Friday, December 2, 2016

Weathervane and Vive Ste Anne



The Weathervane block was popular with Lena's friends, there are three Weathervane blocks in the Malaga quilt.





The block is a nine patch.  For a 9 inch block the centre is 3 inches.  The half square triangles in the corners finish at 1.5 inches.  Quilter's Cache has instructions for a 12 inch block.









Weathervane is too fiddly to make as a six inch block: I am going to choose a different pattern for a six inch block, probably Sawtooth. 




I went to an antiques fair last weekend.  Old quilts don't appear at antique fairs in Australia but I did find some postcards.







These French postcards are for St. Anne's day, the patron saint of seamstresses.  The messages - in French - on the cards are wishes for good health and good fortune.  The lady on the right is using her treadle with high heels, and the lady on the left is very distracted - can you see a lace garter hanging on the treadle stand?  These cards aren't rare, Google 'Saint Anne sewing machine postcards' and you will find dozens.  I found these ladies again but in different poses.






Do you have any St. Anne postcards?  Are they all French?  Would you send one to your mother?

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