I have been working on the Vintage Grandmother's Flower Garden blocks. My friend, Jane King Folds, gave them to me several years ago. Jane's mother made the colorful blocks many decades ago. Looking at the fabrics, I would say mid-1970's. Not all the fabrics are cotton. Some of the blocks are hand stitched, some machine stitched. Sometimes both in the same block. I never had the opportunity to meet Mrs. King, but I think we would have been great quilting buddies. "Use what you have!"I decided to put the blocks on unbleached muslin squares using the raw edge machine applique method. I have a nice "bite to the left" applique stitch on my Brother PC420 machine. I shortened the stitch length and made it a little wider. I used black thread on top and beige in the bobbin.
I starched the vintage blocks liberally until they were quite stiff and pinned every outside hexagon to the background muslin square. I was a little apprehensive about the hand stitches coming apart, so I appliqued around every round of hexagons. I will machine quilt in an all-over pattern.
Happy quilting!
Gwen
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