antique quilt Christmas tree on vintage spool farmhouse decoration

Description: One of a kind item! Lovely standing Christmas tree ornament. Repurposed & handmade by me from antique & vintage quilts. Beautiful for your rustic, winter farmhouse & holiday decor! Tree stands on an old, wooden bobbin spool & is adorned with a festive stocking charm & a jute rope bow. Crafted into a shabby, raggy, primitive style decoration that is fab ~YULE ~ ous & charmingly vintage! Tree measures about 9 1/2" tall on the bobbin. Vintage & antique cutter quilts, along with their original batting, plus a little extra wool batting, were used to construct the trees. Because these quilts and the bobbins are old, they will show signs of wear, fading, tears, stains, thinning & other imperfections that add to the rustic charm of the finished product. It is normal to see stitch marks, threads & batting showing through. Wooden bobbin needs to stand on a flat surface when displayed. This listing is for ONE adorable tree. Each tree is lovingly made with the full joy & blessings of the holiday season. Note: we don't always get to know the provenance (back story or history) of an old quilt. This tree, however, was made from a very special quilt in which I was privileged to know its full origin and story . Please read at the bottom of this listing to learn all about it!CHECK OUT MY MANY OTHER VINTAGE LISTINGS BY CLICKING ON "Seller's Other Items" AT THE TOP OF THE PAGE!!! Follow me on Instagram: antique.shop.girl (be sure to use those dots!) to see when I will list other vintage treasures!! ~ AND ~ on FaceBook: antiqueshopgirl HISTORY OF THE ANTIQUE QUILT USED TO CREATE THIS TREE: An antique quilt with colorful pinwheel blocks, cut into two different-sized pieces, was gifted to me by a dear friend a while back. She had rescued it from an 1800s farmhouse in Vermont & knew, as a quilter, I could probably do something with it. Alongside the quilt pieces she had found diaries spanning a few decades, a bible inscribed 1874, an old doll cradle with the name "Emma" painted on the top rim, among other wonderful finds. After spending weeks reading the diaries, my friend informed me that she had learned more about the history of the quilt. It had been made by a girl named Emma Taylor Fisher in the mid 1800s. It had been one of her earlier, novice quilts & not well done, so she cut it to have a piece that would fit into her doll cradle. The smaller piece of the quilt fit perfectly into the cradle, & explained why the quilt had been cut into two sections! I kept the bigger section & re-worked it into a lovely quilt I now hang in my home every spring. I held onto the sweet, smaller section for a long time, not quite knowing what I should do with it just yet. This holiday season, I suddenly felt inspired to begin repurposing old quilts into beautiful decorations & I remembered this quilt piece I had lovingly saved for something special. It is this smaller section of quilt Emma used in her doll cradle that I used to create this Christmas tree decoration. It is an amazing feeling to finally give new life to Emma's quilt and to know her story continues....& a new one begins for you!

Price: 38 USD

Location: Baileyville, Maine

End Time: 2024-12-05T20:11:00.000Z

Shipping Cost: 9.99 USD