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I was watching PBS...an English show with Judy Dench...they were in bed, discussing something (who cares??!) and getting in and out and tossing the lovely quilt on the bed. I kept yelling at them to "stop!", "hold up that corner", "no! don't go to the door!" grrrrrrrr..."fold that out so I can see it!!!"...sigh... I want to see that quilt again! It looked like an American quilt...never thought of them liking American stuff...we like English so well. Wonder if I can find it on line???

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Sometimes you wonder what the set designer had in mind when choosing a quilt. Do they care about it or it's just another homey prop.

It sure made the scene in the bedroom pop. It was a washed quilt too... lumpy in the right places, not smooth....tossed well on the bed, you could see the lines where the stitches were...the rest of the room didn't show up at all! Just the actors and the quilt...their robes were plain, no wallpaper I could see. Just that incredibly striking quilt! well, and Judy Dench...

Nancy was it a movie or TV series? I know you said PBS...was it a Britcom?

We all need to keep paper and pen beside our chairs so that we can make notes of the quilts we see on TV. I saw one the other day and while I don't remember the show now, I do remember the "warm fuzzies" the quilt represented to me.

It's a series...it was right after Hyacinth Bucket!!!!! (such a scream)

I think it's As Time Goes By. I've seen glimpses of the quilt, but never enough to figure out the pattern. Lovely faded and comfy quilt.

Read on another site that it's a Broken Dishes Quilt pattern.

Yo Nancy:

http://www.vam.ac.uk/microsite...s/user/283/jjnscat49

Like that?

Wow! Great search job. I typed in As Time Goes By and got two images. Fun!
http://www.djdchronology.com/images/TVTimes3b.jpg

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GASP!!!!! You guys are GOOOOOOOOD!!!! That's it! That's it!!!!! And it looks like PINWHEELS!!! (Broken Dishes is a form of pinwheels) My all-time favorite block....I'm just not getting over it...that's probably going to be my legacy...25 pinwheel quilts. Oh I LOVE this quilt!!!!!!!

Thank you! Thank you!!! Happy dancing! Whoohooo!!!!

Funny girl! So do you sleep under a pinwheel quilt?? Might inspire some intimate discussions. LOL

Here's another picture and another person who is re-creating it!!!!

http://buckinghamroad.blogspot...e-goes-by-quilt.html

How fun! I wonder how many people have copied it. You've Got Mail had one I really wanted too.

Oh As Time Goes By is my favorite show!! and yes, that quilt is lovely. looks well loved and so comfortable.
this is sort of like it but mostly stars. I keep saying i will make a whole pinwheel one day. hmmmmmm.

On my TV, it looks a lot more faded than it does in these pictures. I guess my TV is older than the quilt.

What a beautiful quilt, nativeTexan!!! That's one to remake, too!!!

Baby Boom has some good looking quilts in it...and a remake of Christmas in Connecticut does too. Love the one in You've Got Mail...

Evelyn: I don't even have a quilt on my bed,yet!!!

He, he. don't look too closely. i put one block together incorrectly. king size, i basted it on the driveway!!

I agree with nancy you guys ARE good! I sat for a while googling and ended up thinking I'd like to see the show... but couldn't find any free videos....now that I see the quilt I can see why you like it. I have a ton of red and whites here that would be really fun...any idea what size those blocks might be? I was thinking 10" finished.
Was even thinking wouldn't it be fun to do a scrappy pinwheel block swap? Then everyone could make one!
ETA: I've been googling for quilts in Movies and lookie what I found....
http://www.stitchinheaven.com/...pages/quilt_flix.asp

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Yes! I thought I remembered that there was a quilt that I liked in When Harry Met Sally. It's Windblown Tulips, applique.

http://patsloan.typepad.com/pa.../when-harry-met.html