two altar candles (about $1 at the grocery store) and tie up with string and buttons. Please be sure you use extra caution with paper and string around lit candles!
I also printed the image onto an inkjet T-shirt transfer for dark shirts and pressed that onto a piece of leather.
Leather for crafting is so fun to work with and much easier to find than you might think. Just one thrift-store leather jacket (good condition, out of style) will be enough leather for many, many projects.
I stitched along the squares and cut out sections to sew together creating pockets for business cards. Once stitched, I trimmed off the excess and rounded the corners.
This card holder project is very easy and quick. Click to enlarge.
Grab this free quilt image, and another that I gave a border to and make something for yourself! Please note that the little quilt squares do not line up perfectly either on the real thing or as a digital image. I just wanted to point that out before you got cranky with me when trying to sew perfectly straight seams.
Other stuff you can do with the quilt images:
Print to paper, run through your sewing machine if you like, and make:
- Scrapbooking backgrounds
- Covered gift boxes
- Small book covers
- Greeting cards
Reduce and print onto inkjet fabric sheets or transfer sheets for ironing on to fabric and make:
- Tiny bed quilts for dolls. Even tinier for doll houses
- Coffee cup cozies
- Coasters
- Zippered cosmetic bag
- Change purse
Or, keep it digital, and use it for something like a new blog header!
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