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Backstitch at the National Quilt Museum in Paducah
My quilt in PaducahBackstitch: A 25 Year Retrospective of Advances & Milestones in Quiltmaking, an exhibit celebrating the silver anniversary of the New England Quilt Museum, is now at the The...
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Nameless Star Variations
From an online auction, mid 19th-centuryI did a post a few weeks ago on this old pattern without a name---a star with satellites. An example from Olde Hope AntiquesEmbroidered on the reverse of this...
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Richmond Reds plus Yellow for Jane Austen
Block #1 Bright Star for Jane AustenHere's the post for the first block:http://austenfamilyalbumquilt.blogspot.com/2014/04/block-1-bright-star-for-jane-austen.htmlBlock 2Sister's Choice for Cassandra...
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Arts and Crafts at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London
Queen Victoria laid the foundation stone for thefacade of the South Kensington Museum in 1899when it was renamed the Victoria and Albert Museum.Courtyard, perhaps the original 1857 facade.The Museum's...
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Epic Moving Sale
This building is supposed to be my studiobut things have piled up out there.After 40 years of owning the same houseI am moving.I am leaving this cute little Victorian cottagein Lawrence Kansas("Little"...
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Tim Quilts with Ladies' Album Jellyroll
Tim Latimer, one of my favorite bloggers, is interpreting an old quit top from about 1890-1910 in a signature quilt.I am pleased to see he is making good use of a Jellyrollof 2-1/2" precut strips from...
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Quilting Bees: Romance and Magic
Enoch Wood Perry: The Two Sewers (A Quilting Party), 1875The social aspects of cooperative quilting arounda frame have captured the eye of many painters of "Americana."Perry's paintings reflects a...
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Richmond Reds: Projects & Kits
Richmond Reds79" x 79"For every Moda fabric collection our pattern designers work with the fabric designer to come up with a "Project Sheet." Susan Stiff and I collaborated on this star design for...
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Richmond Reds: Document Print for Austin
Every mid-19th-century reproduction collectionneeds a sprigged floral.Austin from Richmond Reds for ModaThe 19th-century scrapbag was full of small-scale sprigged cotton prints,a standard for clothing...
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Quilting Parties of Questionable Accuracy
The Brothers Assist in the Quilting, Harper's Weekly, 1863I've been posting about vintage images of quilting parties here and at my Civil War Quilts blog.The wood engraving above seems to represent the...
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William Morris: Working on a Best of Morris Line
Mostly Morris by the Heritage Quilters of the McHenry County HistoricalSociety, 2014The McHenry County Historical Society and Museum in Illinois is selling tickets to win this quilt made from my...
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American Quilt Study Group Meeting/Milwaukee
The American Quilt Study Group held its 35th yearly seminar last week in Milwaukee. It's an annual highlight in the quilt historian's year. What's the best part?Old friendsNew friendsScholarly...
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American Quilt Study Group Auction
Charm Quilt by Dawn Cook RonningenPieced from 342 reproduction printsIn the last post I mentioned the silent auction at theannual AQSG seminar. We also do a live auction.Julie Silber is our...
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Richmond Reds: Emporia Original Print
Why Emporia??? Like the other prints in this lineEmporia has a nice ring to the name. Emporia, Kansas,was about ten years old during the Civil War,founded by anti-slavery Northerners. We pickedtowns...
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Exhibits: Antique Quilts /Fall & Winter 2014
Robert Doisneau, The Tabou, Paris, 1947Grab the gang and catch the fall quilt shows featuring antique quilts.California, San JoseSan Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles. Antique Ohio Amish Quilts from...
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Richmond Reds: Springfield
Springfield is the largest print in my newRichmond Reds collection of repro prints.Springfield in Mahogany RedWe found the document print in an antique samplebook in the Moda collection. I liked the...
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Cheddar Exhibit at American Quilt Study Group Seminar
AQSG's seminar always features quilt showson the meeting premises and in local museums.Here's a glimpse of one of the onsite exhibits.Being in Wisconsin, home of the cheeseheads, we were treated to a...
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The Fan Fad Evolves
I was looking to make a case for a date on a fan quilt soI went through my file of date-inscribed quilts to help makethat point that fancy fans were earlier than more utilitarian quilts.Collection of...
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DAR Museum: Eye on Elegance Quilt Exhibit
Detail of Applique Flower Basket Quilt by Anna Catharine Hummel Markey Garnhart, date-inscribed 1849For those who are fascinated by early quilts, the show of the year is now open at the Museum of the...
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Richmond Reds: Bloomington
Document print for the Bloomingtonfabric in my Richmond Reds collectionfor ModaThe original print here was a shirting print done in two shades of red on white, a very common19th-century style found in...
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