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Grandmother's Choice Quilt Auction
Grandmother's Choice Samplerby Georgann Eglinski75" Square, 2013Georgann and I are selling this red and white quilt to raise money for women's health issues. She made the red and white sample blocks...
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Grandmother's Choice Red & White Quilt
Zoe's keeping an eye on the Grandmother's Choice quilt here.We are auctioning it off for charity. See more here:http://barbarabrackman.blogspot.com/2013/11/grandmothers-choice-quilt-auction.htmlBids...
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Autumn in Vienna Pattern
Autumn in Vienna10" x 20-3/4"Here's a free pattern for a little wall quilt to add autumn color to your arts and crafts bungalowor modern rancher.Autumn in Viennais made with prints from myMorris...
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Encyclopedia Pieced Quilt Patterns EBook
Encyclopedia of Pieced Quilt PatternsYou will notice over on the left that my Encyclopedia of Pieced Quilt Patterns is rather expensive as a used book. The paper volumes that I first published in 1979...
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Betty's William Morris Quilt
Betty McNeill brought her finished William Morris quiltto class the other day. Here are some detail shots.She used a variety of William Morris reproduction printsfrom her stash. For the frame around...
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Morris Modernized: Hope of Hertfordshire Quilt Pattern
Hope of Hertfordshire90" x 90"12" Finished Block9" Finished BorderSee the free quilt pattern below.Here's a star block with many possibilities published as "Hope of Hartford" by the Farm Journal in...
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Cretonne Novelty Prints
Cretonne print with puppiesIn the late 19th century the New England mills created a fashion for these scenic cretonnes. In that sentimental age many of the prints pictured household pets.Sort of like a...
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Voysey Birds
Bird and TulipMorris Modernized: CFA VoyseyThe Voysey Bird is hidden in the negative space in this print from my Moda reproduction collection.Air Vent CoverCharles F.A. Voysey was an architect who,...
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Running Reds
Here's a quilt top I've been working on for years.Classic colors of red and green, one of my favorite palettes.I string-pieced reds from my scrapbag and cut them into ovals or melon shapes; then...
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Civil War Jubilee in Nantucket
Detail of Nantucket by Jeanne Zyck, 201368" x 68"Jeanne used a Minnick & Simpson pattern, an exercise in scale, to make a quilt from a Layer Cake of my Civil War Jubilee reproduction fabric from...
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Nicola Jarvis: Morris Birds
Embroidered Robin by Nicola JarvisHere's an exhibit that I missedin the U.K.s William Morris Gallery.Embroiderer extraordinaire Nicole Jarvis showed her Morris inspired pieces.See Nicola Jarvis's...
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Fussy Cut Hexagons
Pyracantha Quilt Top42" x 48"Barbara BrackmanI finished this hexagon top in time to quilt it while the pyracantha berries areproviding autumn color.I fussy-cut the prints in my Moda reproduction...
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How I Use BlockBase: A New Pattern?
Barb Fife used Jelly Roll precut stripsto piece this quilt from my Morris Apprentice print collectionfrom last year.I wanted to find a name in my BlockBase programfor PC's. But when I looked it up I...
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Antique Quilt Shows Early 2014
Grab your coats and get ready to travel.Here's a list of exhibits featuring antique quiltsthrough Spring, 2014From the Volckening CollectionCalifornia, San JoseSan Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles....
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New York Beauty
What do you call this design?Collector Bill Volkening has been specializing in the pattern. Volkening's Collection on displayHere's what he says:"...Most people call them New York Beauties. A recent...
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New York Beauty: Evidence of a Pattern Name
Mid 19th-century quilt sold by Bonham's AuctionsIn the last post I wrote about the consensus among quilt pattern historians that the name New York Beauty was a commercial pattern name originating with...
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Factory Cutaways: Shirting Factory Wovens
I've been posting about factory cutawaysand how they determined quilt style.Here's a string quilt from about 1915 that has the distinctive shapes discarded by clothing factories,plus a limited range of...
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Christmas Shopping
Buddy GuyThe best dressed man in Rock and Roll.I know what I am getting my sweetheart for Christmas.A Buddy Guy Fender Stratocaster in Buddy Guy's signature Polka Dot body.Buddy has at least twoWell,...
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More Morris Patchwork
Ann BurgessMorris quiltYou know many people buy the William Morris reproductions,but few are bold enough to cut into them.Chains of Love by Carolyn S. MooreCarolyn made this as a wedding gift from...
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Reproduction Patterns: Start Stitching in 2014
Come September from Geoff's Mom's Patternshttp://www.geoffsmompatterns.com/Looking for a new project in a new season in a new year? It' either too cold to garden or too hot---depending on your...
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