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Ann: I am:
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Featured Posts

History Comes to Life on a Quilt - 15 chapters!
Two Quilts that Connect 1635, 1897, and 1998
Why Restore and Conserve Old Quilts?
Finding My Family on a Quilt
Something From Nothing - art quilt series
Guest Post at World Turn'd Upside Down- Quilt Care Basics
Antique Wedding Dress 1872
A 1920s Beaded Velvet Gown
Family Heirloom Needlework
Fantabulous Eagle Quilt
Deer Creek Fen Quilt
A Quilt from the Heart
A Tale of Two Quilts
Textile Stories
Snowflake Quilt with Quilter's Diary
Amazing Stars
Embroidered Garden
Magic Vine Quilt
Thin Ice Theater's Costume Collection
Romeo and Juliet - Costume Design
Costume Sketches for The Importance of Being Earnest

Quilt Care and Repair

backing frame (1)
binding (2)
book on antique quilt care (13)
cleaning textiles (4)
couching stitch (10)
crepeline (5)
faded fabric (3)
fading fabric (2)
felted wool (2)
finishing vintage quilts blocks and tops (10)
hera (1)
herringbone stitch (8)
how-to (54)
painted embellishments (6)
quilt repair (190)
quilt restoration workshop (7)
reproduction fabrics (9)
reverse appliqué (5)
shattered silk (9)
shipping quilts (1)
storing quilts (6)
textile conservation (30)
vacuuming quilts (3)
vintage fabrics (113)
washing quilts (5)

History

antimony orange (2)
antique fabric (24)
Bertha Stenge (1)
butterscotch yellow (1)
calico buttons (1)
centennial quilt (1)
cheater cloth (1)
Chinese silk embroidery (1)
chrome orange (2)
commemorative quilt (5)
conversation prints (21)
Cuba (2)
dated quilt (56)
double pink (3)
dyes (8)
estate sale finds (25)
family heirloom (114)
family tree art (1)
Fashion Originators Guild (1)
feedsack fabrics (3)
gingham (2)
historic reenactment (1)
imported fabrics (1)
indigo fabric (3)
Kate Greenaway (2)
memory quilt (2)
mourning prints (2)
name inscribed quilt (22)
Nancy Page (1)
New Deal (1)
oral history (14)
painted embellishments (6)
Paragon quilt kits (4)
pattern history (30)
presentation quilt (2)
redwork quilt (2)
Renaissance (1)
Ruby Short McKim (1)
Seminole Indians (1)
sewing machine (3)
signature quilt (4)
silk velvet (4)
string quilt (2)
summer quilt (1)
turkey red (2)
twin quilt set (2)
two-step green dye (3)
utility quilt (1)
vintage clothing (59)
vintage fabrics (113)
William Tell (1)
women's rights movement (1)

Quilt Patterns

9-patch (4)
album quilt (3)
American eagle (3)
American flag (2)
Amish quilt (5)
Art Deco (4)
attic windows (2)
baby blocks (1)
Baptist fan quilting (2)
barn raising set (1)
baskets (5)
bear's paw (1)
Bible (1)
blazing star (3)
bow tie (4)
bright hopes (1)
broken star (2)
buckeye beauty (2)
cable quilting (2)
cactus on steps (1)
capital O (1)
capital S (1)
capital T (3)
card trick (1)
carpenters wheel (1)
cat quilt (5)
cathedral windows (2)
charm quilt (1)
cherry wreath (1)
churn dash (1)
clamshell (1)
Cleopatra's Fan (4)
Come Home Soon (1)
community quilt (2)
corn and beans (2)
cottage tulips (1)
courthouse steps (1)
crazy quilt (32)
crib quilt (11)
cross stitch (1)
delectable mountains (1)
diamond field (1)
diamond in the square (2)
double 4-patch (2)
double 9-patch (1)
double wedding ring (7)
dresden plate (4)
drunkard's path (1)
economy block (1)
fans (7)
feathers quilting (5)
flying geese (1)
friendship circle (1)
friendship dahlia (1)
garden maze (1)
Gingham Goose patterns (1)
Grandmother's Cross (4)
grandmother's flower garden (11)
Grecian square (2)
Greek cross (1)
hearts (5)
hexagons (3)
Hugs and Kisses (1)
illinois oak leaf (2)
improved 9-patch (4)
kaleidoscope (2)
lafayette's orange peel (1)
laurel leaves (1)
LeMoyne star (5)
log cabin quilt (12)
lone star (4)
Magic Vine (4)
mariner's compass (2)
medallion quilt (1)
Missouri daisy (1)
monkey wrench (1)
new album block (1)
new york beauty (2)
nine patch checkerboard (1)
ocean waves (2)
ohio star (3)
old Italian block (12)
Olive's yellow tulips (1)
one-patch (1)
pattern history (30)
periwinkle star (1)
Peter Pan (1)
pickle dish (2)
pine tree (2)
pineapple (1)
pinwheel (3)
planet quilt (1)
pointed tile (2)
polka dots (2)
potholder quilt (1)
prairie points (1)
prairie queen (2)
rail fence (1)
redwork quilt (2)
reversible quilt (1)
rose baskets (1)
rose wreath (2)
sailboats (1)
sampler quilt (4)
sawtooth (1)
schoolhouse (3)
Seminole patchwork (1)
single Irish chain (1)
six-pointed stars (4)
snowball (2)
snowflake quilt (6)
solar system quilt (2)
spider web quilt (1)
spools (3)
star of bethlehem (2)
Star Spin Quilt (1)
string star (1)
Sunbonnet Sue (2)
sunburst (1)
Texas star (2)
texas trellis (1)
tied quilt (11)
tree of life (1)
trees (4)
trip around the world (3)
tulips (4)
tumbling blocks (1)
Twinkle Twinkle Star (1)
two-block quilt (3)
whirling hexagons (1)
whole cloth quilt (1)
windblown tulip (1)
windmill (2)
windows and doors (1)
wool batting (1)
wool quilt (10)
world without end (1)

Art

Art Deco (4)
art quilts (54)
birthday quilt (3)
challenge quilts (7)
creativity (11)
decorator fabrics (11)
Deer Creek Fen quilt (6)
design process (77)
Ella Gardner (1)
Eye Contact (4)
fabric collage (1)
favorite quotes (17)
Fine Art of Fiber (5)
found object art (1)
Klimt (1)
landscape quilt (11)
optical illusion (1)
rhombic hexecontahedron (1)
Rilke (1)
self-portraits (2)
Social Justice Sewing Academy (5)
Something From Nothing (22)
Van Gogh (1)
wedding quilt (7)

Vintage Clothing Repair

antique children's clothing (2)
antique clothing (1)
antique fabric (24)
beading (19)
Celia Tejada (1)
circle skirt (1)
creative mending (3)
flapper dress (1)
fringe (1)
fur muff (1)
fur repair (1)
Maggy Reeves (1)
Nemser Original Model (1)
poodle skirt (1)
rhinestones (2)
vintage clothing (59)
vintage fabrics (113)
visible mending (5)
wedding dress (4)

Costuming

A Midsummer Night's Dream (1)
An Ideal Husband (1)
Arsenic and Old Lace (3)
ballet costumes (1)
costumes (36)
Downton Abbey (1)
Dr. Seuss (1)
Four Acts / One Night (4)
Hands Across the Sea (2)
Horton Hears a Who (1)
ice dance costume (1)
James and the Giant Peach (2)
Lake Forest Collection (1)
Little Women (6)
Romeo and Juliet (2)
Sorry Wrong Number (2)
Tellin' Tales Theater (1)
The Cat in The Hat (1)
The Happy Journey (2)
The Importance of Being Earnest (3)
The Man Who Came to Dinner (1)
The Phantom Tollbooth (4)
Thin Ice Theater (28)
Trifles (3)
vintage clothing (59)
You Can't Take It With You (2)

Sewing Techniques

alterations (3)
appliqué (34)
beading (19)
buttonhole stitch (1)
buttons (30)
couching stitch (10)
decorator fabrics (11)
denim quilt (3)
embroidery (63)
English paper piecing (3)
faggoted seams (3)
fur repair (1)
herringbone stitch (8)
how-to (54)
knife edge (2)
ladder stitch (2)
net darning (1)
painted embellishments (6)
photo transfers (1)
reverse appliqué (5)
ribbon embroidery (1)
rolled hem (2)
scrap quilt (4)
Seminole patchwork (1)
sequins (1)
size 60 thread (1)
stuffed appliqué (1)
tambour embroidery (1)
using plaid fabric (1)
velvet (1)
visible mending (5)
whip stitch (2)
zig-zag stitch (1)

Varied Textiles

boro (1)
christening gown (1)
crochet (2)
cutwork (3)
doll clothes (4)
doll making (3)
doll repair (2)
Japanese banners (2)
lace (8)
linens (1)
Madame Alexander (1)
making do (1)
passementerie (1)
repurposing vintage clothing (1)
Social Justice Sewing Academy (5)
sock top quilt (1)
tapestry (7)
wedding gown (2)

Etcetera

antique book (1)
archeology (4)
Art Institute of Chicago (2)
Barbie doll (1)
cycle of life (1)
Disney characters (1)
DIY video studio (2)
Egypt (3)
family history (41)
fiber art retreat (1)
French antiques (2)
fungi (1)
geodes (1)
handwriting (1)
homeschooling (2)
international (1)
Kampsville IL (2)
marquetry (1)
mindfulness (2)
mosaics (3)
Olympics (1)
oral history (14)
parenting (2)
photography (17)
repair and reuse (3)
Russia (1)
sewing machine (3)
solar eclipse 2017 (2)
spirituality (4)
Sunbeam Mixmaster (1)
The Wizard of Oz (1)
Victoriana (2)
video basics (1)

Friendly Sites and Links

Ann Fahl - art quilts
Barbara Brackman's Civil War Quilts - fabric and pattern historian
Barbara Brackman's Encyclopedia of Quilt Patterns
Barbara Brackman's Material Culture - fabric and pattern historian
Barbara Burnham - Baltimore Garden Quilts
Bill Volckening - quilt collector
Cathy Grafton - art quilts
Ellen Anne Eddy - art quilts
Generation Q Magazine
Happier Than A Bird Quilts
Jude Hill - Spirit Cloth - art quilts
Just Wanna Quilt - podcast and facebook group
Karen Alexander - quilt historian
Kimberly Wulfert - New Pathways into Quilt History
Missouri Mel - list of quilty blog giveaways
Pat Kroth - art quilts
Quilt and Textile Collections - blog, books, etc on quilt and fabric history
Quilt History - listserve, links, and info
Quilter Blogs - blog listing
Quilting Gallery - blog listing
Rare Jule Vintage Fashions - Etsy shop
Reproduction Fabrics - store
Sew Mama Sew - post about darning and creative textile repair
Sew Many Quilts Too Little Time - lots of fun stuff
Sewtopia
Social Justice Sewing Academy - art for social change
Talas - textile conservation supplies
Telling Stories Through the Needle's Eye
Textile Time Travels - antique quilts
Treasures From a French Attic - antique French textiles
Victoriana Quilt Designs
Womenfolk: The Art of Quilting - quilt history articles
World Turn'd Upside Down - historical reenactment and other history topics
Ye Olde Schoolhouse - store

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