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Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Grit Butterfly Quilt and Transfer Pattern .... Vintage Things Thursday

My favorite day of the week is here again, and it's time for Vintage Things Thursday.
I love looking at all the different blogs and their vintage offerings. If you like vintage goodies..skip on over to
Suzanne at Colorado Lady to visit all the ladies and the vintage things.

This is an older Grit quilt pattern..and a really pretty one. The exact age of the pattern..I don't know as I was unable to find a date anywhere on the pattern or package. The postmark is stamped New York,N.Y....and it cost a whopping 4 cents to mail.
This pattern was in a box of other patterns, including a lot of iron on transfers..a couple of nightgown patterns..and what I really wanted..some apron patterns.

Showing a smaller quilt with ruffle. The main quilt has 24 blocks or squares to embroider or paint,using the ball point tube paints. Does anyone remember using those paints?? I sure do My favoorite things to paint was pillowcases and a couple of tablecloths.
This is but one of the transfers in the package. The transfers are so pretty,and if anyone would like them..I will do my best to scan them. The butterflies are fairly large..so a teensy bit might nor be there.

28 comments:

  1. oh i love things that are old and tattered. The Butterfly is really beautiful! Im sure someone would love to use that in a mixed media art piece of some kind.

    Happy Vintage Thingie Thursday! :)

    Stephanie

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  2. Nice transfer. I noticed that it was sent to some one in my home state, KS. And Wellington was only about 45 miles from my hometown.

    I remember the paint in the tube. My mom did that for a while.

    I would date your transfer in the early to mid 60's because of the postage rate and that they used zip codes which USPS started using in 1963.

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  3. Loved your post. Patterns and quilts are right up my alley. I'm playing with some crazy quilting now and that butterfly would go great on a block. Thanks, Ruby

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  4. you got a good buy there - love the butterfly :-)

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  5. i always look foward to your VTT posts and i must say you've done it again!!..your vintage transfer patterns are delightful :)

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  6. wonderful transfers--thanks for sharing!

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  7. Love the package that the pattern can in and I think the butterfly pattern is very nice..

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  8. I like the graphic on the envelope of the lady with the yarn balls on her head. What is a Grit quilt, CC?

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  9. Patty..
    The Grit was an older publication
    thatw as kinda like a newspaper. It had all sorts of information, and patterns, patterns..patterns. You could send away for all sorts of quilt, crochet..etc. patterns and they would be mailed to you. So it's not a Grit quilt..rather a Grit quilt pattern.

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  10. Great post this week as usual! Wow, that is a very intricate butterfly pattern...never used the ball point paint tubes-sounds interesting.

    BTW, I'm showing embroidery transfers today too :)

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  11. Hmmm never heard of a Grit quilt pattern before, thanks for showing & thanks for explaining!

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  12. Happy VTT.. very nice pattern.. especially the butterflies.. thanks for sharing..

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  13. Beautiful butterfly pattern - would like to see a finished item with it!

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  14. What a great pattern. I love the butterflies. Love the packaging too, holds a certain charm. Hve a great day!

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  15. I love the graphic on the envelope too. I vaguely remember the paints, guess I didn't use them.

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  16. Great butterflies! Don't you wish patterns had dates on them...would make life easier!!

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  17. Oh, yes, I remember Tri-Chem Liquid Embroidery! My aunt did home shows, and every female relative of mine had a million painted embroidery pieces!

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  18. I love old transfer patterns. I remember my mom using the tube paint, she did pillow cases.

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  19. Nice post...with those old patterns and quilts..makes me remember old transfers I had yrs ago
    blessings to all
    donna

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  20. Patterns...great minds think alike...stop over to see me and the patterns going on at my blog today! Yep...I remember those ball point paints...ARTEX right? Man...so much quicker than embroidery....but I still love embroidery....
    I just bought some vintage curtains with butterflies...I might have to ask for the butterfly...sure would look awesome made into a pillow with the drapes....can you see it...lol...beautiful yellow and orange stiches....oh...here I go...another project...but you have so inspired me! Yep! Again!

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  21. My grandmothers loved to embroider quilt blocks like the butterflies, but I don't think they ever did this one. They lived just a few miles from Wellington, Ks., too. Let's see more!!!! Sally

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  22. Wonderful patterns! They lok like my grandmothers when I was a little girl! She was a great quilter - thanks for the walk down memory lane! Paula in Idaho

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  23. I love vintage transfers. Yours are very pretty.

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  24. YOU LUCKY GIRL YOU!!!!!! that is great, and glad you got those apron patterns. :)

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  25. Oh how beautiful...years ago back in the 70's I ordered a transfer pattern of the state flowers and I embroidered them...I love things that are hand made and old patterns just have so much history to them...great post girl...thanks for coming by and I hope you are having a great week!

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  26. Interesting patterns. Thanks for visiting my place today! Happy Thursday!

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  27. Geez. I've never seen a butterfly transfer so large. Is that common?

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  28. Great post, CC! Love all those old items!

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