Before and after

 Seems like it was time to change out the quilts hanging up at the bottom of the basement stairs, next to my sewing room doorway.

This autumn quilt has been hanging there since . . . well, since autumn.  I didn't even switch it out to a Christmas quilt this winter.  Oops!!  It is a Thimbleberries quilt that I made about 20 years ago, but still one of my favorites.  The antique trunk is something my dad and I bought at an estate auction in Minnesota over 35 years ago, and the clock is an antique too.  My dad built the wooden base for the clock (from a car) in high school, so late 1930s. It doesn't actually work anymore, but I love looking at it.

So now that wall has a brighter, more spring-like vibe going on.  This is Spooling Around, the Saturday Sampler we finished in December 2023.  I just got the binding finished this week.  This is what we see from the top of the basement steps, looking down from the kitchen.  The doorway into my sewing room is to the left of this.

On the left side wall next to the sewing room door has been a vinyl applique - kind of a sign identifying that space.  Now I've hung up the umbrellas signature quilt made with the hearts all signed by ladies in our Sew Vintage group.  The center is an umbrella applique.  One of the group, Holly, gave our group members each the pieces for an umbrella she cut with her AccuQuilt, and this is what I made with the applique and the signed heart blocks. 

I think of the Sew Vintage group whenever I see it.