Here's a recent eBay find. Love those scallops.
What is it about these basket quilts? Long ago, there were so many uses
for baskets and they were a huge part of nineteenth-century life. It's no wonder they found their way into quilts made at the time. There were
market baskets, gathering baskets, berry baskets, flower baskets and sewing
baskets.
"In the 1800s, women's
scrap baskets often contained leftovers from dressmaking, as well as pieces of
fabric collected from friends and relatives and fragments of dresses worn by
loved ones."
- A Prairie Journey
Do you have a scrap basket?
A basket for my hexagons
Here are some basket quilts I've made over the years:
Civil War baskets from my book Remembering Adelia.
Prairie Baskets is from my second book Prairie Children and Their Quilts.
My Cherry Baskets quilt is available as a pattern on my website
The one below is a vintage doll quilt. How quirky are those baskets??
The tiny blue and red baskets quilt was a special gift from my friend Marian.
13 comments:
I love baskets and basket quilts! Your two recent finds are fabulous. There are several baskets in my quilting room holding all sorts of scrappy odds and ends. Your little prairie basket quilt is very similar to one I made last year in my Pieced from Lois's Scraps series.
Thinking about it, I have lots of baskets, but not one basket quilt. I think I need to remedy that! :-)
I love baskets and basket quilts!
Love basket quilts. You can’t have to many. Your baskets are fun also. I have many baskets of scraps..
What a pretty group of baskets and basket quilts! For some reason, I don't have many baskets. You have reminded me that probably 15 years ago at least, I began a basket quilt --- large blocks! Why do I always think I have to make large quilts?!! Maybe I'd get it finish someday if they were small blocks. ---"Love"
Love baskets, basket quilts, and this post! Scraps.... beautiful little quilts. So much to see. Thank you!
Maravillosos los mini quilts y las cestas antiguas. Un saludo
Basket quilts are my fav, too! My most favorite is a red and white one my mother-in-law splurged on and bought me one year for ... no reason at all! She was like that! Last year, I put together a basket-themed mystery quilt for my quilt group and had so much fun finding all the different basket quilt blocks. Stamp Basket has long been a special one. I hope to start on your 4-inch basket very soon!
I have various baskets round the house, but none with fabric in. That may be about to change!! Enjoyed your post, and all the lovely pictures, and your last post was very inspiring! Writing my list now!! xx
You and I have many of the same tastes and interests, I just don't have your talent and expertise. I carry a basket all the time these days. My husband is on a walker and oxygen, so I carry my stuff and his, and the little basket is easier to get into than my purse. It is much like the picture below "Do you have a scrap basket?, but it has handles.
I have never actually made any basket quilts, though I have a stash of basket blocks from my grandmother that I am waiting to put together. It kind of makes me nervous to work with them, but just letting them sit in a bin doesn't seem right, either.
But baskets? Oh, yeah, I have them. Not all old or wooden, but my husband and daughter don't understand the need for all my baskets. Then again, they don't need to, do they? lol
Lovely to see all those different baskets.🤗
I've enjoyed reading your blog posts this morning, and I found lots of inspiration! I haven't used my reproduction fabrics for a while, and found back to these ones again when I joined you fb group and also joined a sewing group at my local quilt shop where I can meet other ladies dedicated to this kind of fabrics. Thanks again for the inspiration :-)
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