19th-century chintz basket
AQSG's seminar is heaven for quilt and fabric lovers.
The vendors go all out because they know the audience is (shall we brag) rather sophisticated.
Nancy Hahn has a booth full of fabric and small treasures.
Swatches of Turkey red
Gouache and swatch of French fabric from about 1855
She specializes in tools and has wonderful things.
Like these "linen marking pencils" with patent dates in the 1850s and '60s. You wet the pencil and it was indelible. She finds these things in Europe. And she will explain what they are and how they were used.
These are mid-19th-century precuts. The stripes were marketed in France as costume trim. But American women liked the stripes for sashing. I'm sashing an applique quilt right now and this is just what I need.
Four-inch wool log cabin blocks.
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6 comments:
Love the antique fabrics and accessories, what fun to shop there. Hopefully we will get up north later in the fall and I can hit some antique stores.
Debbie
Wonderful to read all this. Some friends of mine are there and now I feel I can share the excitment of it all!
Thank you for taking us along with you! A rare opportunity to see things and not feel I'm totally missing out this year.
thank you for sharing, I love all the Antique treasures. Certainly wish I could've been there.
Thanks for the posts...I'm saving my money for next year's seminar!
Oh, please show as much as you can!
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