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Quilting and Patchwork

January 25th, 2008

If Your Quilt Could Tell a Story

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 If your quilt could tell a story, what would it say? I think of the quilt I call, The Wedding Quilt.  I recall it always lying on the bed in the guest room of our farmhouse.  I can visualize one day, as Mother, Sister and I cleaned the room and made the bed for a visit […]

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August 18th, 2006

Keep Your Quilter’s Notebook Handy

Do you have a notebook or sketchbook for jotting quilting thoughs and designs?  These can consist of various types and sizes and used for a number of purposes, depending on your needs.
My daughter has a sketch book, about 8 1/2 x 11-inches in which she sketches ideas for quilts.  Perhaps she sees a flower that […]

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July 11th, 2006

My Trails End Quilters Album

Thinking about my daughter’s mini quilt album, inspired me finally to put together an album about my Trails End Quilters heritage.  I’ve been researching my Trails End ancestry and the quilters who lived on this farm that was in my mother’s family for nearly 200 years.
My grandmother, Emma Tipple, who taught me quiltmaking when I was 8 […]

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June 16th, 2006

Can You Write a Quilting Story?

I enjoy stories that revolve around quilting, whether they take place in years ago or have a modern setting.  Jennifer Chiaverini, in her Elm Creek Quilters novels alternates between the past and present.  Sometimes these occur in different novels; other occasions there are flashbacks within the same novel.
Some novels may have a short scene involving quilting, […]

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