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How I Use BlockBase: Alternating Blocks
Summer Birthdayby the SewWhatevers.We used 2 blocks with fabric frommy Morris Apprentice line from ModaOne way to get a design flow is to alternate two related blocks.See more about repeat and flow in...
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String Theory
Discarded Beautyby Janet Perkins& The SewhateversThe Lawrence Arts Center invited Janet Perkins, a member of The Sewhatevers, to exhibit a lengthy piece for their show String Theory last...
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Cutting Corners with Civil War Jubilee
Dorothy Barker enjoys the unusually niceporch weather in Kansas this July.Behind her is a little quilt top I made from a Charm Pack of my Moda line Civil War Jubilee plus some extra yardage. The...
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Steel Pen Drawing of Abraham Lincoln for Quilters
Lincoln Mourning FanPresident Abraham Lincoln's assassination right after Civil War peace threw the Union into deepest mourning in spring, 1865.See more of that spectacular fan...
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Chintz Borders: The 9%
Quilt date-inscribed 1881An outlier, part of the 9%.A couple of weeks ago I did a post about chintz borders as a clue to a quilt's...
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Ragtime Opportunity Quilt
Ragtime,Kaw Valley Quilters Guild,The Sewhatevers.Quilted by Lori Kukuk2013I'm showing you our guild fundraiser because it's going to some lucky new owner soon.The Sewhatevers volunteered to make this...
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Anna Catharine Garnhart: By Alden O'Brien
Workt By Hand, the quilt show at the Brooklyn Museum, is closing September 15, 2013.Eagles and Vases and Vines, Oh My!A Guest Post from Alden O'BrienCurator at the D.A.R. MuseumDuring the spring Alden...
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Nathalie Ferri's Etoile de Bethléem
Etoile de Bethléem(Star of Bethlehem)by Nathalie FerriI've finally figured it out. We missed a great show of reproduction quilts in Brouage, France this spring.The French Patchwork Associationputs on...
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National Book Lover's Day
Check the Moda Cutting Table Blogfor more about this blog hopand prizes.http://modafabrics.blogspot.com/Topeka Roseby Carrie HallHelen F. Spencer Museum of ArtUniversity of KansasSarah Beth at Moda...
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Fabric Retailing: The Rag Fair
Recycling is a new term for an old cog in the wheel of textile consumption.The center of the used clothing market in England for centuries was a street market named Rag Fair, originally situated in...
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Half a Log History and Free Pattern
Housetops by Deb Rowden2010Deb's wall quilt is one of my favorite quilts.Vintage quilt top---1950sHer inspiration was a four-block quilt based on the half-a-log cabinmuch like the one above.Wool...
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The Merchant's Wife Reproduction Prints
Quilt top that inspired The Merchant's WifeCollection of Terry Clothier ThompsonHave you seen this reproduction collection from my former design partnerTerry Clothier Thompson?She has taken a top from...
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W.P.A. Quilt Paintings
Louise Kent,Log Cabin DetailWatercolor for the W.P.A., about 1940I came across a wonderful little exhibit of watercolors at the Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library's Sabatini Gallery, where they...
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Free Civil War Jubilee Label
I've been designing quilt labels for my various reproduction fabrics for Moda.Here's a free printable label for quilts made from my Civil War Jubilee collection, which was shipped to shops in July. The...
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Vicki Welsh Fabric Give-Away
Lura's ChoiceBy Vicki WelshGrandmother's Choice samplerblocks in her hand-dyed shibori style fabricsKansas SunflowerShibori Styleby Vicki WelshIt's Vicki Welsh day today on my blogs. To celebrate the...
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Twin Sisters in Morris Modernized
Twin Sisters by the Sewhatevers, 33-1/2" x 33-1/2"Made from a Morris Modernized Jelly Rolland two extra pieces.I hear some of the pre-cuts for my new Arts & Crafts repro line are in the shops way...
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Fabric Retailing: Selling Used Clothing
Rosie Mayhew, LeftoversI have several friends who do wonderful things with used clothing.Nifty Quilts, quilt made of 70's fabricsSee Nifty's blog here:http://niftyquilts.blogspot.com/Buffy, Huipil...
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Quilts From My Patterns
Carolyn at Quiltmaker magazine posted this photo of a quilt she liked at a show in Berthoud, Colorado.It's from my book Prairie Flower.Although most of these books are out of print, all are available...
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Antique Quilt Shows Late 2013
Time to think about fall and winter quilt showsfeaturing antique quilts. Here's a list to help you plan your travels:California, San Jose San Jose Quilt Museum of Quilts and Textiles: Collecting New...
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SIZE MATTERS: Moda Blog Hop
Large Rock with humans for scaleMichael Heiser's Levitated MassLos Angeles County Museum of ArtIt's my day to blog about SIZE.Check out my fellow bloggers today:Deb Strain's post...
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