Vintage Cracker Quilt

Vintage Cracker Quilt

Originally uploaded by Q_uilted T_hrifted

I was going through a box of scraps this morning and came across a plastic bag with fabrics and a slip of paper.
Cracker Quilt
92 blocks.
200 – 1 1/2″ x 3 1/2 ”
92+ – 3 ” squares to be cut on the diagonal
24 – quarter square triangles for the border
Enjoy!

My initial thought was 4 of the 1 1/2 x 3 1/2 strips together but then I put in cracker quilt in Flickr and came up with this.

It has the description

“The ‘Cracker’ pattern is a traditional quilt design for Ocracoke, with four stripes and four triangles per block. One of the interior stripes is always of a red-patterned material. This Cracker wall hanging was pieced of 1940’s fabric by Patricia Kelly, a frequent island visitor from Pittsburgh, PA, and hand-quilted by the Ocracoke Needle & Thread Club.”

I knew immediately the pattern and fabrics was not for this quilt. There are minimal red strips in the bag. I do like the quilt though and googled and found out more about Ocracole quilts.

I think it is fun when you find out a pattern is from a certain region of the country.

((I still have the baggie with the fabrics in it. I will photo later. I need help solving the mystery of the quarter square triangles!))

Going back to Flickr I then saw these blocks and realized I have a quilt with this pattern and never knew the name.

This photo came from here.    

This is my quilt.     The settings are just different.

I now know this is called a cracker quilt. All in a mornings journey!  The pattern is here.

Update 7-11-13

I just came across a great new fresh tutorial for a variation of this quilt by “Cut To Pieces” called Cracker Scraps!!! It’s so wonderful to see her post bringing renewed interest to this historical pattern. It even inspired a new quilter! See comments on her post.

 

Christmas Stars

Christmas Stars

Originally uploaded by Q_uilted T_hrifted

I laid out the pieces I have finished so far for my Christmas Star I blogged about back on Dec 26th. I came across more fabric for it today while sifting though bags of scraps for the Spider Bee I am in.

I didn’t have a sewing machine at my sister’s this past weekend but I was able to layout almost 12 blocks for the Christmas quilt project I picked up again this year.

This may be as far as I get this year. Who knows???

I often work on a project for a few weeks each year. It allows me to play with colors for the season and holiday I am in at the time. ‘

I wonder…..

This is the fabric I came across today while going through that bag of scraps. It has metallics in it which I like for the project because it puts a bit of a sparkle on the stars.

Note: Don’t look too closely at my sleeve….I’m in my jammies already!

This is a photo of the quilt I made a few years ago.

Spiderweb Quilt

I have started a second blog. I did this for a couple reasons. I have difficulty figuring out wordpress. I struggle with it and don’t have a lot of time to mess with reading how it works. I still haven’t figured out how to put a header on my blog….not that I have really taken any time to read on how to do it.

I may have to go to the library and get a book on wordpress that I can read while I am coming and going throughout my day.

The other reason is I wanted a blog specifically for my 2010 project. A Spiderweb Bee I have joined.

http://quiltedthrifted.blogspot.com/2010/01/vintage-spider-quilt.html

This is a vintage spiderweb that belongs to my Aunt Kay. It is a rocking chair cushion. I love it! The quilt I will make will be a different pattern.

You can read more about it on my other blog.

Jan’s Quilts

Jan’s Quilts

Originally uploaded by Q_uilted T_hrifted

When Jan first joined the Babe’s we had a plaid exchange. I have a pattern I wanted to use the plaids in. My plaids were sewn together but then they were supposed to have green plaid trees all around the perimeter. I started collecting green plaids just for that purpose. The quilt was set aside and never touched again. Every once in awhile I come across the sewn squares. I like what Jan did with the bears and trees. I also like the label. Jan loved to name her quilts. She put a lot of thought into the naming of them.

Anna Williams Inspired Quilt

big job to quilt all this!

Originally uploaded by whatkatiedid.next

I really like this quilt. I am working on one somewhat similar. I just came across this this morning but who knows maybe I’ve seen it before. I think you would enjoy Katie’s entire set of photos she has on this project. I know I do. Especially the one that shows the back of the quilt.

I added one of the photos to a gallery I have of the best scrap quilts ever. It’s actually the second gallery because I hit the 18 photo limit on the first.

Here’s this link to the first

In fact now that I think about it. I read this article about Anna Williams and I am certain I started my quilt shortly after reading it.

I love every quilt I see of hers.

 

This is how far I got from October 4th to December 13th. It’s always a slow go process for me!

This is one of my current projects. I have been working on it off and on for a couple months now. I am fascinated by the coin quilts I see on Flickr. This one is all itsy bitsy scraps left over from cutting the 1 1/2 inch squares for my Triple Irish Chain. I had all these little scraps and couldn’t throw them away. Now they are the beginnings of a new quilt. I have seen the calendar quilts on Flickr too and thought what if I do a row each month. Well ….I may still keep adding to this in 2010 and incorporate that idea into this quilt. I would like it to be a crib size quilt when finished. I am just going to square it off and bind. It will have a true scrap quilt feel to it. Here is one of the quilts that inspired this project by crazymomquilts.

Here is a birthday coin quilt by Hillary Lang from 2005. 243 people call this one a favorite!
A month ago I found the 2009 Coin Quilt piece-along group. It is just like me to join the last month of the 2009 year! I am certain though that all the quilts I have seen on Flickr throughout this last year influenced my starting this project!

Here is my coin quilt back when I first started it.

  

This photo is fun to look at in Flickr because I was able to put a tag on the different items in the photo.  I like this feature and have enjoyed it in other photos I have seen do it.

Breakfast is ready. Have a wonderful 1st day of the NEW YEAR!

Note: spent some time today puttiing 64 uncatagoried blog posts into Catagories. One step toward becoming more organized!