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Monday, May 9, 2016

Quilt appraising travels

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I had a great time appraising quilts (old & new) and meeting friends (old & new) at the Home Machine Quilting Show this weekend....
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Friday, April 22, 2016

Dresden Carnival Blog Hop and Give Away

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I am thrilled to showcase a wonderful new book by my friends and fellow Utah quilters, Marian Gallian and Yvette Jones. The mother/daughter...
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Tuesday, March 15, 2016

Road Trip - Las Vegas Quilt Appraisals

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Looking for a spring break adventure? Come see me at Desert Quilters of Nevada's Quilt Las Vegas 2016 show in Henderson, Nevada, March ...
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Sunday, February 28, 2016

Zigzag Butterscotch Stars

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Such a charming star quilt and you've got to love a zigzag set. Starley Collection. And the diamond border with some fab novelty ...
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Monday, February 8, 2016

Wild and Crazy Quilt

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A truly strange and wonderful and crazy quilt! I'd love to meet the maker of this quilt. She (or he) enjoyed cheater fabric (preprinted ...
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Monday, February 1, 2016

Day 31 (62) Quilt St. George

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I had a delightful time teaching and presenting my antique quilts earlier this month at Quilt St. George. My friend Deonn Stott caught me i...
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Sunday, January 31, 2016

Day 30 (61) Tumbling Block Top

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Another tumbling block star quilt but this one does not have a special solid center star. It does have some of my favorite crazy quilt cheat...
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Saturday, January 30, 2016

Day 29 (60) Bear Paw

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The blocks on my Bear Paw quilt top are so fun! C. 1870. It has a label saying the blocks were made in 1852-60 but appear a bit newer. ...
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Friday, January 29, 2016

Day 28 (59) Rolling Stone Signature Quilts

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Rolling Stone Presentation Quilt - made for "Mifs (Miss) Sarah A. Xander, Weisenburg Township, Lehigh County (Pennsylvania) 1852...
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Thursday, January 28, 2016

Day 27 (58) New Jersey Signature Quilt

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I was distracted doing genealogy research on this chimney album signature quilt from Lebanon, Hunterdon County, New Jersey. I post some clos...
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Wednesday, January 27, 2016

Day 26 (57) Petrogylph Rock Talk

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I do non antique work and this is one of my favorites: a rock art applique with petrogylph figures and petrogylph fabrics. Named Moab Rock T...
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Tuesday, January 26, 2016

Day 25 (56) Wild Goose Chase

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Monday, January 25, 2016

Day 24 (55 days) Flower Garden

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Hexagon quilts are one of the earliest quilt patterns and have been popular (on and off) for more than 200 years. There are seemingly infini...
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Sunday, January 24, 2016

Day 23 (54) Log Cabin

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Log Cabin quilt in Barn Raising setting - Starley Collection. c.1885 from Pennsylvania. Lots of wonderful prints and a strippy bars  (piece...
Saturday, January 23, 2016

Day 22 (53) political quilts

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Ararat the elephant from the Kansas City Star in 1934. He was named for an elephant in the KC zoo NOT as a political symbol (The rest of ...
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Friday, January 22, 2016

day 21 (52) Unusual Applique

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Sharing a pair of charming and unusual applique blocks from Pennsylvania from my collection. Here's the pair together And here...
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Thursday, January 21, 2016

Day 20 (51) More Birds and other fun fabrics

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More bird fun... And an interesting person - would like to see this is yardage. I wonder what else is on the fabric? And this "...
Wednesday, January 20, 2016

Day 19 (50) Still Loving the Pillar Prints

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One of my all time favorite fabrics are pillar prints and here are a few from my collection. All are from the early 1800s and from England. ...
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