Remember this picture of me as a flower girl? I came across the little nylon gloves I wore.
And Mom, being a frugal Midwest housewife, had the flower girl dress shortened so I could wear it to Sunday School.
Here’s an earlier dress:
Here’s a collection of baby and toddler dresses. Please note how I’ve laid them out so I could include them all in one photo.
Please send me photos of baby and toddler clothes maybe to grade school age – we have to stop somewhere. And please continue to send embroidery if you have it. I’ll just post photos as I receive them. If I ever come across my baby clothes in the storeroom I will post them.
Here’s what I’ve already received:
This photo and explanation is for Bea and anyone else who might have wondered about Keeper’s quilt.
Here’s the quilt on Keeper’s couch inspired by so many quilts I’ve seen.
You will need:
Jellyroll and contrasting squares
Cut each jellyroll strip into 4 rectangles, 2-1/2” x 10”.
Sew a 2-1/2” square on one end of each strip.
Sew strips with square added to your desired width.
Alternate strips end to end and make the quilt your desired size.
Really a nice quilt and so simple! If you make one, be sure to send a picture. We’ll call it Keeper’s quilt.
That’s it for tonight – stay warm.
Thanks for the cutting sizes for Keeper’s quilt. I have some old Judie Rothermel pieces that I’ve been looking to find a use for. This could be a possibility. Remember how much sizing was on that early repro fabric? I’d like to just sew them up and pitch the scraps. You’ve made quite a few of this design, haven’t you?
Vintage clothing is so cute, and the old wood hangers, too!
Hi Mary
Thankyou so much for the pattern instructions for Keepers quilt!!!!!! Thankyou Thankyou Thankyou!
God bless you💖💖🐓🐓🐓🐓
Bea knight
Love your Mom’s frugal reuse of your bridesmaid dress. My mother was frugal, too. So I wore homemade shorts and campshirts in summer that she sewed me in blues and browns so they could pass down to my brother! I did get pretty school dresses with sashes that I had to be careful not to dunk in the toilets at school! 😂
I loved the cute kids clothes. I just enjoy all the things that bring back memories of my grandparents’ homes (who were frugal and raised my parents during the Great Depression) and times that were so less rushed than today. I prefer old furniture to new and have two very well used dressers, one each that belonged to my grandmothers.
Thanks for sharing Keepers quilt! So colorful and cheery!
Wonderful news about Kim’s recovery, hope she continues to feel better with each day. All of those children’s clothes are so sweet and what wonderful keepsakes. Stay warm everyone.
The clothes posted by Marie from Storm Lake brought back memories for me. Not the dress, but the mail sorting bin. In the 1980’s I worked as a clerk in Spencer and sorted many letters in bins like this!
Those dresses are precious. That boys suit… fabulous.
Mary, your flower girl outfit is beyond precious.
A truly sweet post.
Oh my word! The smocking is so adorable — do any of y’all remember Polly Flinders? My mother-in-law would go and buy 5 or 6 dresses at a time for my daughter, and they just hung in the closet. I loved them, but my daughter refused to wear them — little brat that she was! LOL I kept them for ages thinking that I might have a more cooperative daughter in the future, but it was just boy oh boy oh boy oh boy …
Those darling little clothes are so precious, and the memories make me ~swoon~
“Keeper’s Quilt” is the perfect name! I’m going to go toss my closet and find up a jelly roll that must be hiding there somewhere. I need to work off this pent-up energy from so many cold, icy indoorsy days somehow!
I love the old hangers that have the pictures on them.
Such cute little dresses back in the day. Becky’s smocked dress is very similar to the one I had my picture taken in as a one year old. That must have been popular back then. I enjoyed seeing every single picture.
It has warmed up (?) to 5* this afternoon! Wow, what a heat wave from -8 below this morning!
Thanks, Mary.
Love the coat of many colors ! Such talent!
Keeper’s quilt is awesome but the size of the chair is PERFECT!!!
The clothing items are lovely! It is amazing to think that these were mostly made by hand and the makers were not able to run to JoAnne’s to buy all the materials and tools that we use today!
I really like Karla T’s and Keeper’s quilts. They are both so bright and cheerful! I hope to dig into the jelly rolls soon. Thanks for directions, Mary.
Stay safe and warm everyone.
What a wonderful post filled with pictures to admire and remember times. I too had nylon gloves but I think mine were like preteen size.
Loved all the photos with colorful quilts and kitties and a new pattern we could make up. Thanks for a bright spot on a cold blustery day here.
Got a new book series for fans of cozy mysteries. I found these at a thrift store for a dollar each. The series is called SECRETS OF THE QUILT. It’s by Annie’s who do a million patterns, etc. Each of twelve books is by a different author. The books, historical fiction, feature Sofia, a mom of four in present day Vermont. Sofia has inherited an antique trunk, a quilt, and a diary/notebook in Italian from her grandmother. Each square in the quilt is from a different time period and each book features about half of Sofia’s life and about half about her ancestors and their connections to a quilt square. I have found this a great little mystery/storybook series for cold winter reading and escapism from political news.
Thanks Tanya for this review. I do like a cozy mystery cause some mystery books I’ve read can haunt me with violence so I’ve stopped and decided I prefer cozy mysteries for my well being. It’s interesting there are so many in the series so I’m going to look for them at thrift stores around here.
So nice to see the beautiful clothes. I’m going to ask my mom if she still has the christening gown my dad wore and all his siblings wore. There were 9 total. If my memory serves me right some of the grandchildren wore it too.
Karla T – I really like your quilt. It is what I call a happy quilt. So bright and cheery. Does anyone know that pattern name?
Our weather here is back to rain, there’s only a little snow where people had piled snow when clearing their driveway. Watching the news last night so many are getting such cold temperatures. Stay warm everyone.
Hi Teresa, thanks for your kind comments on the quilt. I got the free pattern from Fort Worth Fabric Studio, pattern is named “Star Break Quilt”.
I added a couple changes, ie used jellyroll strips in addition to 5″ charm squares, plus small border strips to the star row. The pattern is throw size, I made it twin size.
Thank you Karla for the name of the pattern. I just looked it up and printed the pattern. I’m always looking for patterns I can adapt to make a preemie quilt for our guild. They are 36×36 so I’m sure I can adapt it. I really like the border you put on either side of the star row. Hope you don’t mind me using that idea. Have a wonderful day.
Love all the clothes pictures. I too made a lot of my and my daughter’s clothes. Making matching outfits for Easter. One outfit I made my daughter called a clown suit. I kept the clothes until I knew my daughters were not going to have any more children. I have grandsons and the clothes went to nieces that would appreciate them.
Kim had her checkup after her surgery and all the drain tubes are removed. She is doing well and doing the stairs a couple times a day to get a change of scenery. She is still mostly in bed for most of the day but gaining strength. She said her stomach feels like she has been doing 100 sit-ups.
Her friends are doing a meal train so we have made up some meals for the freezer.
Rita – this is such good news about Kim – please greet her from all of us and thank you for updating us. I sympathize with her belly discomfort.
Mary they took tissue and fat from her stomach area for the breast fillers. The surgeon said that as long as they had to make the cuts would she like to have a tummy tuck. Being 41 why not. I wish I could have a tummy tuck. I told her I’d be glad to share my tummy fat also.
LOL
Rita, I had that done about 40 years ago. As I recall…it was very painful. I couldn’t stand up straight for about 4 weeks. In the end, it was worth the pain.
I, too, love all the photos! What beautiful baby clothes. I don’t have any of mine, but I do have some photos somewhere. Keeper’s quilt is so colorful! My favorite kind! It has inspired me to make one. Thanks so much for all the work you do to put these posts together!
Love seeing all the pictures. I have same exact pink crocheted dress that Diane in Colo posted made by my Grandmother. What fun to see these pics and enjoy the memories of times gone by. Also I’m putting the Keeper quilt on my to do list. Simple quilts are the best.
These wonderful pictures bring up such great memories! How lovely!
During a move, someone accidentally threw away all the clothes I had made my kids when they were young. I was just sick about it. I’m glad my daughter is sentimental and has kept the things I’ve made her kids. Someday, someone may appreciate them.