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Friday, September 15, 2017

Top Tips for Collecting Antique Quilts - Back to School Blog Hop

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I'm a quilt appraiser, historian, and avid quilt collector and I'm excited to share my Top Tips for Collecting Antique Quilts as par...
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Wednesday, August 30, 2017

Piece and quilt with precuts: fun & giveaway

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I've been having fun sewing a secret project for Christa Watson's blog hop launching her new book: Piece and Quilt with Precuts...
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Saturday, June 3, 2017

Dated 1846 Signature Quilt Easton, PA

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This is one of the more unusual quilts in my antique signature quilt collection. Dated 1846 from Easton, Pennsylvania. A striking combinati...
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Monday, May 8, 2017

Quaker Signature quilt - trunk show or class

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One of my favorite antique signature quilts is this early variable star quilt from Gwynedd, near Philadephia, Pennsylvania.  Gwynedd was se...
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Saturday, March 18, 2017

Treasures from the Newark Museum- Hexagons

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One of the wonderful benefits of attending the Annual seminar of the American Quilt Study Group is getting special access to amazing quilt ...
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Thursday, January 26, 2017

New Year Blues- Ocean Waves

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Got the blues, I do, right here! Can't go wrong with 1890s Blues. The end of the century was the heyday for blue fabrics in a variety of...
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Sunday, January 1, 2017

Starry Night Day 31

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The best of my collection of Tumbling Block Stars all made in Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania with solid fabric center stars. C. 1890. This on...
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Saturday, December 31, 2016

Red Green Quaker Signature Quilt Day 30

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I've learned so much studying this antique signature quilt. It is dated 1850 from Chester Co. Pennsylvania and made for Enoch and Mary ...
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Friday, December 30, 2016

Hexagon Medallion Day 29

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Love the hypnotic effect of this hexagon medallion quilt, c. 1870 from the Starley Antique Collection. Closer look at the Madder Brown ...
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Thursday, December 29, 2016

Crazy Days, Crazy Quilt Day 28

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Charming cotton Crazy Quilt c. 1890 but quite different from the fancy silk and velvet Crazy Quilts that were more commonly made in the late...
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Wednesday, December 28, 2016

Quaker Stars Day 27

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One of many signature/name blocks in my dated 1843-44 Ohio Star quilt from Philadelphia and surrounding towns.  This block for Henry Jones w...
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Tuesday, December 27, 2016

1858 Quilt from New York Day 26

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An amazing quilt full of LOVE! Made in 1858 for Sister Esther McAllister, a Sunday School teacher in New York City. She was one of the found...
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Monday, December 26, 2016

Christmas Rose, Day 25

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A charming Rose of Sharon/Whig's Defeat c. 1850 with wonderful triple rod quilting. Adore the border baskets. Starley Antique Quilt Col...
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Sunday, December 25, 2016

Star of Bethlehem Day 24

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'O Holy Night, the stars are brightly shining. Bethlehem Star, circa 1850 from Pennsylvania.  One can't help but smile when l...
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