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Pinterest: A Love Hate Relationship
Pinterest was driving me crazy. I use Google Images Search quite a bit and when you search for an image--- say the above search for "Chrome Orange Quilts" the majority of your hits will be Pinterest...
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Morris Hexathon 22: Hyde Park
Morris Hexathon 22: Hyde Park by Becky BrownHyde Park has 3 templates: 2 diamonds and a  tumbler shape I named this week's hexie Hyde Park for a London public space with what we might call "mixed...
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Henry Clay Quilt #2 by Lucretia Hart Clay
Senator Henry Clay (1777 - 1852) in a quilt attributed to Lucretia Hart Clay, his wife.Kentucky Museum and Libraries, Special Collections. (#1984-34-1)The portrait of the politician is in the center of...
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Instagram Tags - Reproduction Quilts
Medallion center by Suzie WrightFixer_of_old_quiltsI've been exploring Instagram, a photo-sharing site you can view on your computer or phone without signing up---although you can't post.Most of the...
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Morris Hexathon 23: North End Crescent
Morris Hexathon 23: North End Crescent by Becky BrownLet's hear it for Becky!I draw 'em; she sews 'em.(Actually EQ7 and BlockBase draw 'em.)Have we hit the wall in this Marathon?This week's hexie is...
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Triplets: Schleifer-Kichlein Fraktur Quilts
Pattern we might call the Reel.The green print indicates a date of about 1840.The Reel is one of the first block patterns with curves. It began about 1830 and evolved into a classic.Variations on #17...
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Reproduction Quilts: Basket Ideas
"Ethel's Treasure Baskets" by Cynthia at Wabi-sabi quilts.Cynthia interpreted an antique basket quilt for the American Quilt Study Group's challenge this year.The original is in the collection of the...
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Morris Hexathon 24: Brighton Church
Morris Hexathon 24: Brighton Church by Becky BrownI named this week's hexie Brighton Church for St. Michael's and All Angels, decorated by the firm of Morris, Marshall, Faulkner in the early 1860s.St....
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Quilt #3 for Henry Clay
Appliqued quilt by Elizabeth Schultz, 1847Collection of Ashland: The Henry Clay EstateIn 1847 Pennsylvanian Elizabeth Schultz sent this quilt to her hero Henry Clay who was campaigning to become the...
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Antique Quilt Exhibits: Fall 2016 Through Winter 2017
Weather will be too cool to put the top down soon. Head out today!Antique Quilt Exhibits: Through Fall 2016 &Winter 2017Alabama, MontgomeryMontgomery Museum of Fine Arts. Sewn Together: Two...
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Morris Hexathon 25: Sussex Cottage
Morris Hexathon 25: Sussex Cottage by Becky BrownI named this week's hexie Sussex Cottage for another building on Upper Mall in the west Londonarea of Hammersmith where the Morris family lived.William...
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Baltimore Blues: Patterson Park
Baltimore Blues is my latest Moda reproduction print collection.The largest print in the line is a floral ---the sortof splashy floral someone like Mary Todd Lincoln mightappreciate (although Mary's...
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Turkey Red Tour
I recently attended Deb Roberts's Turkey Red Tour at the the International Quilt Study Center & Museum. I enjoyed myself and learned a lot, not only from the lecturers and tour leaders but from...
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Morris Hexathon 26: Floating Clouds
Morris Hexathon 26: Floating Clouds by Becky BrownShe says she's finished her first marathon.A little Photoshopping of the Salt Lake Marathon.Our last hexie is Floating Clouds, a hexagonal block from...
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A Quilt for Henry Clay in 1845
Hexagon quilt on a bed at Ashlandthe Henry Clay home in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo, 1978.In 1845, the Richmond Enquirer made an editorial note of the "habit Whig ladies have of giving Mr. Clay bed...
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Appliqued Squirrel Borders
Quilt date-inscribed 1841 (quilt 1)A squirrel and a peacock I found pictures of four quilts from the early 1840s with squirrels in the border corners.Quilt date-inscribed 1843 (quilt 2)Same...
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Sets for Hexagon Blocks
Nancy's thinking of setting her Morris Hexathon blocks all-over with dark triangles.Love the Strawberry Thief border.This is the set that Becky and Ilyse are using too. See a post...
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Virginia Ivey's Quilt Honoring Henry Clay
Stuffed work quilting by Virginia Ivey featuringa "Statue of Henry Clay"Collection of the Speed Art MuseumLogan County, Kentucky, 1860At least two spectacular stuffed work quilts by Virginia Mason Ivey...
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Threadneedle Street: Free Pattern for JellyRolls
Threadneedle StreetI named this free pattern Threadneedle Street for for an ancient London road, home to the tailors' guild for centuries. It's in the financial district today.You have a roll of 2-1/2"...
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EPPPerfect: Becky's Morris Hexathon Blocks
WESTMINSTER1. http://barbarabrackman.blogspot.com/2016/05/morris-hexathon-1-westminster.htmlEnglish Paper Piecing Perfection: William Morris prints and Becky Brown's cutting and sewing skills!Here are...
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