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INSTAGRAM: Saving the World One Quilt at a Time
The Old Lady Card"What is this new-fangled Instadamngram?"We've all been playing the Old Lady Card for too long.If you look at quilts and fabric on the social media site Instagram you definitely see a...
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PAST PERFECT QUILTS: Hortense Beck
Detail of one of her Mary Brown copies by Hortense Beck.The Trade & Commerce QuiltReproduction by Hortense Beck,above and below."Trade & Commerce Quilt" original.Hannah Stockton Stiles, About...
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Cut from the Same Cloth: Dry Goods & Quilt Design.
I am flying to Minneapolis in February to give a lecture. Bringing my leg warmers.The Minneapolis Institute of the Arts (MIA) is exhibiting 14 quilts from their excellent collection in Cut from the...
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McCord Quilt - ReCalculating
I have finished my New Year's goal of 100 Susan McCord inspired leaves.I string pieced them by hand over freezer paper shapes.I intend to do a quilt inspired by McCord's Vine Quilt.In the collection of...
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Princess Feather: Names & Hats
A while ago Jan asked on my Facebook page:Is it Prince's Feather or Princess Feather?Quilt pattern names can never really be called correct. They change over time. Generations forget them. Writers make...
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T Blocks 3: Tessellating T's Free Pattern
A T block quilt from about 1900I showed some T quilts from the late-19th century last year.http://barbarabrackman.blogspot.com/2016/03/temperance-quilts-1-t-blocks.htmlVariations on BlockBase #1392When...
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Zombie Sue & a Wardrobe Malfunction or Two
Zombies are everywhere.I've often mentioned that when you applique a human beingsimple errors can appear to have deep meaning.We notice right away that the pattern is off.Legs too long, arms in the...
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NY Signature Style: Dated Examples
I've been saving photos of quilts with dates on them for years and have been entertaining myself recently by organizing the pictures by date and style. I hope to see patterns of time and place as well...
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Southern Quilt Style: Cut From the Same Cloth
In Minneapolis today Feb 2nd, I am giving a talk: Cut from the Same Cloth: Dry Goods & Quilt Design at MIA, The Minneapolis Institute of the...
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Quiltiness & Fuzzy Edges
When I was in graduate school in Linguistics in the early 1980s I was fascinated by an innovative theory about language generally referred to the Prototype Theory of Categorization. I mentioned this...
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Antique Quilt Exhibits: Winter to Summer 2017
Grab a friend and go!Antique Quilt Exhibits: Winter to Summer 2017Alabama, MontgomeryMontgomery Museum of Fine Arts. Sewn Together: Two Centuries of Alabama Quilts.Through April 16,...
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Continuous Line Quilting a Hexagon
Brighton Church WindowsI love handwork and I've been hand piecing and quilting this tessellated long hexie quilt for a year or two. Above the choice of blue or black William Morris print for a border.I...
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Heart Cut-Outs
Happy Valentine's Day!A day for hearts and flowersToday we can enjoy some cut-paper heart quilt patterns. (#9.8 in my Encyclopedia of Applique.)Or if the design has eight elements rotating around a...
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Margaret Dodge Quilts
This Mariner's Compass quilt in the collection of Colonial Williamsburg recently caught my eye,not only because it is spectacular (do note fussy cut...
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Past Perfect: Sue Garman
Detail from Borrowed Roses by Sue GarmanThis month's Past Perfect Quiltmaker is Sue Garman. I'd been thinking about showing Sue's quilts and then she passed away last month, much to the sorrow of her...
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Repro of a Repro of a Repro of an Indienne
Indienne (detail), Wood block printing on cotton, factory Oberkampf in Jouy, 1785http://www.musee-impression.com/gb/collection/jouyZoom.htmlWay at the top of the blog page I've posted a picture of a...
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Crown of Thorns with Appliqued Sashing
Debby Cooney sent a photo of a recent acquisition---Combination of pieced fans, appliqued sashing andlovely quilting. I thought "Tennessee" and she confirmed it.The pattern is closely related to one we...
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Pattern Names on the Quilt: P Reynolds
"Old Log Cabin, Spruce, Two Stumps"This quilt from the Bedford Historical Societyhas the name of each block in a label.This unusual comforter is pictured in Carleton Safford's and Robert Bishop's 1972...
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What is a Strip Quilt?
Quilt #1. Four Patch Strip Quilt, about 1830,from Penelope Tucker's collection.If you do an image web search for the words Vintage Strip Quiltmany different styles come up.Below is a common style we...
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Victoria's Crown
Victoria's Crown SamplerCollection of Barbara Brackman & Terry Thompson1840-1865We are all missing Victoria in the U.S. this week so I thought I'd show this sampler quilt that Terry and I bought...
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