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Dahlov Ipcar's Calico Jungle
The topic lately seems to be my favorite children's book illustrators. I found a file on Dahlov Ipcar whose 1965 book The Calico Jungle is one of the greats. Still in print, The Calico Jungle tells a...
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National Wear Red Day: A Free Pattern
February 1st is National Wear Red Day (February's First Friday) to raise awareness of heart disease in women. Â I was reminded of this applique quilt pictured in an online auction a few weeks ago. 1840...
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Antique Prints for Metropolitan Fair
Amethyst block by Denniele Bohannonfrom the Grandmother's Choice block of the week.Striped cotton in madder style 1840-1870I usually base my antique reproduction prints on the fabrics in my own...
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Black: Taste & Technology
Black cotton is one of the best clues for the Quilt Detective---a reliable clue to a date after 1890.As I mentioned in a recent post on gray prints, dyers and printers did not have a good black dye for...
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Next Reproduction Collection: Civil War Jubilee
Here's a preview of summer: Civil War Jubilee from Moda should be in quilt shops in July, 2013.I'm showing it to you now because the Moda Sales Reps will be showing it around to shops in February. I...
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Pieced Woven Heart
Vintage woven paper heartI've had pictures of these hearts woven of paper on the digital bulletin board for years, trying to figure out a way to actually weave them out of 2-1/2" fabric strips.Too 3-D...
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Found Valentines
Sandra Starley asked that I mention she bought this quilt from the online auction where I found the photo.
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Online Shopping Drama
Scrolling through eBay quilts last month I about dropped my cereal bowl into my computer keyboard.(It's happened before---never pretty.)The above quilt, a Nile green star with stuffed work leaves, was...
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Moda Friendship Quilt Along Day 1
Friendship Ala ModaParty Like It's 1842!We're making a friendship quilt here at Moda. You'll recognize the style---blocks in a sampler of patterns, each with the maker's signature. People call them...
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Give-Away Over
My give-away was over at midnight.We got a LOT of commentsThe shipping department will be packing up the free fat quarter bundleAnd getting it in the mail.Meanwhile check out the three Moda designers...
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Winner!
Thanks for the 405 Comments. Cassie is the winner. I left a note at her Etsy store which was linked to her comment through her blog. Hope she sees it soon.We'll be shipping off the fat quarter pack.If...
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Ruby McKim in the Denver Post
SunbeamAnd while we are on the topic of sampler blocks...The Denver Post is posting a vintage quilt pattern regularly for a few weeks on their Archive Blog. The  blocks are from a sampler from Ruby...
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Washington Bicentennial Quilts
Today is the anniversary of George Washington's birth in 1732. In 1932 the Bicentennial of his birth was a national celebration, inspiring a few quilts.Washington Bicentennial Quiltby Carrie A....
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Color Blocking: Quilts, Fashion and Art History
Amish QuiltI don't pay much attention to Fashion Week but here's a look I can live with---color blocking. As far as I can tell this means mixing wardrobe pieces across the color wheel rather than...
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How I Use BlockBase: Quick Quilts
 Granny's Choice by Becky BrownLast year when Becky and I were working out blocks for the Grandmother's Choice sampler I did a BlockBase search under wild card for the word Granny and the program came...
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Black Prints: Neons or Novelties
Black prints seems to be the topic here lately. Blacks with a true black background are among the easiest prints to date, so a good knowledge of black ground prints is useful to the Quilt Detective....
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Framing Morris Flowers
Memory Wreath by Becky Brown(The large print is Honeysuckle from A Morris Garden.)I am thinking fussy cutting...Becky Browndetail of True Blue(The large print is Eden from Morris Apprentice)Inspired by...
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Spacer Borders
Many of us would describe this Irish Chain quilt as well proportioned. Viewed as a piece of art on the wall, the double border and the bright-colored binding frame the inner composition nicely. The...
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Dixie Diary Blocks: Free BOM Pattern
#2 FebruaryCheckered AllegiancesStar2TiaOver at my Civil War Quilts blog we are doing a block of the month this year called Dixie Diary.The blocks are simple and there's an optional applique star or...
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3.14 is Pi Day
Mathematicians interested in making math funhave made this National Pi Day.It's a math joke.Pi is a mathematical constant, the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter, a number that is...
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