Today I get to show you my Fabulous Freebie! Long gone now, Quilt Soup used to be one of my favorite blog sites to visit. Barbara Jones, owner of this website, made the greatest projects. They were so creative and always fun. Barbara now designs fabric for Henry Glass & Co., Inc. I feel so lucky to have found her FREE patterns on the Henry Glass website.
For my project, I have chosen a quilt she designed called TV B.C. (Before Cable) and uses fabric from her Clean Living line.
You can find the pattern here:
http://www.henryglassfabrics.com/php/catalog/fabricshop.php?a=projects&project=576
This is an oh-so-cute quilt made up of 5 retro TV's. As a a product of the 50-60's era, I remember televisions (sans remote) with "rabbit ears" sitting on top. As the youngest in the family, I was the designated channel changer.
To make this quilt, I found a couple of yards of the Henry Glass fabric used in the original pattern. I used this for the background and picked out vintage-looking colors from my stash to make the TV sets and the side panels. (Does anyone else remember Olive and Harvest Gold? These were popular colors in the 70's.)
This is an easy quilt to make using patchwork and applique. The TV set is pieced and goes together quickly.
Once the screen part of the TV is made, the antenna, channel knobs, and legs are appliqued to the blocks using fusible web. To keep it simple, I used the raw-edge method to sew my fused pieces in placed.
I think this would make an adorable Memory Quilt by substituting the screen fabric with favorite family photos that have been transferred onto fabric. Wouldn't that be cute to send with our kids when they go off to college?
I had so much fun making this quilt. If you choose to make this adorable retro quilt, I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.
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Really cool, retro pattern! Thanks for sharing. Olive and Harvest Gold? The mention gives me the willies just like those colors used to lol.
ReplyDeleteThis is such a great pattern. Love your idea of using a photo as the screen. Oh so many ideas. I do remember those wonderful colors from back in the day. And I do remember my dads favorite line "if you're going past the TV could you please change the channel" Great memory, great start to my day. Thank.
ReplyDeleteWhat a super fun quilt. It's amazing all the free patterns out there. Thanks for sharing this really cute one.
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun fun quilt...love Henry Glass fabrics
ReplyDeleteThis quilt would have looked amazing on my parent's harvest gold couch. Love it! My wedding gifts were full of harvest gold pans and dishes. LOL
ReplyDeleteI think I have seen this pattern before, but couldn't find it on my computer, so maybe it was a similar one I saw? Anyhow I think it is darling and especially cute with the retro fabric! I might just have to make at least one block.
ReplyDeletethis is wonderful. i love the fabrics. i remember those rabbit ears. in the desert we would have to constantly change the position to get a good picture. LOL those were the days. thank you for sharing the pattern and your quilt. quilting dash lady at Comcast dot net
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness..if this just isn't the cutest thing I've ever seen. I LOVE it, and the name is perfect. Another project is added to my list now. LOL!! Thanks for sharing this Fabulous Find!
ReplyDeleteThat is such a cool, retro yet modern quilt - too fun!
ReplyDeleteCute! Thanks.
ReplyDeleteCute quilt! Thanks for sharing this fabulous freebie in the blog hop ... :) Pat
ReplyDeleteVery cute quilt! I agree with you about the photos for the tv screens. Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great idea to make that quilt using photos. I so remember TVs looking like that!
ReplyDeleteLove the idea of BC TV. I never thought about how some would not have ever seen the rabbit ears.
ReplyDeleteThis is such a cute pattern and certainly takes me back to my childhood which was B.C.!!! Thanks for sharing this great idea for a TV watching quilt!! Football season is coming up! LOL
ReplyDeleteHeya Charlene, great to see you, and oh yea, I so remember those days before a remote and the antenna ears on the top of the tv set..sometimes foil was added to get the picture to show up... LOL That is a very cute quilt and so much fun. ty for leading us to the pattern also.
ReplyDeleteThis would definitely make a terrific memory quilt - thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteThis is really cute.We had the rabbit ears and the TV was a huge piece of furniture that took 4 people to move! LOL
ReplyDeleteOh wow, how cute is this!! I remember those old tvs... blast from the past! This will be a fun one to do! Thanks for sharing :) xx
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