I probably have a dozen photos of quilts made in this pattern from the 1930s and '40s. It was quite popular despite its set-in Y ...

This pattern is also known as Bride's Bouquet. So many inset seams! Even using the sewing machine this is a painstaking job. Though on the up side, I was concentrating so much on getting this done right, I forgot about other troubles and cares. I was cleaning out my sewing room and tossing stuff when I saw this pattern. It was part of a circa 1992 set of patterns that came templates printed on good template plastic, which i was going to re-use. -I've always liked this pattern, and vintage…

I probably have a dozen photos of quilts made in this pattern from the 1930s and '40s. It was quite popular despite its set-in Y seams. I never know where to file it because it's so miscellaneous. But it has a number in the BlockBase Miscellaneous category. BlockBase #4052 The earliest publication I've found was in the Rural New Yorker farm newspaper in 1933. They called it Bride's Bouquet or Nose Gay Quilt. The Laura Wheeler/Alice Brooks company syndicated a pattern--maybe a year or two…

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Hurrah, I have a long term UFO done! This is my wallhanging in the Nosegay or Bride's bouquet pattern. I described the start of the project in this post form 2010. Goodness it has taken me some time to get back to this and finish the handquilting! The photo cuts off the side borders - same green fabric all the way around. I used the same fabric (thank goodness I saved it) for the binding. Vintage fabric and real feedsack is used for the print fabric pieces; unbleached muslin and new solid…

The other day while I was sewing at 3 Dudes Deborah Engle and Karen Gilbert walked in with their recently finished Nosegay Quilts This is a traditional quilt block from the 1930's but they have modernized theirs with bright happy fabrics. Look at all of those beautiful Kaffe Fassett flowers and cute gingham black baskets! I love this quilt! Deborah just received her quilt back from the quilter so the sides had not been trimmed yet. She was in the shop getting tips on how to sew a bias…

Motifs are commonly used within custom fit machine quilting designs. We continue our series on machine quilting this week with a look at quilting motifs.

I probably have a dozen photos of quilts made in this pattern from the 1930s and '40s. It was quite popular despite its set-in Y ...