Here's another beautiful crazy quilt to add to all the collection of crazies I've documented on this blog. What makes this crazy quilt stand out from the crowd is the era and the fabric choices.
November 15, 2014
November 10, 2014
World Turn'd Upside Down
Dancing the Virginia Reel, 1897
Here's a great person I met via the internet. She wrote to me about a post, and upon reading her blog and her "all about me", I saw that we have many, many interests in common.
Her name is Stephanie Ann and her blog, World Turn'd Upside Down, is a wonderful collection of all things historic. She is a re-enacter, and so is interested in absolutely all aspects of historical lifeways. There are hours of great reading here! The illustrations in this post can be found, along with many others, on her blog.
Labels:
historic reenactment,
quilt repair
November 5, 2014
Cleopatra's Fan
My entry in this year's Fine Art of Fiber show is another in my series of quilts called Something From Nothing. This is my own little challenge project, made with decorator fabric samples and other "found object" fabrics and trims. You can find photos of the whole collection on my website.
What follows are the steps I took to create this quilt.
What follows are the steps I took to create this quilt.
October 31, 2014
My Quilt Care Book - Update
Hey, hey! I am sooooo excited!!! My book on caring for antique quilts is having just kind of success I hoped for!
I heard recently from a quilt restorer who has been using the info in my book, and having great results. She wrote, "I've consulted your book many times, so thanks again for the great advice."
Here are her before and after photos, and comments. I am extremely grateful for her permission to share them with you. Just look at her beautiful work!
"The red, black and white quilt was used and much loved by the owner and her dog. The dog had taken several areas away from the edges. I was extremely lucky to find fabrics that were very close in color. I was able to add a little batting and stitch in the replacement pieces."
Labels:
book on antique quilt care,
quilt repair
October 26, 2014
Favorite Quotes #6 - It's The Little Things
I've been caught up in a book by Elizabeth Goudge called "The Bird in the Tree".
It's a rather slow moving story - one that in the book group we had with homeschooling teens and their parents would have elicited the oft-heard comment, "But nothing happened." So far, and I'm a third of the way into it, it's much more of a character study with lovely, lovely poetic descriptions of Nature and Life. And I always love a good tale told in poetic language.
Here are a few noteworthy quotes, about art, and therefore about Life ......
Here are a few noteworthy quotes, about art, and therefore about Life ......
Labels:
design process,
favorite quotes,
landscape quilt
October 20, 2014
October 10, 2014
Twinkle, Twinkle
Twinkle, Twinkle, Kathy's Star
Here's the inscription on the label:
Labels:
dated quilt,
family heirloom,
how-to,
oral history,
Twinkle Twinkle Star