Tour Pam Buda's Home
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Meet Pam
Designer Pam Buda of Heartspun Quilts relies on her intuition, antique collections, and experience to produce traditional quilt and fabric designs.
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Furniture Revamp
The depth of shelves on an old baby's changing table is perfectly suited for stacking quilts. Hanging in the cupboard is a purchased quilt from a folk art show.
Patterns shown:
Left: Nines in Blue quilt
Draped at front: Finger Paint
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Low-Cost Displays
A glass-front biscuit box displays little quilts. Pam found the mini nightstand behind it at a tag sale for $10. "Antiques don't have to cost a lot to look cute," she says.
Patterns shown:
Left: Emma's Sewing Basket
Right, in drawer: Colonial Patches
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Stylish Coverup
A small quilt hides Pam's TV, which sits on an antique thread cabinet in her sewing room.
Patterns shown:
Hanging: Pleasant Prairie
Pincushion: A Stitch in Time Saves Nine bonus project
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Antique Samplers
An antique sampler hangs on the wall in Pam's living room. Pam looks for schoolgirls' embroidered samplers that include the alphabet, the maker's name and date, and often a memorable saying. A house makes the sampler extra enticing.
Patterns shown:
On table, left: Sweet Rosie quilt
On table, right: Tin Pinkeep Pincushion Pattern/Kit and Blooming Hexagon Pincushion/Kit
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Ads Across Ages
Old advertising crates are good for style and storage. A small quilt and a needle-punch pillow soften this arrangement.
Patterns shown:
On crate: Four Around Nine
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Kitchen Display
Balls of cotton strips and a small cross-stitched sampler stir up visions from the past. The dough bowl is prized for its original blue paint.
Pattern shown:
On the table: Seneca Falls
Pincushion in bowl: Blooming Patchwork Pinkeep
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Smart Book Shelves
Pam's brother Jack built shelves along the sewing room ceiling, which leaves more room for a design wall.
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Beautiful Embroidery
This antique sampler is still in its original hoop. The maker wrapped cotton around the inside frame to make up for a missing tension screw and an outside ring that expanded over time.
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Treenware Collection
A spongeware bowl serves up useful treenware utensils, including a butter paddle, strainer, and chopper.
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Heartfelt Utensil
This heart-shape chopper is rare and highly collectible.