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A Civil War Quilt? Dating Basics Say No
Four Patch Quilt82" x 88"I saw this quilt recently in an online auction where it was advertised as a Civil War quilt dated 1865. Right away the style made me wonder how accurate that date was. I found...
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Headers & Cap-Sets Moda Giveaway
Samples of Alice's Scrapbook fabricCap-setsA couple of months ago Carrie Nelson at Moda blogged about some fabric industry jargon I was not familiar with. The sales reps' samples like those above are...
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The Cap Set Give Away is Over
The secret word was favorite and Pjaabney was the first to use it.Here's what she said. "Up until Alice's scrap bag, my favorite was Civil War Jubilee."Shameless compliment mongering on my part I...
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Antique Quilt Exhibits: Fall 2015 & Winter
Time to plan an excursion to see some antique quiltsin these museum shows for fall 2015 and into the winter.Detail of a Confederate applique quilt made by Susan Robb,1861-1862. Collection of the Museum...
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Alice's Scrapbag: Mama's Apron
Village Commons by Bettina HavigBettina Havig used Alice's Scrapbag prints plus a pale white print for a model for a class she teaches. She's donating the top to the National Quilt Museum in Paducah...
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Etsy Store & Retail Gossip
My retail division has been in disarray.Not because of any weather disaster.But from sheer disorganization on my part.There have been many changes in the retail print business. It's tough to keep...
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Baltimore Album Quilts: Strip Sets
Baltimore Album style quiltShown on the Antiques Road ShowIn my index to Baltimore Album style quiltsI have mostly 5x5 block grids.This category of exceptions---strip sets---is a small one.Mid-century...
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Virtual Booth for Quilt Market Fall 2015
I decided to show off my Moda collection Old Cambridge Pikein my virtual booth at Quilt Market, October 24-26, 2015 in Houston, Texas. We're expecting a December, 2015, delivery on this mid-centuryline...
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Morris Earthly Paradise: Quilt Market Introduction
Moda is introducing a new reproduction fabric line of mine at Quilt Market this week in Houston: Morris Earthly Paradise. "Our latest collection of William Morris reproductions is named Earthly...
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Ouch! One Tiny Mistake...
A little Munch, a little Photoshopping.You know how it goes.You get the whole thing quilted and boundAnd thenYour best friend points out a tiny mistake.Today's quilters may take the offending piece...
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Tessellations 4: More 4-Sided Parallelograms
Charm quilt from Stella Rubin's online quilt shopAbout 1870-1900Some of the most beautiful charm quilts are made of parallelograms.Annabella Milbanke, Lady ByronI'm stuck in the world of tesselating...
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Layer Cakes with Extra Frosting: Free Quilt Pattern
Extra FrostingHere's a free pattern that works great with a Moda Layer Cake.Charlie Chaplin and a Layer CakeSlicing up Layer Cakes:Â Recipe starts with 42 ten-inch squares of the Morris Jewels.Yum....
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Charm Quilt Style
Crib Quilt top from my collection.Similar pattern From Stella Rubin's shop (#1)I love these charm quilts from the 1870s and '80s with the grayed lilac prints. Looking back, we can see a major fad for...
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Alice's Scrapbag: Free Pattern for Alice's Four-Patch Quilt
Alice's four patchWhen Alice Browne was nine in the 1860s she began a four-patch quilt.from which we drew many of the prints in my latest Moda reproductioncollection Alice's Scrapbag.I sketched Alice's...
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Quilt Wrecks
Sometimes one little error can create pattern havoc.But in other cases there's a lot more going on than just one mistake.You get the feeling that quilters' ambitionsgo way beyond their perceptual...
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My Fabrics in a Sweet Sampler
Richmond Spool,  30" x 36"Pattern and kit designed by Mickey Zimmer for Sweetwater Cotton ShoppeWhile lurking through some Etsy shops I found this wall hanging made from my Richmond Redsrepro fabric...
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Tessellations 5: An Unusual Quadrilateral
Vintage Quilt, About 1890-1920Perhaps this odd shape is the perfect charm quilt/paper pieced patternif you're looking for some challenging piecing and an unusual design.About 1830-1950It's a...
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Alice's Scrapbag: Auntie's Fichu
SuznQuilts is making one of her mini Dresden Plate samplers from my Moda collectionAlice's Scrapbag plus Milles Coulores by Three Sisters. See more pictures at her blog...
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Baltimore Album Quilts Set 6x7
Baltimore Album Quilt, Friends and family of Samuel Williams. 1846- 1847. 107½ x 119½ inches. The Baltimore Museum of Art: Gift of Serena O’Laughlen Wagner, BMA 1988.206.Most Baltimore Album quilts...
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An Eagle Quilt for Baltimore's Mayor 1852
Baltimore about 1850I found this story in an Indiana newspaper."Handsome Present.The Mayor of Baltimore has been presented with a quilt by a lady of that city over seventy years of age---The quilt is...
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