Day Street Designs

Almost 100 years of stories stitched into these tiny pieces of fabric. 🧵

What started as a simple Facebook Marketplace porch pickup became something so much more.
Nearly 70 hand-stitched quilt squares from the 1930s and 1940s — made by women gathering together in a church quilting group — were passed along to me with the hope that someday they would become something.

They were never finished into quilts, but they weren’t forgotten. I carefully washed them by hand and started transforming them into something new — beginning with a small collection of pillows. I left the raw edges, added hand stitching, paired them with linen, and finished each one with vintage buttons from my collection.

My favorite part?
Looking closely and seeing patches within patches. Every tiny scrap was saved and used. A beautiful reminder of a time when nothing was wasted.
Old textiles carry stories.

Sometimes they’re just waiting for someone to continue them. 🤍