Friday, April 29, 2016

Vintage TV, Sofa and Dress--a l'orange

Shall we put on our dress and pearls, sit on the sofa drinking some Tang, and see what's on TV??
Why, it's a baking show!

You know we baked a LOT in the sixties!!

I even made Eclairs as a young thing in the 70's

I especially like this TV with it's many knobs, space theme, and bright red legs! Wish I had one of these too!


I found this little scrap given by a friend, in my orange collection, so it had to be pieced in right??

One of the bakers had to be appliqued.





These are paper pieced, paper-doll dresses.

Remember paper dolls? We were not so fussy in the sixties... we were happy cutting out paper clothes to fit our flimsy cardboard ladies, with little tabs to fold over her shoulders.

The doll stood on a cross piece, and we would place them near each other, "walk" them around, talking for them. Dressed in fancy clothes we wanted to wear, saying fancy things we wanted to say.

"Darling! Do come in and enjoy the TV, it's COLOR don't you know?!"

We would change their clothes often...







Pattern for all three blocks is paper pieced home
Imagine having a sofa like this today! With those awesome shiny painted turquoise legs?? Awesome! 
Then having to choose between all of these...
I think this would be a fabulous design for today's family rooms, don't you?Which one would you choose?  To watch your favorite show on one of these TV's...
Linking to several parties including RSC  
Midweek makers   I was featured on this blog, how exciting! 
"If life is what you make it, I'll make mine colorful!!"

45 comments:

Joanne said...

Whoop Whoop for sure LeeAnna!
I'm so glad I don't have to choose between all those colours!
And this is only the beginning from this years challenge!
Love your choice of tv shows!

Take care,
Joanne

Joanne said...

Whoop Whoop for sure LeeAnna!
I'm so glad I don't have to choose between all those colours!
And this is only the beginning from this years challenge!
Love your choice of tv shows!

Take care,
Joanne

Anonymous said...

Buttons on the TV's. Only you would have the right color scraps.
Diane

LA Paylor said...

yep, there are a lot of benefits from hoarding!

easyweimaraner said...

I love it... and maybe I will take a deep breath and try to create something for the walls of my new wardrobe :o)

PaintedThread said...

I think I like the orange ones best of the bunch!

Sylvia said...

Love the old tv's and sofas! Did you design these blocks?

Libby in TN said...

I actually ordered a similar orange sofa in 1966, but couldn't afford to make the payments. I often wonder if it was ever made and who ended up with it.

Glen QuiltSwissy said...

Ohhhh! I remember we had a single black and white TV until I was 18. And the Campbell Soup Kids. And we had a round orange chair rather than the orange sofa. Orange must have been big in the 50's.

Love your orange stuff!

BillieBee (billiemick) said...

Memories.....really great blocks!

Sue said...

I"ve said it before, I love this series you are doing! This month reminds me of one of my favorite lines, Bill Murray to Jane Curtin (as Todd to Gilda Radner's Lisa) on early days SNL "Gee, swell Tang, Mrs. Lubner!"

Peggyinno said...

I am in love with these! What great blocks! Thanks for the memories!!

claudia said...

That orange sofa would go really well in my red and yellow living room. I am loving your color scrappy sews! Just plain ol' adorable!!!

MissPat said...

You are just too funny. I love them all. But I'm still waiting to see how you used the flamingos. They are still my favorites.

Sara said...

Just too cute! And they really are the color of Tang - which my mom rarely let me have. But I loved it. The cute little bakers in the TV block are adorable.

Mystic Quilter said...

What a lucky find with the piece for the TV screen - your orange furniture and dress are beautiful and bright.

Quilter Kathy said...

I just love all your wonderful blocks, but I think the TVs are my favourite!

Tails Around the Ranch said...

Completely adorable! ღ

Cathy said...

Oh my goodness! I want to come over and play paper dolls with you!! :-) That TV is sew darn cute!! You do the cutest blocks!

Bernie Kringel said...

These are fantastic. I love them all. I remember playing paper dolls and it was just as you described it. :-)

LIttle Penguin Quilts said...

I was a paper doll fan, too! Such fun to see all of your blocks and think back!

Turid said...

A great sofa to brighten up rainy days. I would like to sit in this one, for sure.

Kate said...

All of your blocks are such fun! Love the orange TV! It's prefect!

Julierose said...

I loved paper dolls--and would save up my allowance for them (paper being my very first love); I would choose that royal blue sofa to sit primly on, the black chic dress and watch my baking on that purple tv. what fun...hugs, Julierose

floribunda said...

I love them all! I have that book but haven't every used it... must go pry it off the shelf and get to work!

gayle said...

Your paper-pieced blocks always make me smile, from your flamingos to your furniture! Thank you for making them and sharing the joy!

Ivani said...

great paper-pieced blocks Lee Anna. Love them all.

Sally Trude said...

I-spy TVs. Fantastic. What a great collection of blocks.

Dasha said...

Love your orange TV. It is just too cute with its little bakers on the screen. So my family room would have the purple lounge for me to sit in my blue dress watching my favourite foodie show.
PS I love baking
PPS I used to love my paper dolls (in the 50s not 70s. LOL) Now I've given my trade secrets away. :)

PaulaB quilts said...

Even the cooking show is perfect retro. The furniture gets better every month.

scraphappy said...

What a great collection. I love the idea of sitting on an orange couch, watching an orange TV in an orange dress while drinking tang. Such fun!

Angie said...

I love doing the time warp with all your great paper pieced blocks! Is there going to be a flamingo TV or sofa in the future?!

Yvonne said...

I love these vintage patterns

Marly said...

I'd choose the orange sofa, and watch the blue TV. I enjoy seeing your fabulous fabric creations each month!

AlidaP said...

I am still partial to the blue and purple pieces... but the orange looks very cool too! Baking shows are fun to watch, especially with those cute bakers!! :) thanks for sharing!!

Paige said...

These are great! Oh, that orange TV is fabulous!

Beth @ Cooking Up Quilts said...

So fun! Yes, I can see someone wearing that dress, sitting on the sofa with a girlfriend and watching the 'color' tv! :)

France Nadeau ❅ inspiration imagination creation said...

Vraiment à l'orange! Your blocks are superb. They remind me of when I was a little girl in the 70s. Furniture, pillows and curtains had orange in their color schemes, along with brown. ;-)

Anja @ Anja Quilts said...

I'm loving all your orange projects. I. Love. Orange!!!

Daytona Damsel said...

Love all of these blocks. Did you create them or is there a pattern? Not a fan of orange but these I love.

Jayne said...

You are in fine form with this post! So funny! So yea, paper dolls. I loved them to pieces. I used bobby pins to hold the dresses on because the little tabs eventually ripped off. My sister use to cut them out for me in the beginning and when I saw this pattern it reminded me of her. I ended up making her a wall hanging with two dresses!! Thank you dahling...I must go and sip my tea now!

Pinkadot Quilts said...

Oh my gosh I love these! How did I know you would use orange???

the zen quilter said...

Oh I couldn't love these blocks more - so very fun!!!

Little Black Cat Quilting said...

Such fun colors! What fun it would be to have such colorful furniture. I'm not much of a decorator though, I'd need help coordinating it all! Lol.

Susan said...

These are all so fun! And yes, I had a 'fashion' paper doll which had patterned paper to design your own fabric and fashion pieces for the doll. Lots of time was spent designing!