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Savannah and the Cotton Trade
I spent my Thanksgiving holiday in Savannah, Georgia.We picked the spot for the architecture and the ocean.Both lived up to our expectations.Savannah Cotton Exchange Building, built in 1886.Architect...
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STARS IN A TIME WARP: Weekly Lessons in a Shower of Stars
In 2015 I'm planning a QuiltAlong over on my Civil War Quilts blog. Every Wednesday I'll post a piece----but it won't be a pattern for a different design each week.For the Stars in a Time Warp...
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Seasonal Upcycling
Seasonal Upcycling is a decorating theme once again this year.I've noticed several trees made of cupcake liners.A Spoonful of Sugar DesignsThere's a lot of potential here, but to makethese trees truly...
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Hand Quilting Demonstration in Paducah
The National Quilt Museum in Paducah, Kentucky, often features a top on a frame in the lobby. Volunteers give hand quilting demonstrations to visitors.Here's Virginia, a member of the Yo-Yo Club of...
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Tetrachromats: A Genetic Anomaly You Want to Inherit
Cartwheels by Liza Prior LucyHave you heard of the recent research into color vision and genetics that indicates some people see more color than others?Haze Kilim by Liza Prior LucyI have always...
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Free Label for Your Richmond Reds Quilt
Print this label onto fabric for a period look to your quiltmade of my Moda Richmond Reds fabrics.How to PrintCreate a word file or a new empty JPG file that is 8-1/2" x 11".Click on the image...
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Eye Opening Symposium March 13-14 2015
Baltimore Album Quilt, Made for Betsey Hobbs Harper and William Harper about 1848. Gift of Catherine T. Winter. Collection of the Daughters of the American Revolution Museum.Eye Opening: New Research...
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Threads of Memory BOM Free Pattern Posts
Threads of Memory #1Portsmouth Starby Jo http://civilwarquilts.blogspot.com/2014/01/threads-of-memory-1-portsmouth-star-for.htmlOver on my Civil War Quilts blog I did a free Block of the Month pattern...
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Antique Quilt Shows: Winter and Spring 2015
Gas is cheap!Get that behemoth out of the garageand plan a field trip to seethe quilt shows in 2015.California, San Diego. The Mingei Museum will display changing selections from the Pat L. Nickols...
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Best of Morris GiveAway: What's Your Favorite?
Honeysuckle (8115-21) from Moda's Best of Morris collectionto be in shops mid-FebruaryTHE GIVE-AWAY IS OVER. BRENDA IN MANITOBA IS THE WINNER!Runners up who get Charm packs arePK Sews and Renate.Thanks...
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Sewers
This joke is only funny in EnglishAnd even then.....I belong to a stitch group called the City Sewers.We find this pun endlessly amusing.Then there are other meaningsSomeone at the Piece O' Cake blog...
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Je Suis Charlie 2015
A free label to remember the victims of the horrors in France andto stand up for free speech. See below.Quilter Katell in France asks us to put a pencil in our creative needlework during the year...
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Pantone's Marsala Red in Best of Morris
Red colorway of my Best of Morris line for Moda.Yardage scheduled for delivery to shops in FebruaryThe Pantone Color Institute announces an annual color trend. Marsala is the shade for 2015.I'll drink...
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March Quilt Seminars & Conferences
We are lucky enough to look forward to several programs featuring quilt history in March on the east coast.March 13 & 14, 2015 Friday & SaturdayWashington D.C., D.A.R. Museum. A symposium will...
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More About Honeysuckle in the Best of Morris
Honeysuckle in Indigo Bluefrom my Best of Morris line for ModaThe number for Honeysuckle is 8115Vintage Wallpaper Sample Book page 57: Honeysuckle, pattern #263Like many Morris & Company patterns,...
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Another Adam & Eve Quilt
Adam & Eve attributed to Mary Worthington Walker, circa 1850.Collection of the Minnesota Historical Society.I was looking through the digital catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society's quilt...
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One Ubiquitous Leaf Print
The original printI was looking through the current quilts on the online antique sitesand came across this very nice detail shot of a very nice leaf print.Wait a minute. I know that print!The...
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Passion for Prussian Blue: Free Pattern
Repro Block: By DdwgramWhat's your favorite color?This week mine is Prussian blue!Vintage quilt, date-inscribed 1850Prussian blue dyed both the dark blue ground and the lighter shades in the figures...
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Willow Bough in The Best of Morris
Maybe my favorite Morris print is the Willow Bough,which we've colored in six ways for my new Best of Morris line from Moda.Willow Bough was designed by William Morris himself in 1887. The pattern may...
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Moda's Go Big Pattern Book
Moda/United Notions has printed a new booklet with patterns for big blocks.Go Big For Your Homeis a Baker's Dozen of 32-inch blocks."Big chunky pieces let the fabric do the work for you."I like that...
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