Red, White & Blue by Becky Brown Every Civil War sampler needs a pieced star block. This week's pattern was published as Red, White and Blue quilt in the agricultural magazine The Orange Judd Farmer in 1898. (An odd name for a magazine but Orange Judd was the publisher's name---also an odd name for a man.) Several patriotic quilts with pieced and appliqued stars survive from the 1861-1865 years. Quilt by Cornelia Dow and others, Portland, Maine, 1864 This quilt (the stars are appliqued) was first published in the groundbreaking book about women's history called Hearts and Hands by Pat Ferrero, Elaine Hedges and Julie Silber. The star blocks are covered with inked sentiments about the Union cause, many patriotic, many amusing. The book pictured a block with the pun: "While our fingers guide the needle, Our thoughts are intense (tents)." Maria Cornelia Durant Maynard Dow About 1830 A collage made of a badly scanned portrait in her husband's autobiography The authors attributed the quilt's organization to Cornelia Dow (1808-1883), wife of a Union General who had been released from Libby Prison in 1864. Her husband Neal Dow wrote an autobiography in which he described his wife. "When not quite twenty-six years of age, having secured sufficient means to justify the establishment of a home for myself, I married Maria Cornelia Durant Maynard, on the 20th of January, 1830. My wife's father, John Maynard, was born in Framingham, Mass....went to St. Croix when a youth, and there met, and in 1789 married, her mother, Mary Durant, born in the island of St. Croix in 1771....Returning to this country with his wife and several children, Mr. Maynard, who had in the meantime accumulated a fortune, took up his residence in Bulfinch street, Boston, where his youngest child, Maria Cornelia Durant, was born June 18, 1808.....My wife's father, having met with financial reverses, was obliged to break up his home in Boston, and came with his family to reside on a farm...in Scarboro, Me. Maria Cornelia went to live with an aunt, for whom she was named, and [at sixteen] to Portland to pursue her studies in a private school for young women...." The Neal Dow Memorial on Congress Street in Portland In 1829 Neal Dow had this house built in anticipation of his marriage.Today it's the home of the Women's Christian Temperance Union, a monument to Dow and his temperance work. (He was mentioned as originator of the Maine Law on Ken Burn's documentary Prohibition on PBS this week.) Maria Cornelia was 56 when the quilt was made. Undated photo from her husband's autobiography Cutting an 8" Finished Block The block this week is BlockBase #3677. It requires template piecing. See the templates in the PDF by clicking here: https://acrobat.com/app.html#d=UmrlEGwbeyz5kyW2Q*mSmA Or click on this picture and print it so it measures 8" along the top line. Becky, an excellent seamstress, shows us how she put this together. EQ draws patterns like this with a separate pattern piece for each shape. Because she is so good she fussy cut each piece and then lined up the stripes and the flowers. "I loved the challenge of piecing this block, " she writes. This is a challenge you do not need to tackle---unless you want to. Small over-all floral calicoes would be easier to work with. Becky: "At first glance it may appear that all 5 star points use the same template, but there are 3 templates for the star. I cut all the pieces and lightly marked the pattern letter on the back of the star pieces." She stitched the star together first and then added the set-in pieces one by one. "You will notice I basted a white thread in F, (to mark it as the top) and added the pieces clockwise. F to H, H to J, etc. "You can always applique it. Two other Maine Civil War quilts were on display this summer. This flag quilt was made by the Ladies Aid Society of the First Church in Belfast, Maine in 1864 and sent to the Armory Square Hospital in Washington, D.C., where it was displayed for sick and wounded soldiers. In 2011 the quilt was donated to the Belfast Historical Society and Museum. This Civil War patriotic quilt was made by the Ladies Aid Society of Portland about 1864 Collection of the Brick Store Museum, Kennebunk, Maine. Among the verses inked on it: Ye have fought our battles for us, Showing how the brave can die. We are waiting to receive you, When ye lay your armor by. We’ll stitch with the needle. And fight with the tongue ‘Till every old rebel Is conquered or hung. Read more about this quilt, which was on display at the New England Quilt Museum during the summer http://www.brickstoremuseum.org/Feature64_CivilWarQuilt.shtml We have 12 weeks to go (there are 53 Saturdays in 2011) but don't think the patterns are going to get progressively more difficult. There are still some four-patches on the horizon.
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Here's a repost of a 2013 Sunday Quilt Inspiration. I'm working on a quilt inspired by a few of my grandmother's buttons. My mom gave them to me many years ago and I've kept them all this time. I can't bring myself to use them because they may be lost, so they serve more as a memento of her than as buttons normally do. A few days ago I saw a quilt on Pinterest that I decided I wanted to replicate. Well, I can't replicate anything. The moment I begin working, I start making changes. Before I realized it, the only thing that my quilt had in common with the Pinterest quilt was that I was still sewing fabric buttons. In no time I was thinking of that plastic bag of my grandmother's old buttons. I pulled it out and looked for unusual specimens. They are pretty much basic 1960's button salvaged from all manner of clothing, but I was inspired by the colors, shapes and designs. I thought that you might be inspired by a few buttons also. You don't have to make a quilt exactly like the one I started with. People have used buttons to make many different projects, so I thought I'd show you a few. Maybe one these projects will inspire you. Just be warned: for some of these, you'll need boxes of buttons! Not just any pillow: a ring bearer's pillow! Love these earrings. So, now a few button quilts, because why not? Happy Quilting, Mary
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USA Fireworks, Timeless Treasures This fabric is great on its own or pair it with any patriotic, 4th of July, America fabric. You see a dark blue-black background with Red, White, & Blue FIREWORKS on it. They are in traditional USA themed colors. *to see more USA and TEXAS fabrics: https://www.etsy.com/shop/MerMerCreations?search_query=usa *To see all my novelty fabrics: https://www.etsy.com/shop/MerMerCreations?section_id=26889674 This fabric is Premium 100% cotton, Quilting Cotton fabric. All fabric is cut to order. All measurements ordered will be continuous yardage unless specified differently. Shipping with USPS. Priority Mail Upgrade available. Thank you for your purchase!
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A very quick post as I am heading out to the airport to deliver some of my travellers blankets for an exhibition with Crossing Oceans a project organised by Jane Rollason in Prague. But meanwhile am excited to announce that the travellers blankets will be exhibited alongside the Aussie Bush Project at the Berry Retreat in Berry on 18-19 August so you will be able to see them up close and personal. They are so different in real life as compared to photographs which show none of the texture. I will also be teaching the travellers blanket class at the Berry retreat- this is the only time this year that I am teaching this class person to person- and it is very different simply because of the creation of texture and movement which you can't really see with the online class. I will also be teaching linocutting- so you cna make your very own linocuts which we will embellish after the retreat. Making your own linocuts enables you to make your own unique fabrics which can be incorporated into other work or embroidered any old how! Here is a little of the history of the blankets which also alludes to a history of travel and exploration like the great travellers of the past like Marco Polo- if you were in the entourage and you could not write how would you have captured the glorious textiles you encountered ( and which was mostly the reason for the journey) Travellers Blankets (Plaids Nomads) began life in the early 2000's when I made my first one with fabrics I had purchased in Africa in 1990. Since then I have made various ones over the years , as they are a long process of stitching motifs and the background. I try and think of them as stories about a journey, as they are invested with heart and soul and often carry inspirations of my travels and many of them have been on journeys themselves in my bag or suitcase. They marry my love of fabric and thread and storytelling. I would never write such an elaborate story but with stitch I can make dozens of stories each of itself but also a part of a larger piece. Some tell the story of journeys, for example the urchin one is about Atauro Island , others are about heritage and exploration. And here are six of the finished blankets thus far.... there will be another four I hope! I am also starting another on-line course for those not lucky enough to get to the Berry Retreat. It starts on 7April so there is still time to enroll! Just email me for the information sheet
Once I figured out the stripe pattern for this Crochet Modern V-Stitch Blanket in Red, White and Blue, I got to work and loved making it! And then half-way through making it, it started to look very Tommy Hilfiger-ish and then I loved it more!What a cute baby blanket gift idea! Can you see it? A darling little baby Tommy Hilfiger outfit to go with the blanket? Anyway, that's what I'm thinking when I either end up giving this one away, or hopefully get to use it myself for one of those eventual grandbabies!
Picking a favorite block is like trying to select a favorite quilt for the Festival each time it comes around! I decided that I wanted to find a good basic block, that anyone can make, to share today. The Road to Oklahoma is a simple block of squares and half square triangles, and when stacked […]
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