Quilts
YOU may be a confirmed "quilt fan" and have a chest full of beautiful coverlets and yet be
eager for one more handsome pattern; or you may be just on the verge of attempting your first quilt.
At any rate, you surely cannot be indifferent to the charms of patchwork - that simply isn't being done! This wholesome revival of quilt making which is so thoroughly sweeping the country is far more than a fad.
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We have devised an hundred ways to fabricate floor coverings, draperies, and bedding. Which brings us to quilts and the no end of fascinating patterns and tales in their history. Through all the changing fads of woven beadbelts or melon seed portieres our quilts have been always with us.
A wholesome thing it is, too, that American women have so saved and planned and pieced. To have wrought beauty even from beautiful surroundings has not always been achieved; but to salvage beauty and usefulness from coarse waste materials was the everyday accomplishment of our pioneer mothers who hooked rugs and pieced quilts.
Some way we are apt to think of the quilt makers as mature or even old, but a second thought assures us they were often merely girls. Pioneer movements are not sponsored by those who have passed life's meridian. It takes youth, with its unspoiled imaginings to blaze trails, to leave the family hearth for the open road, to hazard security for chance.
So most of the families who surged their way westward were young as the civilization which they were formulating. A girlwife, driving an ox team, with her firstborn held close in her strong young arms or under her stronger young heart, was the heroine of the day.
Not that they called her a heroine then; no; but her timid sister who stayed with "pa and ma" back in York State or Ca'lina may have spent the rest of her spinster days in envying willful Emily who rode away with John.
And the story of their wanderings, their few original possessions, their accumulations, the friendships formed, their abiding faith and the home established, is the story of patchwork quilts.
Study the names of patterns and again you will know they were so christened by young ladies of imagination, sometimes devout, sometimes droll but always kindled by that divine spark of originality. Listen to this for a less than 500 word history, all quilt names stitched in bed coverlets, which are more comforting, if not more enduring, than words graven in stone:
From "One Hundred One Patchwork Patterns"
Quilt Name Stories, Cutting Designs, Material Suggestions, Yardage Estimates, Definite Instructions for Every Step of Quilt Making
By Ruby Short McKim
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Sixteen names added to Rehab's Legacy of Love wall
MizEagerBeaver tried to find the quilts last weekend. They are here this weekend at the Abilene Regional Quilt Show at the Abilene Civic Center.Comment
Creamery churns out smooth quilt show
A relatively new venue for the arts on the Western Slope, the Creamery Arts Center in downtown Hotchkiss, is already churning out quality shows.
Sully Quilt Show: Chantilly Sep 10
Explore the wares of over 60 vendors at the 32nd Annual Quilt Show and Sale. Enjoy a variety of vendors selling antique and new American made quilts, books, patterns, fabrics and quilt-related merchandise. Also enjoy demonstrations and talks on quilting, music, children's activities, quilt appraisals, quilted door prize, music and food. House tour included. The show is rain or shine!
Quilt Guild will display creations at Pioneer Days
Clyde and area quilters who are members of the Huron Valley Quilt Guild are preparing for a show during Pioneer Days this weekend at Historic Lyme Village, 5001 Ohio 4, Bellevue.
Quilters, crafters gather for annual show
For the past 10 years, Gail Boyd of Fairview has enjoyed quilting. “I quilt by using a quilting machine," noted Boyd.Comment
Quilt show pleases young and old
News : Quilt show pleases young and old By Diana Jorgenson Portola Editor 5/10/06 The Cabin Fever Quilt Show is always a popular attraction, and this year's 14th annual exhibit April 29-30 was equally ...Comment
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INTERLINING MATERIAL
The warmth of the quilt will depend upon the thickness and kind of interlining you
use. If warmth is desired, have a thick interlining which means that the quilting lines must
be farther apart. If the quilting is to be close and elaborate the interlining must be thin.
When a bed cover of exceptional warmth is needed, use a comfort bat of cotton or wool.
This will be too thick to push the needle through easily, making even stitches impossible.
Instead of quilting, this coverlet must be tacked or tufted.
Cotton batting is most commonly used as interlining for quilts. One bat is enough for
a quilt, unless it is over size. Four bats will make three extra sized quilts by using the length
for width and piecing out the length. Sometimes a lightweight cotton blanket or flannel
ette is used, but the quilt will not have that soft puffiness that cotton gives.
The best bat costs a trifle more but the finished quilt is a thing of beauty. If flannelette is used for pad
ding, the breadths of cloth should be whipped together, as a seam will cause an ugly lump
in the quilt. We never use sheet wadding as a filler for a cover that is to be quilted; it is
much too stiff for easy work.
From "101 Patchwork Patterns"
Quilt Name Stories, Cutting Designs, Material Suggestions, Yardage Estimates, Definite Instructions for Every Step of Quilt Making
By Ruby Short McKim
Quilting - an American Art Form
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... Quilt Show, Downieville, California
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... Mission San Jose Outdoor Quilt Show :: Fremont, CA
On behalf of the Mission San Jose Chamber of Commerce we would like to thank everyone who participated in the second annual Mission San Jose Outdoor Quilt Show, on Saturday, August 27, 2005. We hope ...
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... West Houston Quilter's Guild Quilt Show - A Floral Fantasy
QUILT SHOW West Houston Quilter's Guild Presents A FLORAL FANTASY 2005 JUDGED SHOW DEMONSTRATIONS MERCHANTS RAFFLE QUILT SCISSOR SHARPENING QUILT APPRAISAL February 11- 12, 2005 Friday and Saturday ...
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... Road to California :: January 19-22, 2006 :: So. California's Largest Quilt Show
California's Largest Quilt show at the Ontario Convention Center, Ontario CA featuring More Quilts, Special Exhibits, Lectures and Evening Events January 19-22, 2006 Showcase Hours Thursday ...
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The Orange City Tulip Festival May 18, 19, and 20, 2006 The Quilt Show The theme for the 2005 Quilt Show is "We Will Use Purple". 2004 Winners 1st - Jane Richter 2nd - Kathy Fictory 3rd - Hildred ...
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... Indiana Heritage Quilt Show
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... Eureka Montana Quilt Show
... com State of Montana Email This Page To A Friend Eureka Montana Quilt Show Thursday and Friday we ... ... Saturday, Eureka Montana Quilt Show (EMQS) is having a One Day Outdoor Quilt Show. Starting in the ...
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... Applleseed Quilt show 2004
Home The Guild BOM Quilts for Kids Newsletters Quilt Show Library Pictures from 2004 festival About the Festival Festival Programs at a Glance Featured Artists Workshops and Lectures Workshop ...
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... Quilt & Art Show
[ Schedule of Events] [ Country Living Fair] [ Guided Tours] [ Glass & Bottle Show] [ Halloween] [ Antiques Appraisal] [ Quilt & Art Show ] The Quilt & Art Show: There is no show currently scheduled ...
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... Quilt Festivals and Antiques Shows by Mancuso Show Management
... National Quilt Festival May 4-7, 2006 Denver, Colorado World Quilt & Textile: On Tour World Quilt Show - New England (Premier of the 2006 World Quilt Show) August 17-20, 2006 Manchester, New ...
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... OPQG QUILT SHOW
... INC. Our next show will be held September 21 through September 23, 2006 To receive the QUILT SHOW ... ... com. QUILT SHOW 2004 Highlights BEST OF SHOW Judges Choice Special Displays: "Award Winning Missouri ...
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... 2005 Quilt Show Winners
Maple Leaf Festival Quilt Show Winners October 2005 Sponsored by the Four Corners Quilt Guild and judged by quilt show viewers. Best of Show Ruth Potter Kerrville, TX Wallhanging, baby or miniature ...
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... Professional Longarm Quilters Guild - Quilt Show
Professional Longarm Quilters Guild (PLAQG) Presents Quilters' Round-Up 2006 Plano Centre August 24-26, 2006 Judged Quilt Show Special Exhibits Hands-On Classes Vendor's Mall Plan now to enter! Only ...
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... MountainWeaver Fiber Art Studio News & Events: Quilting in the Country Outdo...
... com. Thursday, August 11, 2005 Quilting in the Country Outdoor Quilt Show Aug. 27, 2005 10am-5pm I will have many of my tapestries, purses and blankets at this show for purchase and also will be ...
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... The North Channel Quilt Guild proudly presents our annual quilt show at the ...
NCQG quilt show [ Home] [ NCQG quilt show ] [ NCQG] [ Guild Projects] [ Map to Channelview FFA Fairgrounds] [ Library] [ Bee Keeper] [ About Us] [ Contact Us] [ Ads] [ Web Rings] [ COMMUNITY SERVICE ...
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... Brandywine Valley Quilters Quilt Show
... October 14 - 15, 2006 is the date for our next Quilt Show. Brandywine Valley Quilters presents ... ... M. From our Quilt Show Co-Chairwomen... THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU to all those who helped make ...
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... Annual Quilt Show
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... The Hobby Show Quilt Challenge Rules
... 50.00 worth of fat quarters from Northcott Click here for your Quilt Challenge Entry Form which includes entry to The 2005 Hobby Show and your 3 Fat ºs. Copyright © 1979 - 2005 The Hobby Show. All ...
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... Quilt Show Pictures
... 2002 Deb Svedberg) Here's a few pictures of the Houston International Quilt Show. The George R. Brown Convention Center, at one million square feet of meeting space, is the largest in the South; and ...
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... Embroidery Craft » Family is common thread in quilt show
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