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February 29, 2024
A Tale of Two Victorian Crazy Quilts - and a Fabric Mystery
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A Tale of Two Victorian Crazy Quilts - in Four Parts Parr 1 Setting the Scene This pair of crazy quilts still lives in the family a...
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May 8, 2023
Taking Care of a Crazy Quilt....by not Restoring It
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The owner sent me these photos of her gorgeous crazy quilt for an initial assessment. She and I decided not to do any repairs at this tim...
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May 16, 2020
Courthouse Steps
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Lately, I have been reaping the benefit of getting to the age of downsizing. And the benefit has been adopting quilts from...
July 29, 2019
Remember Me
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There used to be an antique quilt gallery here called the Wild Goose Chase, and I used to work there. That's where I got my s...
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July 13, 2016
Lovely Victorian Log Cabin
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This quilt exemplifies why people are drawn to the silk and velvet quilts of the Victorian era, don't you think? Rich glowing colo...
May 27, 2014
Crazy Quilt Saga - Repairs
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This crazy quilt provides a good example of the different techniques that I use to help maintain aging silks. It also had a special pro...
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May 22, 2014
Crazy Quilt Saga - History
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This quilt is a family heirloom, made by the great-grandmother of the current owner. My thanks to the family for sharing their ancesto...
May 16, 2014
Crazy Quilt Embroidery and Family History
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Here are some lovely embroidery details from a crazy quilt c. 1890-1900. Family history has it that this quilt was made by a group of &quo...
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March 9, 2012
Crazy Repairs
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Repairing crazy quilts. Well. These are pretty difficult to work with, in my estimation. Hence the title of this post! Most often, t...
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