In a previous post, I wrote about resurrecting some old decorative art sketches to make pen and ink panels for a tri-stand quilt rack. That post is here:
https://lillianscupboard.wordpress.com/2012/07/01/july-4th-parade-tri-stand-mini-quilts/
I thought I’d give another favorite sketch a try and made a panel for my larger mini-quilt rack using a design from 1996. I thought it would be nice to do a crazy-quilt border using actual fair award ribbons. Although I have a box full of county and state fair ribbons I‘ve won through the years, I didn’t want to cut those up. Luckily, my daughter found a box of Montgomery County award ribbons (Dayton, Ohio) in an antique mall and I used some of those.
It’s rather ironic that I’m using ribbons from this fair because it was a major event that we attended all the time I was growing up in the 1930s-40s. I even posted about their big Labor Day Fair here:
https://lillianscupboard.wordpress.com/2011/09/05/labor-day-in-the-1930s-40s/
I added strip borders and quilted in gold thread to match the lettering on the ribbons…
…and a sleeve, label and binding.
Back in 1996, I had made several wood projects with this design to sell in our craft mall booth. It was like meeting an old friend again after all these years.
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Such a idea! Sort of a crazy quilt, but better. I love it. Every time you show one of these I want to come for a visit!
Your drawings are so cute and love how you have re-purposed the old ribbons. I have a shoe box full of ribbons also——–what in the world will we ever do with them. Maybe they will end up at an antique mall some day. Fair week in N. Calif was such a community event—-I miss them and the actual preparation of the entries.
You always have the cleverest ideas – those ribbons are perfect!
Love your ribbons! That’s a great way to use them.
This is just wonderful. I saw it the other day and didn’t have time to comment but I had to come back and take another peak. I love it. The drawing is sweet and the ribbon idea is wonderful! I love to see what you are doing, you are so talented.