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The listing, 19 Assorted VINTAGE 1930s Fabric QUILT BLOCKS / SQUARES has ended.

Up for auction is a lot of quilt blocks / squares purchased at a local house sale.

There are 12 green and light pinwheels that are about 9½" square, and then there is a 13th one that has a spot. Most of the blocks are like the first one pictured, but there are a couple like the second and third blocks.

You will notice one of the green pinwheels (4th one pictured) is a "humility block". Back in the old days, quilters would put a deliberate error in their quilts - a block turned sideways, a different shade of red in one part, something skewed or "wrong". This, we are told, comes from the idea that since only God is perfect, making a perfect quilt is prideful".

There are four large pink and natural circular stars. Some have some of the natural at the very edges, but mostly they end with the second row of pink (as seen in the 7th scan). They measure about 16", and I think they are really nice!

There is only one blue and multi colored square (and it's not really square). 10" x 10½" .

The last one pictured is about 11" x 11".

Obviously, if you were going to use the green ones, you would have to square them off a bit, because some are machine sewn;some are hand sewn. They are not exactly the same, but very close. Would look great framed for a shop!

These were sold to me by a woman well into her 80s, and these had been her moms. Her mother quilted for people and would mount the different blocks on cardboard, take them around and people would choose the pattern they wanted.

The green pinwheels look like a quilt was started and then taken back apart. I believe most of the fabrics are from the 30s..

Camera is not working at this time, so I had to scan the blocks and they did not fit entirely on my scanner top -- cut off a bit at the sides. I hope you can get a good idea of what you are bidding on!

No storage or smoke odor in these blocks! I just love old quilt squares, and can't pass them up, but I don't work with vintage fabrics.

Questions & Comments

My dad passed away last week , When I was 2 we were in a tornado & had to be dug out of the rubble . Donating to Tornado victums is my way of honoring him. I will also be making Quilts for foster children in our county

Jun 2nd, 2013 at 9:02:38 AM PDT by

So sorry for your loss, but what a nice way to honor him! :)

Jun 2nd, 2013 at 9:44:44 AM PDT by

Love these squares. Great auction
I am figuring the would make about a 30' x 40'
quilt. Do you think that's about right.? I don't quilt but would love to have these for a friend who does. Thanks

Jun 2nd, 2013 at 7:39:57 AM PDT by

Well, about 30" x 40", if you just sewed them together (maybe a little smaller once they were "squared". But if it were me, I would sew strips between them to frame each square, and depending on how large you made your strips, it could be quite a bit larger.

Jun 2nd, 2013 at 7:52:47 AM PDT by

I want this to make a quilt that I will be making to donate it & others to the red cross to donate to Tornado victums

Jun 2nd, 2013 at 8:28:28 AM PDT by

Oh that is a nice idea! Our church group has made quilts for battered women's shelters and Hospice, among others, but they only use new fabric. :)

Jun 2nd, 2013 at 8:56:59 AM PDT by

I assume you were talking about the green and light colored fabric pinwheels? LOL! Probably wouldn't want to mix the others in with those!

Jun 2nd, 2013 at 7:54:43 AM PDT by

thank you I will continue to try for other material

Jun 2nd, 2013 at 1:36:41 PM PDT by

F&W Love vintage textiles and quilt blocks!

Jun 3rd, 2013 at 6:43:22 AM PDT by

Me too! I love anything to do with quilts. :)

Jun 3rd, 2013 at 7:14:53 AM PDT by

Beautiful quilt squares!! Fan in spirit,reached fan limit and I am watching

Jun 3rd, 2013 at 7:06:31 PM PDT by

Thank you! :)

Jun 7th, 2013 at 9:04:12 AM PDT by

Thank You soooo much for so eloquently explaining the "humility block" There is way too much forced perfection in this world of ours-leave it to the wisdom of our foremothers to provide the way to set us all straight! I wish you many many credits for this lovely auction!

Jun 7th, 2013 at 8:49:17 PM PDT by

When my church quilting group finished their first quilt to raffle off, we held it up and someone said "oh you have a humility block". We actually hadn't noticed our mistake! So we looked it up, and voila!

Jun 8th, 2013 at 9:35:37 AM PDT by

I've heard that some of those Persian rugs also have deliberate flaws, for the same reason. I've always thought that in itself was classic hubris. No offense, but the idea that somebody thinks they would (or could) achieve perfection unless they "fix" it is MUCH more prideful than someone who does their best to approach perfection, even though they'll never make it.

Jun 8th, 2013 at 11:51:03 AM PDT by

Agreed! :)

Jun 8th, 2013 at 11:56:45 AM PDT by

beautiful!! fanned and bidding. interesting, our Lakota beadwork has the same "error" in the designs for the same reasons......

Jun 8th, 2013 at 12:03:26 PM PDT by

very very nice F&W plz fan back if you haven't already also check out my listings thanks and happy bidding/listing

Jun 8th, 2013 at 3:24:08 PM PDT by

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