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Painting Quilts; Painting on Quilts
Eluster Richardsonhttp://www.elusterart.com/A few paintings that have caught my eye lately:Grant Wood, Waubeek, 1929Sold at Sotheby's a few years ago.Nancy Hagin Checked Quilt, 1988Serigraph...
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Union Blues & Richmond Reds Ideas for Precuts
My Union Blues collection has been shipped to shops.Look for yardage at your favorite store.I've been doing a little sketching in EQ7,thinking about Moda pre-cuts in the 5" system.Surely someone's...
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Altered Quilts
Natalie Chanin, Aunt Mag's Chicken RecipeShe's added applique and embroidery to an old quilt.Natalie Chanin shows these quilts in Alabama Chanin.See this...
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Chelair's Union Blues Kit Quilt
Union Blues by Chelair EtterHave you seen the ad for my Union Blues kit in the March/April issue of QUILTmania?http://www.quiltmania.com/english/navigation-entete-droite/boutique.htmlCarrie at the Moda...
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More Strip Sets at an Angle
Bedquilt made by Sarah K. Headley, date-inscribed 1838,Bucks County, Pennsylvania.Collection of the International Quilt Study Center and MuseumSee a larger photo...
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Alice's Scrapbag: New Repro Prints
Strike-offs for a fall reproduction line:Alice's ScrapbagBalmoral Blue shadesFrock pink & Garibaldi Red shadesMost of the prints come from the four-patch below.Double Four Patch by Alice Browne,...
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Sougan in Union Blues: Free Pattern
Sougan Under the Stars in Union Blues78" x 91"I sketched the pieced and appliqued above in my newest reproduction collectionfor Moda: Union Blues. Yardage and precuts are available in shops now.The...
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Empire of Cotton: A Global History
Cotton Calendar Girl1910When this American pinup was published in 1910, the United States was the world's leading cotton producer. Through our nationalistic lens we continue to view cotton as a...
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Reproduction Prints Are So Dull?
An old Fuddy-DuddyReproduction block by Becky BrownOccasionally I run across a comment or overhear a shopper claiming that she doesn't care for reproduction prints because they are too drab.Valerie's...
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Haint Blue
A few weeks ago I learned a new color name from thediscussion among my Stars in a Time Warp starmakers.Mule Hill said Indigo and Haint were her favorite blues.Terry asked: Is that Haint a pale sky...
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Baltimore Album Quilts 3x3
I'm looking for a unified field theory for applique. How this miserable task started was I have a new/old applique quilt with three different blocks. It looks Baltimore-ish to me. The blocks aren't...
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My Virtual Booth at Minneapolis Quilt Market
This looks pretty fancy, huh! For my virtual booth at Quilt Market this week I envisioned an exact replica of the drawing room set for Downton Abbey, but redecorated with my new Morris Jewels line. The...
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Union Blues and Taupes
A stack of quilts by Kathe DoughertyKathe Dougherty is a fan of taupes and neutrals. I focus on the blues in my Union Blues collection. She sees it as taupes with some blue for contrast. For her little...
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Colonial Lady: Wardrobe & Other Malfunctions
Possibly the most anatomically incorrectColonial Lady ever.Or....a bad wardrobe malfunctionThere are many standard versions of this Southern Belle orColonial Lady. and there's a lot of room for...
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Laurel Leaves or Photinia?
"Laurel Leaf" from Stella Rubin's shopGreen leaves with the top three red.A few weeks ago I did a post about the Laurel Leaf applique block (#5.55 in my Encyclopedia of Applique.) I had not noticed...
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Union Blues on Parade
I saw this utilitarian four-patch comforter in an online auction a few months ago.It probably dates to about 1910when this blue palette of shirting stripes was popular.The patchwork was simple---yet...
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Morris Patchwork: Simple shapes and not so simple
Bordered Diamonds by Gert at Real Men StitchA very nice use of the Best of Morris prints.It's a Kaffe Fassett & Liza Lucy pattern, perfect for showing off a collection of fabrics.Watch how Gert's...
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Hattie Sprague's Charm Quilt
Top reported to have 1,676 piecesIn 1879, 21-year-old Hattie Sprague was busy at her sewing machine.She entered numerous items At Sacramento 's California State Fair in September:Two Java canvas...
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Kansas City Regional Quilt Festival: June 19-21.
We hope you're planning to come to Kansas City for our first Kansas City Regional Quilt Festival this month.Kansas City Regional Quilt Festival June 19-21, 2015 Overland Park Convention Center in...
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Remembering Linda Brannock
Guardian Angel quilt pattern by Linda BrannockThe contemporary quilt world lost a star in Linda Brannock who died last month.Linda Brannock 1938-2015Linda worked with many Kansas City area designers to...
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