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Stars in Her Crown Quilt Along---Next Week
Perhaps we occasionally ARE amused.This should be fun!Stars in Her Crown: Victoria's Royal ChildrenA Quilt Along with a weekly pieced pattern for 10 weeks, January-March, 2019 here at the Material...
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Queen Victoria Fabric & Patterns
China plate celebrating the marriage of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert in 1840.I used this sweet portrait (does it look like either of them?)to make a fabric repeat for some commemorative...
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Stillson Benevolent Society Quilts
Quilt dated 1862 made by the women of the Stillson Benevolent Society in Greenwich Connecticut.Trying to figure out how this was constructed is not easy.It may have been pieced into circles of two...
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Stars in Her Crown #1: The Princess Royal
Stars in Her Crown #1 Victoriaby Mark LauerWe're starting a weekly Quilt Along today, every Saturday for ten weeks in 2019, which is the 200th anniversary year for Queen Victoria's birth. Each block...
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Waste Not, Want Not at the Iowa Quilt Museum
A string quilt based on triangles pieced into diamonds.From Virginia Berger's collectionHodge Podge quilt by the Hutton Valley Quilters in Missouri.Deb and I did a quilt road trip last week to...
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Stars in Her Crown #2 The Prince of Wales
Block #2 The Prince of Wales by Becky BrownBerlinwork (needlepoint) portrait of Albert EdwardPrince of Wales (1841-1910) Collection of the Victoria & Albert MuseumThe Prince of Wales was England's...
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Silk Quilts at St. Patrick's Cathedral Fair
Throws and bedcoverings pieced of silk were quite the fashion in the lastquarter of the 19th century, a fad reflected in accounts of an 1878 NewYork City social event.Catholics of the metropolitan area...
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Stars in Her Crown #3: Princess Alice of Hesse
Block #3 Alice by Denniele BohannonOur third Star in Victoria's crown is Princess Alice Maud Mary (1843-1878).Princesses Alice (#3) and Vicky (#1) with baby Helena (#5)Â in a painting of the Royal...
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Past Perfect: Gay Bomers
This month's Past Perfect featured quilter is Gay Bomers.She didn't make the quilt above; she drew the pattern forher company Sentimental Stitches.The quilt is Beyond the Cherry Trees and the...
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Stars in Her Crown #4: Alfred Duke of Saxe Coburg & Gotha
Block #4 Alfred by Denniele BohannonPrince Alfred (1844-1900), called Affie in the Royal FamilyAffie was often paired with his older brother. As a small child he was pretty, sweet and compliant (unlike...
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Queen Victoria: Quilts Celebrating Her Reign
Portrait of Queen Victoria in a silk quilt in the collectionof the International Quilt Study Center & Museum #2016_023_0001Queen Victoria's 1887 Jubilee celebrating 50 years on the throne was a...
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Stars in Her Crown #5: Helena, Princess Christian
Block #5 Helena by Mark LauerPrincess Helena Augusta Victoria (1846-1923)Her parents called her Lenchen. She was the fifth childand the third daughter, the middle child.The Queen described her in...
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For Pattern & Purpose: Quilts From the Shelburne Museum
Centennial Flag QuiltShelburne MuseumThe blue star print is cut from flags printed to celebrate the 1876 Centennial.Some photos of quilts from the Shelburne Museum taken at the recentexhibit at the...
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Stars in Her Crown #6: Louise, Marquise of Lorne
Stars in Her Crown #6: Louise, Marquise of Lorne by Denniele BohannonPrincess Louisa Caroline Alberta (1848-1939) was named for Prince Albert's mother who'd died when he was a child. She was the first...
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Charleston Chintz: Cheetah Patterned Vase
Album chintz quilt with names from the Selye & Burgess families in CharlestonGlorian Sipman and I have been collecting photos of quilts with this cheetah-patterned vase. Above: detail of a chintz...
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Friendship Knot of Mystery
An interesting if miscellaneous quilt pattern.This top from an online auction.Here's the block.Diamonds with a wedding ring like curve.It's a variation of this one.BlockBase #4047A complex repeat (and...
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Stars in Her Crown #7: Arthur, Duke of Connaught
#7 Arthur by Becky Brown"The First of May" painted by Franz Xaver Winterhalter,to celebrate Prince Arthur's first birthday and the Iron Duke's 82nd.Victoria's seventh child Prince Arthur William...
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Digital Printing: My New Year's Resolution
Every year I try to spend some time learning some new skill. 2019 is the year of mastering digitally printed fabric.https://www.spoonflower.com/profiles/materialcultureI've been doing my own printing...
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The South American Market
Swatch of fabric, 1850Nelson, Knowles, and Co."For the South American market"About 1850 a British periodical The Journal of Design & Manufactures inserted swatches of actual fabric and wallpaper...
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Stars in Her Crown #8: Leopold, Duke of Albany
#8 Leopold by Becky BrownPrince Leopold George Duncan Albert (1853-1884) was named for his parents' common uncle. First cousins Victoria and Albert were close to their Uncle Leopold of Saxe...
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