Vintage quilt patterns 1930

Vintage Sampler MGD 514 - 758524372546

While each decade is filled with new trends in quilting, the popularity of 1930s quilts and quilt patterns is still going strong almost a century later. Spanning the Great Depression, quilting trends from the 1930s were very much influenced by their time, with quilters favoring scrap quilts over spending money on expensive fabric. Pastel colors were also trending with quilters during this time and many saw the light colors in their quilts as a way to be uplifting during hard times. If you…

1930’s Triple Irish Chain Postage Stamp Quilt

Vintage quilt patterns are beautiful but they are so hard to find and actually make! Continue reading for 10 patterns you can actually buy!

Antique quilts for sale and vintage quilts for sale that are hand made and pieced or appliqued, quilt hangers, crib quilts, dresden plate quilts, crazy quilts, log cabin quilts

This is Linda’s Dresden Plate quilt and it is made with reproduction fabrics. This will be a wedding gift for her granddaughter who loves vintage things so this will be the perfect gift! Linda’s friend Nadine made the blocks and machine appliqued the Dresden plates. She gave them to Linda and then she pieced the blocks together and then gave it to me to quilt, so it has been a real team effort! She asked for traditional quilting which is exactly what this quilt needed. Since the border was…

is finished. I decided to try and baste this little quilt on my design wall, which turned out to be quite successful! I used some 9 patch blocks that I had sitting on the drawer for a zillion years for the backing. It saved me buying fabric, and used up MORE stuff. I pieced this quilt, using one of the new methods I read about online. I joined 4 squares together...a 4 patch. I made two of these, the placed them right sides together. I sewed around the 4 edges, then cut diagonally through…

It’s Great in Any Color Theme! This charming quilt is jelly roll friendly and one of the easiest quilts you’ll ever make. Plus, it looks fabulous in any color palette. It’s a great project for showing off a beautiful fabric line. Or cut strips from your stash and create your own combination of fabrics. Learn …

The Thrifty Thirties Quilt Pattern by Norma Whaley of Timeless Traditions Quilts

Wild Oats from Miss Rosie's Quilt Company Carrie Nelson at Miss Rosie's Quilt Co. has created an official pattern for my latest mid-19th-century reproduction fabric collection from Moda: Old Cambridge Pike. Why Wild Oats? The fabric line was inspired by the generation of New England intellectuals, widely remembered in Louisa May Alcott who lived near the Old Cambridge Pike in Concord, Massachusetts. LMA's parents had rather radical ideas about education, diet and society. Her father Bronson…