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Childress Collection at QuiltCon Nashville
Housetops quilt, Mid-20th CenturyCollection of Marjorie ChildressMerikay Waldvogel on the left with Marjorie. I didn't get to go to QuiltCon but field reporter Merikay sent photos of the special show...
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Stars in Her Crown #9: Beatrice, Princess of Battenberg
#9 Beatrice by Mark LauerThe last of the royal offspring.Beatrice and her nurse Mary Ann Thurston---a photograph of a photographer taking the baby's picture?Princess Beatrice Mary Victoria Feodore...
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Ellen (Nelly) Weeton Stock: Walker and Patchworker
Early-19th century patchworkNone of these is Nelly Weeton's workbut it's a good excuse to look at some hexagon bedcoversLiverpudlian Ellen Weeton Stock wrote a letter to her daughter Mary, September 9,...
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Stars in Her Crown #10: The Border
Esther's blocks 1-9Stars in Her CrownWe've made a block for all nine Victorian children. Esther's looks great justas it is but you may want to add a border.Some outrageous Victorian inspired chintz...
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Stars in Her Crown Label & Finishes
Becky Brown's Stars in Her Crown36" squareThe Queen would probably be quite pleased with our effortsat patchwork. I know I am ---and I didn't put a stitch in it.Jeanne Arnieri added the pieced...
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Rattlesnake & Other Reptiles
Rattlesnake, Willie Yaeger, Abut 1920, Paris, TexasCollection of Marcia KaylakieMarcia Kaylakie has an impressive gallery of Rattlesnake quilts in the recent bookSouthern Quilts by Mary Kerr. I saw...
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Garnhart Group of Quilts #1: Revisiting Some Old Mysteries
Cover quilt, Detail of a quilt attributed toElizabeth Welsh, Warren County, Virginia. Brooklyn Museum, Gift of The Roebling Society.The Brooklyn Museum organized an exhibit in 2013 with a catalog Workt...
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Garnhart Group of Quilts #2: Life in Frederick, Maryland
Quilt shown in the 2014 exhibit Eye on Elegance at the DAR Museum.A detail shows style characteristics typical of the quilts attributed to Catherine Garnhart. Here we see leaves done in reverse...
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Garnhart Group of Quilts #3: The Fabrics
Quilt attributed to Catherine Garnhart, 1849DAR Museum, Gift of the Markey family.In this post we look at fabrics common to the Garnhart quilt group and other bedcovers. Many were chintzes used often...
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Garnhart Group of Quilts: #4 Pattern and Techniques
Crib quilt in a private collection.Pictured in Stella Rubin'sHow to Compare and Value American QuiltsQuilt in the collection of the Brooklyn MuseumYesterday's post was about common fabrics found in the...
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Garnhart Group of Quilts #5: Assumptions
 Vase chintz likely to date from 1835-1845The fact that so many quilts descended in the families of Catherine Garnhart's 11 grandchildren has led family, curators and historians to conclude that Anna...
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Garnhart Group of Quilts #6: Conclusions
The general look in the Garnhart quilts identifies them as a style group with several fabrics and chintz applique blocks in common. There is a signature overall design format with some being nearly...
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Antique Quilt Exhibits: Spring & Summer 2019
Antique Quilt Exhibits: Spring & Summer 2019Here's a list through the end of summer 2019.Arkansas, Fort Smith Fort Smith Regional Art Museum, Bold Improvisation: Searching for African-American...
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A Piece of Her Mind: Culture and Technology in American Quilts
Sarah Hall Gwyer1850-1875Washington DC's DAR Museum has opened a new quilt exhibition. A Piece of Her Mind: Culture and Technology in American Quilts, curated by Alden O'Brien, will be on view through...
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Stars in Her Crown Pattern Posts & Links
Sharon Wolter's Stars in Her CrownHilda's JunoDogs all over the world are the same. Hilda posted this photo of Juno on Instagram. She's lounging on Hilda's blocks recalling Queen Victoria's nine royal...
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Sewing Circles: Things Don't Change
American Home 1849"The 'Sewing Circle' has just departed, leaving nothing behind but confusion and disorder." Diary, Catherine Barrett White (1828-1915), Worcester, Massachusetts, March 5, 1850....
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Past Perfect: Mimi Dietrich
Mimi Dietrich has been teaching people to applique in the Baltimore stylefor decades.Chesapeake Rose is her interpretation of a Smithsonian appliqueMimi's quilts are up the rest of this year at the...
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Miss LInwood - Regency Celebrity
Embroidered self-portrait by Mary Linwood (1756-1845)Â No visit to London during the Regency era was completewithout a visit to Miss Linwood's Picture Rooms at Leicester Square."Miss Linwood's...
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Ubiquitous Chintzes - The Silver Urn
Several mid-century chintz quilts feature floral arrangements in thissilver urn in the center of Sarah V.C. Quick's quilt, once in thecollection of the McCarls.I'm guessing the footed vase supposed to...
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Giant Tulips #1
Attributed to Greene County, TennesseeSold at Leland Little Auctions in Hillsborough NCVirginia, From Cindy's AntiquesWhat is the deal on these giant tulips?It's remarkable.Mary Black (1860-1927)...
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