There’s something about vintage images that is so charming. Whether on postcards, in advertisements, on weathered signs or tattered Valentines, I just can’t resist a beautiful drawing from days gone by.
I have a Pinterest board to keep some of them close by all the time.
At International Quilt Market last fall in Houston, I was happy to find Jack and Susan Davis, owners of Olde America Antiques in Bozeman, Montana. They create a product called American Quilt Blocks that I think QM readers will love.
American Quilt Blocks are vintage images printed on soft, 100% cotton sateen with a giclee printer. Their colors are vibrant and the detail in the images is amazing. And best of all, no matter what your topic or area of interest, they probably have it already printed on cloth.
Jack and Susan have collected vintage postcards and ephemera for almost 25 years. They have amassed more than 25,000 vintage images. Of those, more than 5000 images under 40 different topics may be seen and ordered on their website. Here are examples:
• Angels
• Valentines
• Flowers
• Sports
• Gardening
• Cats & Kittens
• Railroads & Transportation
• Sewing & Quilting
Each category has dozens of images. You could get lost in there!
The images are available individually or in sets. With many sets comes a pattern for a simple 17″ x 21″ wall hanging to make use of the images (other sets have patterns for different items). When purchased individually, the images are available in a long list of sizes ranging from 3″ x 5″ to 12″ x 18″. Prices start at less than four dollars; the largest print is less than $30.
Each image comes backed with paper which is peeled off before use. The prints are soft and ready to use—just sew them in to whatever project you have in mind. They are generally intended for items which will not be laundered, but are colorfast for hand washing. Care instructions are included.
I can see these pieced into a quilt label for a quilt made from reproduction fabrics. I’m definitely going to try it.
Jack and Susan Davis would like to give six sets away to Quilty Pleasures readers! Six winners may choose any set they like from the Olde America Antiques website. A set I’m enjoying is Set 2 from the Sewing/Quilting category:
Set 2 from the Sewing/Quilting category
Aren’t they adorable? I’m also fond of Mother Goose Set 1. There are four in the set, and one is shown below. These are wonderful images from early children’s book covers—they would make any grandchild a perfect wall hanging!
Leave a comment by midnight Wednesday, Feb. 1 and I’ll choose six random winners who may choose any set of four 4″ x 6″ American Quilt Blocks. Many thanks to Jack and Susan for their generosity.
I’d encourage you to visit OldeAmericaAntiques.com to see the images within a wide range of topics. There truly is something for everyone.
These prints are wonderful. I collect old postcards and have visions of printing them on fabric to use in crazy quilting. I guess that I just found a source. Thanks for a chance.
These are great. I like that little girl at the treadle. thanks for a chance to win.
I collect old sewing/quilting memorabilia – so these would add nicely to my collection.
Thanks for the chance to win.
Love anything vintage….love anything quilting/sewing related. Thanks for the chance to win this great giveaway.
Thanks so much for the introduction to Olde America Antiques. Fantastic images.
I love the first set. The girl peeking into the sewing machine looks just like one of my little niece.
They are lovely, would make nice wall hangings. Thanks for the giveaway.
Whenever I see the word grandchild or grandmother my eyes are on alert!!! We are expecting our first grandbaby in less than 6 weeks!! We are just waiting as patiently as possible but this would be a lovely gift for the nursery
Thank you for the chance sweet thing!!
Love the Mother Goose and the sewing machine prints. I’m old enough I remember some of those when they were advertisements! Fun to have them on fabric where they can be used. Thanks.
OH!! I can’t even come up with the words to describe these!! LOVE them is all I can think of. I collect old sewing machines, fabrics, and gardening items and all I can think of would be a quilt just for me!! Sounds selfish but dreamy!!!!
They are all very cute. Would work up into some great gifts.
I remember having a Mother Goose book just like pictured on the fabric. Also remember my Mother’s treadle sewing machine which she had converted to electric. Love the fabric.
I recently saw a sample quilt made of these at my LQS –they were beautiful. I would love to have some of these!
What a wonderful collector’s gift to be able to win. Let’s see. The first set would definitely go into my bedroom and the Mother Goose set is ideal for my great nepthew. He would simply adore this. Thank you. I am sure any quilter would cherish these – either for themselves or even for a special someone. Great gift for Valentine’s Day.
Sandi T.
sandit1@sbcglobal.net
These look absolutely wonderful! I can see so many different projects! Like I need any encouragement:D I would absolutely love to win these! I think my grandson might be too old for the Mother Goose ones but I know a couple of friends that are expecting…..The sewing ones; well I’m a little selfish
i have seen these up close. They are wonderful. Would love to “play” with a set.Thank you for the opportunity.
What lovely fabrics. I love these vintage images
What a GREAT chance! Love it!
These are all wonderful! I especially love the ones with the vintage sewing machines!! My imagination is running wild now!
These prints are WONDERFUL; even more so because they’re printed onto fabric- something I’ve attempted but failed at
. The prints that you’ve shared bring back memories—- and the chance to win a couple of them is beyond FANTASTIC.
Beautiful! Thank you for the opportunity.
Those are great. I especially love the sewing ones. I remember “helping” my grandmother with her treadle machine.
Oh my – these are just beautiful! I would absolutely start working on these right away – what a great idea – LOVE, LOVE, LOVE these. Now off to Olde American Antiques to go shopping!!
I am just learning to quilt ( wish i had been more interested when my mother was alive – her quilts are beautiful). i think the poppy image would make a beautiful center for a quilt. sure hope i am a winner. thanks Judy
These are fantastic! I can not wait to start looking around!!!
Those are just adorable. I can already vision a lap quilt made with them. It would be for me, just for me, all mine, no sharing with anyone!
Oh, How I would love to win the Sewing/Quilting fabric! I have a business, and the name is A Stitch In Time. Have been collecting fabric with sewing items and this would be perfect to finally start that quilt for hanging in my home where I have my business!
How perfect this would be! Thank you for the giveaway!
Love the panels. I use them for quilts.
Thanks for reminding me about this web site. I found it a while back when surfing the web and fell in love with it. I love old fruit and vegetable labels and currently in Sac. Ca the railroad museum is have an exhibit “Pick Me ! Fruit Crate Art and the California Dream”. Can’t wait to go.
In the ’50′s, my grandma (who was married in 1907), kept her treadle machine in her ‘parlor.’ When I was little, I remember her sewing at her machine – that treadle (dubbed Alice), now sits in my living room. She would save magazines, and colored photographs from the newspaper. Every now and then, she & I would sit and cut out the beautiful pictures, mostly birds and flowers. Then we would glue them to her parlor’s wallpapered walls. It made me Love my grandma because I would have been in Big Trouble if I glued things to the walls at home. heh-heh… That Wheeler & Wilson image brings back a long ago place.
I remember these prints from when I was a little girl. They would be beautiful on a quilt for my grand-daughters to have as reminders of some of the things from years past.
Love them!!!!
Love the sewing fabric prints !!! Cool !
Oh, I have been looking for things to add to my quilting area and these would make a wonderful project!! Thanks for the chance to make them my own.
I love them all, but the Singer ones just are so special to me at this time. I had been putting off getting my mother-in-laws 1918 127 model in working condition. I started on it the 1st of January and I’m just a few parts, that are on order, away from sewing my first project. A quilt top. so exciting! Thanks
How beautiful !!!
Love the postcard fabric. I am a collector of miniature / sample sewing machines. A quilt with that fabric would fit right into my collection. Thanks
Those prints are beautiful. Thanks for the chance to win some.
Thank you so much for bringing these very special prints to our attention! They are all so very useable, generating lots of ideas.
Love them all…
I love vintage postcards! They are so beautifully illustrated, sort of romantic.
Would love to be a winner! Thanks for sharing!
These are really BEAUTIFUL! I’ve made many quilts, but never one for me. These would be what I would use in a quilt for me. The vintage sewing themed images represent my love of sewing and the vintage machines that I own. Thank you for sharing these lovely images and for giving us a chance to own them and create beauty with them.
I love these! This is exactly the kind of artwork fabric I love to quilt and get creative with! I am visiting the website next for some more art candy! How I would love to win this sampling!!!!
These have to be the most beautiful vintage fabrics I have ever seen.
I have been going through my mother’s vintage cards and thinking how beautiful they would be on fabric. Then I saw this and realized dreams do come true! Thanks for the memories.
I love antiques and collect old postcards. These prints would be perfect for a quilt wall hanging to go in my family room.
These are great! Thanks for introducing us to Old America Antiques and the chance to win this giveaway.
Both sets are awesome. Love to see images of yesteryear. Thanks for a chance to win a set and a great website to visit. They have some great images and they are not so expensive that you can’t afford to buy them. Thanks again.
I love, love, love the vintage sewing set!
These are wonderful! I like them all! I love vintage images and this seems to be a wonderful source. Thank you.
Would love to have them! I can see them hanging on mt sewing room wall!!
Absolutely adorable. I would love to have them to display in my quilting room.
I really like the Olde America Antiques blocks from the National Parks – these are a great way to create a lasting memory of a vacation or favorite trip.
Children and flowers reminds me of when I was five years old, we were sent home from school early because a tornado was coming. Instead of going home, I went to the beaver pond and picked an armful of flowers for my Mom. The whole neighbourhood was searching for me as the tornado closed in when I walked down the drive with Mom’s flowers. Mom didn’t know whether to spank me or hug me. I gave her the flowers. “These are for you, Mommy. I picked them myself.” Trouble is they were marsh marigolds and Mom broke out in a glorious rash. But, whenever I see children and flowers I smile and to this day, I love picking wild flowers. It’s the kid in me.
I love vintage valentine cards, so romantic! Thanks for the chance!
These are absolutely wonderful! Love them!
I love anything vintage, and these would be wonderful! Thanks for the giveaway.
Some of my best memories are of my grandmother teaching me to sew on her treadle machine and teaching me the names of the flowers in her garden as well as those we found on walks in the woods. These fabrics remind me of her love and all she taught me.
These are so adorable. I see them as wall hangings, pillows, even the front of a purse or tote.
I think I have found my next wish list to send out. The little girls playing with the treddle sewing machine reminds me of my childhood. Thanks for the chance to win.
LOVE these!!!
These would look wonderful quilted and framed hanging over the old singer treadle machine in my craft room! I searched for years until I found one!!!
These beautiful images remind me of my Mother. I can remember her sewing at a treadle machine.
These images remind me of my Mother. She was an excellent seamstress. In my minds eye I can see her at work on a treadle machine when I was quite young.
Thanks for the opportunity to win such sweet pictures.
Oh, I love these! I was in Bozeman back in 2000 – thanks for such a wonderful opportunity to win these!
Such beautiful designs! Would love relating something special out of these! Thanks for the chance to win!
This is such a wonderful resource. I’m so glad to know about it. I think I’ll have a tough time deciding which of the images I want, but I’m willing to try!
Those images are so sweet! Thank you for sharing them–bring a certain calm to one’s mind.
Such charming prints!
These are just so cute!
Love these fabrics. Visited the website and the selection is great.
I collected postcards as a kid and just loved the old post card. Love the singer ones and the ones with the girl during war timel. would make ausome wall hanging. hope I win.
LOVING THE CHANCE TO WIN A SET. THESE ARE SO BEAUTIFUL!
I make quilts out of vintage hankies and love things that remind me of the good ol days! I especially love the sewing ones with the old blck sewing machines. Hope you pick me!
Melanie
I would love to win won of these! I am new to quilting and this would be great for my soon-to-be craft room for a wallhanging!
What a tough choice! It’d be between something for my craft room or something for the kiddos room.
I love this. Bookmarked for purchase.
These are wonderful images – would enjoy using these – my mother likes them too – please enter me into the drawing. Thanks for the introduction to a new shop.
I love the ones about sewing and quilting! The photos are definitely of high quality.
love the mother goose set, would make a wonderful baby quilt or 2.
A vintage nursery could use these as decorations!
Wow, I love the vintage prints! The Mother Goose reminds me of the books we had as a kid. What wonderful wall hanging they would make. I would love to win them and will definitely bookmark them for future purchases.
You must have been reading my mind! I was just looking at their website a couple evenings ago, drooling. I have a couple of their products that I have been saving for just the right project–maybe a sewing theme for me? I was looking at the Valentines for a special project that is “waiting” for all the right pieces. I really need to run myself through the copy machine so I can get everything done. Thank you, just for the drooling.
These so belong in a “Beyond the Block” quilt! That’s where they’d end up if I got ‘em!
Gracious! That website is addictive! Love to enter a keyword and see what pops up
Especially love the Gettysburg blocks.
The chance to win is a wonderful way to end January. Old postcards had such lovely artwork on them, glad to see they are being incorporated into another art form.
Love the Vintage Prints, Mother Goose is perfect.
I love this giveaway! Anything vintage is a keeper!!
These are so cute, thanks for the chance
These are precious. Thanks so much for the introduction–I’ve bookmarked their site. And many thanks to Jack and Susan for their generosity.
The vintage national park quilt blocks of Acadia National Park will be a GREAT addition to the quilt I am designing to represent all the wonderful things about Maine.
Thank you so much for sharing!
Those are so nice..love the girl and the treadle the most ….so cute….
These are fabulous and a complement to my old postcard collection (mostly Maine). I love the girl with the treadle machine. I learned to sew on one at about that age.
The prints are so charming!
Oh, vintage, my favorite!
These are beautiful! I have a great appreciation for vintage fabrics!
oh, I would sew love to have some of those chicken blocks, I have FINALLY gotten my own henhouse and flock of chickens, (I’m 57 ) and I would love to make a chicken quilt!
I love old labels and vintage boxes. I will have to pin some of these to put on my label board. Thanks
What lovely vintage images!
Oh my gosh… these are adorable!! I Love them!
I’d love to have a set of these. I’m glad for someone.
I have always loved these prints, I sure would like to win. Thanks for the contest.
The images are lovely. I especially love your set 2 from sewing/quilting. Will head over now to Olde America Antiques to see what else I can find! Thanks for the chance.
I don’t usually like vintage fabrics, but these are really cute!
These are beautiful…..I’d be thrilled to own them.
I love the vintage pictures. Saw some great santas too.
My grandma had a vintage but electric sewing machine and I remember summers staying for several weeks with other girl cousins as grandma taught us how to sew and cross stitch or supplemented our skills that her daughters (our mothers) passed down to us. We loved going through her fabric stashes and seeing remnants of the fabrics grandma used growing up and the fabrics our mothers used and wore too! Love vintage stuff!
I’ve seen these before and oh, how I would love to
use them in a quilt! Hope I win!
so pretty! Thanks for the giveaway!
Oh my goodness!! I LOVE these! I’ve been browsing all the different prints on their site and they are just beautiful! Thank you so much for the chance to win some of this Vintage lovliness!
These are a great find! What great quilts, pillows, bags, etc. the mind conjures up when looking through the site.
I just LOVE the Set # from the Sewing/Quilting category. They are so sweet!
I love vintage things and the vintage feel. I also love my modern washing machine, dryer, dish washer, microwave, blender, ice maker and countless other conveniences we have today.
Still – It is SO nice to look at such romantic ideals.
Cathy Byrd
byrd at gulftel.com
They have so many wonderful designs, love the cats sewing set and also sewing set 6, which has cats and dogs in them.
Debbie
i sure like the set #2 from the sewing/quilting catagory! i learned to sew on a treadle 65,66 years ago. sure had fun with that machine! i could make mugrugs with them for my craft room cups.
They are lovely. Thanks for the giveaway.
I’m so in love with these vintage fabric prints. The pictures bring back so much that we had when I was a child in the 30′s. The colors and the quality of the prints are beautiful.
So glad to have found them. My favorites are #2 but I love them all.
What a super fun website they have…you are right, a person could get lost in there just looking around. Thanks for a great giveaway.
I remember finding postcards like this going through an old trunk from my grandmother. I loved the Christmas and Valentine’s cards the best. The first sewing machine I used was my grandmother’s trendle. My youngest son just received an old trendle machine with box of attachments from his mother-in-law. He has expressed his interests in learning to make quilts. Thanks for the chance to win.
Oh my gosh, their prints are incredible! I’m moving into a bigger sewing space, and would love to use some of their blocks from the Artists section as wall art. Thank you for pointing me in their direction!
Wow, I love those vintage prints!
The prints are so cute-I too adore vintage prints, fabric, books…you get the idea. Thanks for giving us a new source.
There are some wonderful blocks….I loved the fairy collection!
Oh my gosh. Those are awesome! I just love seeing the vintage signs and if I had room would decorate an entire room in myhouse with them. How awesome they would be on fabric like this. Wow. How fun. You’ve always got room for something made from fabric, right? What a great giveaway. Thank you.
These prints are nice. Thanks for the chance.
I want more vegetables in my quilting diet and I can hardly believe how beautiful the old seed packet pictures are. What an inspiration. Thanks for introducing me to their site.
I have never seen anything like this before. It was so much fun to look through all their pretty things. Thanks for offering this great giveaway!
These remind me so much of my grandmother. When life was so much simpler. Thank you for making them,and for the chance to win them.
I appreciate the fact that these pieces of art are being preserved and are being shared.
I love these. They make me want to get at that Crazy Quilt I’ve been collecting fabric, laces, trims and other interesting bits for.
My last name is Shumway and I have been searching for Shumway seed catalog memorabilia, this is a great idea! Thank you for posting!