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Quilting and Patchwork

January 19th, 2008

The Underground Quilt Controversy

 QuiltingAndPatchwork.com
 Do you believe that escaping slaves, during the Civil War [in the United States], often used quilts and their symbols as guides to freedom? 
Are you on side of the story that maintains there isn’t enough evidence, only folklore, to justify this theory? 
Or are you trying to figure out just where you stand?
Much discussion has evolved and […]

By Mary Emma Allen -- 2 comments

December 22nd, 2007

Jennifer Chiaverini’s New Elm Creek Quilting Novels

If you don’t want to miss any of Jennifer Chiaverini’s Elm Creek Quilter’s novels, check out the latest…The New Year’s Quilt.  I haven’t read it yet, but it’s on my “must read” list.   It’s also on my Christmas list!
Another novel, The Winding Ways Quilt, has not yet been released.  Although in some stores you can […]

By Mary Emma Allen -- 0 comments

August 3rd, 2007

Jennifer Chiaverini’s Latest Quilting News & Book

          
 You won’t want to miss the September, October and November issues of Quilter’s Newsletter Magazine.  Jennifer Chiaverini’s three-part serial, The Fabric Diary, is published here exclusively.
Jennifer introduces a new character, Adele Crosier, who also will appear her new novel, The New Year’s Quilt, due out in November.  According to Jennifer, Adele “buys a Manhattan bed-and-breakfast  and […]

By Mary Emma Allen -- 2 comments

July 24th, 2007

Quilters Think Christmas Thoughts in July

       Quilters thoughts often turn to Christmas projects by July, if they haven’t before that.  I’ve been receiving messages, in the various newsletters and e-mail notices I’ve subscribed to, about the Christmas fabrics and patterns available in quilting shops and online ones, too.Christmas in July, around July 26, has become a tradition with many people, most […]

By Mary Emma Allen -- 5 comments

July 12th, 2007

The Quilter’s Homecoming - The New Elm Creek Quilt Book

Jennifer Chiaverini’s new book in the Elm Creek Quilt series, The Quilter’s Homecoming, (#19 on the NYTimes bestseller list!) takes you from Pennsylvania to California.  We learn what happened to Sylvia’s favorite older cousin Elizabeth during those years when they didn’t hear much from her.
If you recall, in a previous novel, Sylvia wonders why they never heard from […]

By Mary Emma Allen -- 0 comments

October 15th, 2006

So Many Kinds of Quilting Fabrics

When I began quilting during our country’s Bicentennial years (1975-76), there were only a few companies offering fabrics focused especially for quiltmakers and fabric artists.  I’m amazed now, when I visit quilt shops, web sites, online stores, and read magazine, to see such a variety of quilting fabrics.
Some of them center around a theme, era, event, region or country.  […]

By Mary Emma Allen -- 0 comments

June 30th, 2006

A Variety of Quilters

As I read Jennifer Chiaverini’s latest Elm Creek Quilters novel, Circle of Quilters (http://elmcreek.net), I’m reminded of the great variety of quilters throughout quilting history and today.  In this novel, five very different quilters apply for the two positions open at Elm Creek Quilts when Judy and Summer decide to venture into other careers.
Jennifer Chiaverinni […]

By Mary Emma Allen -- 1 comment