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Thursday, April 29, 2010

Appraisals at Home Machine Quilting Show

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Hexagon Madder Medallion Quilt c. 1875 I will be doing appraisals on May 6, 7 and 8, 2010 at the Home Machine Quilting Show ( HMQS ) in Sal...
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Saturday, January 23, 2010

Rocky Road to Kansas via Lancaster PA

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Another great late 1800's Pennsylvania quilt. There really must be something in the water as those PA quilters and their unique and f...
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Monday, November 2, 2009

Las Vegas Quilt Trunkshow and Appraisals

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This c. 1910 Pennsylvania Rising Star or Bethlehem or Lone Star quilt is one of the 25-30 quilts I will be showing in Textile Time Travels:...
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Friday, October 30, 2009

Crazy quilt update

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This quilt I made for the Alliance for American Quilts is up for auction right now on eBay until tonight. Here is a link to see it on eBay...
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Monday, October 26, 2009

1879 PA signature album quilt

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Forget me not, Forget me never -Em Wood This is a Pennsylvania signature album quilt dated 1879, purchased recently from Texas quilt d...
Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Red and green

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Civil war era antique quilt top from Pennsylvania, Lancaster Co. The pattern is a variation of King David's Crown, Brackman #3649. Blo...
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Thursday, August 6, 2009

1876 Centennial Preprinted Patchwork Part 2

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Here is the 1876 centennial preprinted patchwork in the madder brown colorway. The maker really enjoyed using this fabric throughout the log...
Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Antique Quilt Study

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This spring I taught an in depth antique quilt study workshop on 19th century quilts and did appraisals at Elaines Quilt Block in Salt Lake...
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Saturday, May 16, 2009

Crazy Quilt Challenge

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What I'm working on --a crazy quilt for this year's Alliance for American Quilts challenge . They are currently accepting entries/do...
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Saturday, April 18, 2009

Favorite antique quilts- Virtual Quilt Festival

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I just posted on my contemporary quilt blog about the favorite quilt I've made as part of the 1st annual virtual quilt show hosted by ...
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Friday, March 13, 2009

Guest Blogger

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I'm a guest blogger on quilting gallery and I've written about my quilt appraising and collecting and quilt history along with phot...
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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