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American Made:Treasures from the American Folk Art Museum
The City Sewers took a road trip to Arkansas the other day to the Crystal Bridges Museum in Bentonville. We went to hear Linda Eaton, Winterthur's Textile Curator, give a talk about quilts and folk...
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Morris Hexagon 16: Hammersmith Terrace
Morris Hexagon 16: Hammersmith Terrace by Becky BrownHammersmith TerraceJust two templates and only 19 pieces.Hammersmith Terrace by Ilyse MooreI named this week's hexie Hammersmith Terrace for the...
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Morris Prints Quilt Show
AngelhouseQuilts on InstagramSwoon pattern in Best of Morris/The Morris JewelsA show of patchwork using the William Morris prints I've been doing with Moda over the past few years:Bobbi FinleyA Four...
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Lowell's American Textile History Museum Has Closed
Lowell's American Textile History Museum Has Closed for financial reasons. The Museum was founded in 1960. For about sixty years they have been a primary source for ----well---American Textile History,...
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Morris Hexathon 17: Folly
Morris Hexathon 17: Folly by Bettina HavigMorris Hexathon 17: Folly by Becky BrownBecky did not add any seams although it looks like she did. She fussy cut those triangles so a little red shows.I named...
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Three Million Quilt Fabric Giveaway
Sometime this month the stats will say I've had three million hits on this Material Culture blog over the past five or six years.Thanks for reading it.Time to celebrate!What would be fun?You readers...
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Winners for the August THIRTIETH Contest Yesterday
I have four winners for the precuts of Baltimore Blues.The contest is over.The magic number = 7Michelle was the first to say she'd bought 7 quilt booksMagic Non Number = ZeroHueisei was the first to...
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Modern Quilts: Old-Fashioned Makers
Quilts often grab our attention in old photographs.Carlie Sexton advertismentAbout 1920What is that jolt of modernism in the picture?About 1930About 1910About 1880In times of clutter---a glimpse of...
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Morris Hexathon 18: Parquetry
Morris Hexathon 18: Parquetry by Bettina HavigParquetry by Becky BrownI named this week's hexie Parquetry, a word for wood mosaics used in floors and furniture.Chest with parquet decorationParquet...
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Morris Hexathon Set Ideas
Denniele's Morris Hexathon  1-15You get two posts today because I hit the wrong button.Mary Huey's 1- 11Cheryl K.Jeanne at Spiral---2 a weekAmSewingWith only 8 more weeks to go to the finish line of 26...
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Baltimore Blues: City Streets, a Basket Weave
Baltimore Blues, my next Moda repro line, is scheduled to come out in Octoberbut I see that some online shops already have the 5" Charm Squares.8344 City Streets, a basketweave patternYou'll get...
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Quilt Book Stats
Wallet Two by Mandy Pattullohttp://threadandthrift.blogspot.com/Last week I did a survey/giveaway asking readers how many quilt books they've bought in 2016.Below the results---Illustrated with some...
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Morris Hexathon 19: Woodford Green
Morris Hexathon 19: Woodford Green by Becky BrownI named this week's hexie Woodford Green for one of William Morris's early homes, the place his father is buried. William was born March 24, 1834, to...
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Kate Faulkner's Carnation in Morris Earthly Paradise
Bettina Havig used three colorways of Carnationfor Block #9 in the Morris Hexathon.Carnation, reproduction of an 1880 printBecky Brown used the light blue Carnation print inBlock #10.Original at top...
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Morris Hexathon Sets in Black and White
Ilyse Moore is setting her Hexathon blocks with white triangles.And Becky is planning the same idea in black.She's working on a table runner with 28 blocks here.The triangle is one sixth of the...
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Morris Hexathon 20: Walthamstow
Morris Hexathon 20: Walthamstow by Bettina Havig Walthamstow by Becky BrownMorris Hexathon 20: WalthamstowI named this week's hexagon design for the village where William Morris grew to an adult. After...
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Henry Clay Quilt at the 1853 Worlds Fair
In 1853 quilts won prizes at New York's Crystal Palace Exposition. Miss Ellen Anderson of Louisville, Kentucky, won a bronze medal for a"Patchwork Quilt 'Henry Clay' Henry Clay campaign ribbonEllen...
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Vine Tapestry & A Label for Your Morris Quilt
Here is a free label for your quilt made with Morris Earthly Paradise prints.Print it out on pretreated fabricThe artwork comes from a catalog that included printed and woven fabricsfrom Morris and...
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Morris Hexathon 21: Queen Square
Morris Hexathon 21: Queen Square by Becky BrownI named this week's hexie Queen Square for a Morris home in London's Bloomsbury neighborhood. In 1865 the young Morris family moved their residence and...
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Raffle Quilts
Valley Quilt Guild, Yuba City, CaliforniaWork avoidance suggestion:Do a web search for words 2016 Raffle Quilt or 2017 Opportunity Quilt.Sonoma County GuildJudy Niemeyer pattern Glacier StarLas...
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