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American Quilts in a British Museum, New Book Shows Them to US!

Classic Quilts from The American Museum in Britain written by the curators of this wonderful museum in Bath England,  Laura Beresford and Katherine Hebert. It was Katherine who contacted me earlier...

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Welsh Quilts on exhibit at the Jen Jones Welsh Quilt Center

THE JEN JONES ELSH QUILT CENTRE 2009 exhibit photos The Welsh Flannel geometric patchworks were the focus of the inaugural exhibition at The Jen Jones welsh Quilt Centre. They are thrilled that, at...

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Creativity Breeds Creativity

I'd like to share my pictures set to music montage with you!  It starts to play as the window opens so scroll down quickly to see it! The cover picture is one I find compelling to look at, so take a...

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Ruby McKim's State Flower Embroidery Blocks

In July 2008 I posted about some unique (to my eye) and beautiful embroidered state flower vintage blocks that were shown during a workshop I just taught, maker unknown. Soon after, as synchronicity...

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The Women's Conference, in Long Beach CA

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Another Closet Poet Quilter

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Quilts Embellished with Poems, Words, Messages

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American Folk Art Museum's Super Star Quilts Opened Yesterday

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Do You Own Your First Sewing Machine?

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Thankful for my Dog and you!

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Remembering Adelia was more than a book to me

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Making Vintage Quilts

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It's the Year of the Quilt! Are You Planning your 2011 Vacation?

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Ever dream about careers in quilt history, then wonder what are they?

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Love is in the air...

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Red and White Quilts for Sale

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Pictures from the Red & White Quilts Extravaganza Exhibit

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Early 19th Century Tree of Life Quilt from a Welsh Family

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Hello Quilters Spirit, it has been awhile....

“So when we write and begin with an empty page and a heart unsure, a famine of thoughts, a fear of no feeling — just begin from there, from that electricity.”— Natalie Goldberg, Engendering Compassion...

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One Lady's account: Bed and Bath in the 1920's and 1930's

Wow- what a find- this is an oral history blog post. Ruth is 80+ years old. She writes about her experiences as a child at home during the 1920s and 1930s. Her blog post includes a few paragraphs on...

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Revised:Tennessee Quilt 1840-1900s fabrics

My first quilt posted for sale is from Tennessee, 1850-70s with some fabric dating from 1840-50s yet they look new and unused! It is the railroad block, tied with a machine stitched binding turned over...

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Hello! Its another cloudy cool morning in southern California. In the coastal regions we call it June Gloom, a name that fits it perfectly. But I'm about 10 minutes inland in a mountain valley, and we...

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My Fabric Swatchbook

Hello! I recently came across my swatch book I started  in the early 1990s. I thought you might enjoy some pictures of it. I will begin at the beginning and show the first three pages here. I wanted to...

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Hello! The summer is zooming by, isn't it? I hope you are enjoying it, and that you have power and a/c when you need it. Its been a scorcher off and on for many of us around the globe. And there have...

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Our love affair with sewing machines

Hi friends! Today school began in Los Angeles, and last week in the county where I live north of LA. This made me think about the school girl darning and practice samplers, piecework and books I've...

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