Jan
30
Great info on vintage quilts
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Before Christmas, I received a note from Maribeth Keane, Associate Editor of The Collectors Weekly. Maribeth describes this online publication, based in San Francisco, as a resource for anyone interested in antiques, vintage, and collecting.
Maribeth contacted me to let me know that The Collectors Weekly ran an interview with esteemed quilt historian Merikay Waldvogel.
Merikay is a friend of a friend of mine, as is Barbara Brackman, and Bets Ramsey is an old family friend of my husband’s stepmother! Barbara and Bets both figure in the article as well.
Being an internet publication lends the luxury of very comprehensive interviews, and this one (in two parts) is a fabulous in-depth journey into the history of American quiltmaking.
Part 1 (History)
Part 2 (Collecting)
The Collectors Weekly Quilt Page
Enjoy!
Until next time,
Kay
By Kay Mackenzie
Sep
11
When Froncie Quinn moved to Vermont she discovered the Shelburne Museum and its collection of antique quilts. She approached the museum about patterning the quilts so that modern quilters could reproduce and enjoy them more fully. The Shelburne agreed and now Froncie offers several collections of museum-licensed patterns featuring the designs of yesteryear.
Check out her website, Hoopla Patterns. There are many great patterns, links to historical articles written by Froncie, and reproduction fabrics based on the old quilts that she has studied in the museums. A fantastic homage to our quilting heritage.
Until next time,
Kay
By Kay Mackenzie
Aug
12
American Quilt Study Group seminar
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The AQSG is a scholarly organization devoted to preserving quilt heritage.
Every year they have a big seminar, where quilt enthusiasts, historians, researchers, collectors, authors, folklorists, curators, dealers, and traditional and contemporary quilt artists get together for a few intense days of engagement with quilt history, social context, and design.
The seminar travels, and this year it’s going to be held in San Jose, just ‘over the hill’ from here. Several of my friends are members and there’s some big excitement that the seminar is coming to northern California. I volunteered to help out so I might get to be a fly on the wall.
The seminar takes place October 1-4. For more information and registration forms, go to the AQSG website and click on Seminar.
Until next time,
Kay
By Kay Mackenzie
Sep
8
The Appliqué Society shares
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The Appliqué Society has a page on their website called Just Appliqué that offers really fun, useful, and interesting things for appliqué fans.
There are articles on international appliqué, there’s a resizing calculator, there’s a Show and Share section, free patterns, and a wonderful series of articles on the basic appliqué stitch, how to put together an appliqué sewing kit, and some information about the history of appliqué.
These resources are there for you to enjoy whether you’re a member of the Society or not. Thanks TAS!
Until next time,
Kay
Quilt Puppy Publications & Designs
Jun
11
Great article on Baltimore Album history
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The International Quilt Association puts out a quarterly journal for its members. In the latest issue there’s a fabulous article by Rhianna White called Quilting 101: Baltimore Album Quilts.
It’s a great lesson in the origin and history of the popular appliqué art form, and if you’re interested in the history of appliqué you’ll love this article. Renowned experts Elly Sienkiewicz and Mimi Dietrich contribute to the information.
Very generously, the IQA puts this journal up on its website in pdf form for all to download and enjoy. Go to quilts.org, click to enter, then look in the left sidebar for “IQA Journal.”
Until next time,
Kay
Quilt Puppy Publications & Designs
Oct
5
A nod to history
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My appliqué friend Pam Crooks is a member of the American Quilt Study Group (AQSG), a national organization devoted to quilt-related studies, especially the history of quilts, the women and men who made them, and the fabrics they used.
A couple of nights ago, Pam spread her AQSG study quilt out on the floor for show and tell. Oooh!
photo tutorial), and hand-appliquéd them in place.
The completed study quilts tour for two years to various quilt shows and museums. For more information on the AQSG, please visit their site.
Pam is an appliqué artiste extraordinaire, oui?
Until next time,
Kay
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