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Saturday, December 4, 2010

Patriotic Quilt pattern #2 Donkey named Giddap

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Just a few days after posting my Ararat elephant (previous post) from the Kansas City Star, I found a very affordable donkey quilt on eBay. ...
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Tuesday, November 2, 2010

Vote heads or tails vintage block

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Tails Heads This is reminder to my US readers to get out and vote today. Many of you quilt historians will recognize this block, even i...
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Friday, October 29, 2010

Antique Quilt - schoolhouse Bloggers Fest - Fall 2010

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Antique House (schoolhouse) Quilt c. 1890 72" x 72" Thanks again to Amy for hosting another quilters blog fest where we fe...
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Sunday, September 19, 2010

Cat and Horses on Quilts --Oh My!

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Cotton crazy quilt top-detail of block circa 1890 Novelty print -cats and thread Novelty print- horse & rider (polo pony?) I'm ve...
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Thursday, August 26, 2010

Antique Quilt -- Quilted Joy Rose of Sharon Bird Garden

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circa 1850 Rose of Sharon 86" x 86" Wow--this has to be what JOY looks like when it is quilted. I thought my earlier whig ro...
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Thursday, August 5, 2010

August 6th Antique Quilt Trunkshow Springville

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c. 1860 basket quilt with bird appliques, probably New York state (This beautiful basket quilt with birds, hearts and fruit or flower appli...
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Friday, June 18, 2010

Pink Antique Goose in Pond

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This is one of my cheeriest quilts, you can definitely see it was made in the transitional period between the dark Victorian quilts and the ...
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Friday, May 21, 2010

Bloggers Quilt Festival

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I'm happy to have another opportunity to participate in the Bloggers Quilt Festival . Here's another favorite from my antique qui...
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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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