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Friday, February 20, 2009

Red and Green 1860's Oakleaf Quilt

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Here is the other quilt purchased with the whig rose quilt shown below. Right now I am recreating one block in a smaller scale for a proj...
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Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Whig Rose or Rose of Sharon Quilt

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I usually try to be objective but I'm loving this new (to me) quilt, circa 1860. This lady sure didn't understand negative space ...
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Saturday, October 25, 2008

1876 centennial cheater fabric

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This is the newest piece in my antique fabric collection, the 1876 cheater (pre-printed patchwork) fabric. This is the red version, the mad...
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Sunday, August 3, 2008

Squirrel quilt

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There's been a discussion about quilts depicting possum's on Quilthistory list but here is a quilt* actually made from real squirrel...
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log cabin

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My Pennsylvania log cabin quilt has a snazzy ferret or fox wearing a hat fabric that enchanted me. The back is strip pieced 'strippy...

chintz star quilt

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This chintz variable/evening star quilt c. 1830 is one of my favorites and probably my best internet/auction house buy. Brown, pink and red...
Monday, May 19, 2008

It is Official: I'm a Certified Quilt Appraiser

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Great news, read on. In April, I traveled to Paducah , Kentucky for the American Quilter's Society Appraiser certification classes and ...
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Thursday, April 10, 2008

Preview of coming attractions

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I posted these photos on my other blog as a teaser of my antique quilt collection and thought I should post them here too so you'll have...
Tuesday, March 18, 2008

mystery men

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Help, who are these mystery menfolk figures? They are quite funky. I'm guessing they are known cartoon characters of the era as I...
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Thursday, February 28, 2008

Heart Quilt

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Here is a detail photo of my red, white and blue applique heart quilt. 14 1/2" blocks set 4 x 5. Red, white and blue polka dot backing...
Tuesday, February 26, 2008

Flying Geese Copperplate Toile Quilt

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Strippy Flying Geese/Bird Toile Quilt 72 w X 85 h. English blue/white cotton copperplate printed toile with 36 inch high repeat. To show s...
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Sunday, February 24, 2008

Lowell Mass

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In October I traveled to Lowell, Massachusetts (near Boston) for the annual seminar of the American Quilt Study Group It was a wonderful ex...
Friday, February 22, 2008

More 1830's top

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I'm so glad I pulled this top out to scan images, as I'm having a great time visiting with all the prints. This block shows the indi...
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Sunday, February 17, 2008

Banner Quilt

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In my banner (top of blog page) you'll see one of my earliest quilt purchases and one of my earliest/oldest textiles. It is a large seg...

Rocky Road to Kansas

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Collections have been discussed this week on QuiltArt, prompting people to post photos of their stuff so I'll play too. I collect quilt...

First post

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This is my new blog, I decided to separate quilt appraising and my vintage/antique quilt collection from my own art quilting and contempora...
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