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7 Random Facts About Quilting & Me

by Mary Emma Allen on January 30th, 2008

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Cyndi at Layers Upon Layers and Noreen at Hankering for Yarn tagged me for the 7 Random Facts Meme that has been going around.  I participated in it previously, but there are always facts and ideas I can relate that you’ve not heard before.

  1. I like old quilts and finding the stories connected to them.
  2. My granddaughter is making a quilt for a school project using a Civil War theme with reproduction fabrics from that era.
  3. My daughter had one of her fabric art pieces displayed at a gallery in Costa Rica.
  4. I like to work on the smaller pieces since they’re easier to take with me when I travel.
  5. My daughter makes exquisite fabric postcards.  (Check out more of them at her Meandering Threads blog.)
  6. I’m researching my family’s quilting history for a series about the Trails End Quilters, along with family recipes, note cards, and reproductions of my painting of the Trails End Farm.  I currently have a blog about this, Tales of the Trails End Quilters,  http://trailsendquilters.blogspot.com . 
  7. The Missouri Star design was one of the most difficult I’ve made, especially when I jumped into it during the early days of my quiltmaking.  However, the quilt for a customer turned out lovely.

I’m not going to tag anyone for this meme because it has been making the rounds in some form or fashion for quite some time.  However, I’d love to have you participate voluntarily by naming 7 Random Facts about you and your quilting, either here in the comments or on your blog and linking back to Quilting and Patchwork.

(c)2008  Mary Emma Allen

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2 opinions for 7 Random Facts About Quilting & Me

  • Cyndi L
    Jan 31, 2008 at 8:37 am

    I’ll play, but only one quilting fact:
    I’ve never made a traditional quilt, although I do quilting in my mixed media artwork all the time :-)

  • Mary Emma Allen
    Feb 2, 2008 at 9:09 am

    Thanks for sharing, Cyndi. Mixed media has become a very popular way to incorporate quiltmaking into other art work one is doing. So many of the fabric quilts have become art for the wall or postcards to send rather than the bed quilt. So mixed media fits in very well.

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