BS: For real, I quilt:

Subject: BS: For real, I quilt:
From: frogprince
Date: 25 Jun 05 - 10:38 PM

Well, not really, but my wife does a little sometimes. We have a couple of members in the local art association who raise it to real art.

Subject: RE: BS: For real, I quilt:
From: Azizi
Date: 25 Jun 05 - 10:47 PM

Wow, this thread title had me goin for a minute-it was like deja vu.

Much respect. And 'mad props' for your wit.

And no, I don't quilt. But I wish I had the patience to do so.

Actually, I wish I had more patience period.

Maybe in another life.

Subject: RE: BS: For real, I quilt:
From: Rapparee
Date: 25 Jun 05 - 11:23 PM

My wife quilts. Right now she's working on her quilt guild's next show. I can tell the difference between a Crazy Quilt and a Log Cabin now.

"If you can't sleep under, it's not a quilt." --my brother, getting into trouble.                     Again.

Subject: RE: BS: For real, I quilt:
From: Shanghaiceltic
Date: 26 Jun 05 - 01:43 AM

Are a group of quilters a bunch of old sew and sews? ;-)

Subject: RE: BS: For real, I quilt:
From: JohnInKansas
Date: 26 Jun 05 - 06:33 AM

My grandpa used to refer to granny's group as the"stitch and bitch."

(or the stitchin' bitches when granny wasn't around.)

John

Subject: RE: BS: For real, I quilt:
From: Limpit
Date: 26 Jun 05 - 07:38 AM

My granny made me some quilts. My mummy was making me one but it got stolen and she never made another.

Maybe I'll ask her to.

Limpit

Subject: RE: BS: For real, I quilt:
From: Azizi
Date: 26 Jun 05 - 08:48 AM

Neither I nor anyone in my family quilts. But I know some women in Pittsburgh who make the most wonderful quilts.

Members of this African American group often incorporate African symbols and frabics into their quilts, resulting in an object of art that promotes group identity and pride. Having seen some of these 'masterpieces' on display as wall hangings at the art gallery of a local Community center, I couldn't imagine anyone really using them as a bed covering. It almost seens sacriligous to do so.

HEREis a link to a site that provides a listing of online articles about African American quilting & quilters.

An excerpt of that article follows:

"My first awareness of African-American quilts as a category of quiltmaking came several years ago when Eli Leon, collector of African-American quilts and author of several books and show catalogs, came to me to help him solve a problem dating a quilt with questions about the dyes on it. Eli had received a Guggenheim award several years ago to aid in his research and collecting of African-American quilts. I later read one of his well-researched books and saw how he drew parallels between the quilts made in the African-American community and the fabrics which I knew and loved from Africa. I was hooked! (He also draws parallels with jazz, another of my favorite things, and African-American quilt improvisation styles.) The combination of elements of traditional African textiles with the blocks and patterns of traditional American quilt patterns can result in a joyful finished quilt."

-snip-

So I'm also hooked-on learning more about this subject if not on doing the actual quilting itself.

Though who knows what the future holds-or the here & now for that matter?!

Subject: RE: BS: For real, I quilt:
From: freda underhill
Date: 26 Jun 05 - 08:51 AM

for real, i quilt. i have made around a dozen, for friends and family. I have one on my bed that I started when I was pregnany with my first child. I put a skirt I wore during that pregnancy into the quilt - a pattern of green leaves and berries. Over the years I did bits here and there and ten years later finally finishes a huge quilt in shades and patterns of leafy green. It is now 30 years old and in need of a mend!

freda

Subject: RE: BS: For real, I quilt:
From: Bee-dubya-ell
Date: 26 Jun 05 - 08:57 AM

Limpit, dear, it's time you knew the truth about that quilt. It wasn't stolen. It had to be euthanized. Your poor mum took it to the quilt doctor to see if it could be made well but, alas, there was no hope. It was painless and the poor thing is no longer suffering.

We know you've lived under the delusion that the quilt was stolen for some time, but you're a big girl now so chin up, stiff upper lip, and all that other rot you Brits say in situations like this.

Subject: RE: BS: For real, I quilt:
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 26 Jun 05 - 02:41 PM

No, it really WAS stolen, from our car whilst it was parked in a public carpark. We were on our way to visit Morticia not long after Limpit's birth and stopped off to look at a roman town. The car was broken into and its entire contents stolen, to the value of about £3,000. It was 3 peoples' luggage, all the baby stuff - changing mat, feed, bottles nappies - including the really stinky one I'd changed Limpit out of not an hour previously, plus my sewing bag. That had in it all the cross stitching I'd done whilst I was pregnant, and the quilt I'd started for her whilst I was in hospital having her.

My mother got into cross stitch and had lots of pictures she didn't know what to do with. I suggested making them into a quilt and she made a big pink and green one that now hangs down our stairwell... I suppose I *could* start another one... but if I ever get the urge again, it's never going to leave the house!!!

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: For real, I quilt:
From: gnu
Date: 26 Jun 05 - 03:05 PM

Oh LTS. What a shame.

Subject: RE: BS: For real, I quilt:
From: JohnInKansas
Date: 26 Jun 05 - 03:49 PM

Quilting, at one time, was a real social thing. When you had to hang a quilt up on a quilting frame to stitch the cover, filler, and backing together, it took two people - one to push the needle through from the front side and another to push it back from the back side.

A quilting "bee" would usually have two working on the "quilting" at the frame, while the others did "piecing" to cut and stitch the cover patterns. The "owner" of the quilt on the frame nearly always took the front side, and friendships - and feuds - could be started and nurtured over whether the "backsider" used stitches of the correct length and placement to satisfy the owner of the quilt. The actual "quilting" - the stitches that held the layers together - sometimes involved very elaborate patterns, separate from or coordinated with the pattern of the piecework.

Conversation, of course, was a significant part of the "bee." It was not generally a place where the "men of the house" would want to be...
or were permitted.

A more modern "machine quilted" piece can elicit admiration for the artist, but some of the old ones murmer in the voices of whole communities.

John

Subject: RE: BS: For real, I quilt:
From: JennieG
Date: 26 Jun 05 - 11:22 PM

In my part of the world quilting still IS a social thing! I belong to 2 quilting groups, a 'real' guild and an on-line group. As well as quilts for ourselves, our families and friends, we make quilts for people in need in the community - and we have fun doing so.

I have nearly finished working on a small (A3 sized) quilt for a fun challenge with a couple of friends; we each picked a month and made something that, to us, represented that month. I chose January which I don't like because of its heat and humidity, but it was supposed to be a challenge! My little quilt uses bright blue fabrics with sparkly embroidery and beading, and here's the musical connection - it's name is "There ain't no cure for the summertime blues" from the song sung by Eddie Cochran. All quilts I make have names with a musical connection.

Back to the needle and thread,
Cheers
JennieG

Subject: RE: BS: For real, I quilt:
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 26 Jun 05 - 11:36 PM

I have a friend (a sometimes Mudcatter) who had a wonderful large room built on the back of her house to accomodate her growing passion for quilting. Lots of space now to spread out the work.

My great grandmother was a quilter, and I have a number of hers. She was so accomodating as to date them on the back of one corner. They go back to about 1860.

SS

Subject: RE: BS: For real, I quilt:
From: frogprince
Date: 26 Mar 07 - 09:53 PM

I guess I started this myself once upon a time, then forgot completely about it; I can almost say I quilt now; I've been working up images for my wife for This Baby Quilt. But my wife has done all the actual quilt work, save for me helping a little to stretch the face and pin on the batting and backing. The baby (great niece) arrived early this morning, and there is a little work to finish, but we hope to have it done when we get to journey to see them and other family next Saturday. I'm a little afraid, though, that doing this stuff may confuse my sexual orientation...   
                            Dean

Subject: RE: BS: For real, I quilt:
From: Ebbie
Date: 26 Mar 07 - 10:11 PM

Hmmm. JiK, I went to quilting bees for years when my mother and others of her church and community got together to make quilts for "relief". I've never seen two people work on the same block of quilt.

The old fill, of course, was not synthetic (and much lighter) material but cotton batting that was spread out over the prospective quilt; kind of a tricky business. I remember when my mother first used the fiberfill that is still used today. The old quilts and comforters were not washable.

Subject: RE: BS: For real, I quilt:
From: Rapparee
Date: 26 Mar 07 - 10:24 PM

Shoulda used wool, Ebbie. It's THE thing today, until something else comes along.

My wife has had a "quilt camp" here on a weekend recently. She puts about six tables up, which permits a dozen people to sew (with machines) at once. They use the downstairs kitchen for a potluck.

It's one reason why we've just had the basement bathroom redone.

Pat has a sewing room upstairs and has a sewing machine, cutting table, etc. in the "Sun Room" downstairs. I just have this little room under the stairs....

Subject: RE: BS: For real, I quilt:
From: Bee
Date: 26 Mar 07 - 10:34 PM

If you quilt for real, what do you do for imaginary?

I don't quilt, but I sew, and there's a sewn quilt in my future - fabric too small for other projects, too pretty to throw away, is pilin' up.

It may be a crazy quilt, though.

Subject: RE: BS: For real, I quilt:
From: Sorcha
Date: 26 Mar 07 - 10:44 PM

Balderdash the old quilts weren't washable! I've washed many cotton quilts. The difference between the old cotton and the new fiber fill is that the new stuff is bonded among the fibers so you can get away with a lot less actual quilting.

The old cotton was NOT bonded, had to be spread and evened out by hand and HAD to be quilted every inch. I do hand quilting and have used both. You can get away with quilting lines 12" apart with the fiber fill.

JiK, the only time I've ever seen/heard of what you describe is with a thick tied quilt with a (usually) wool batt. Often a child was 'underfoot' and needed something to do, so they put the child under the frame to turn the needle. I use a curved needle on a hard surface to tie a quilt/comforter.

Hand quilting is basically just a tiny running stitch, and a good quilter can get 10 stitches to the inch or more. My best is 8 and I'm not consistent with that. Mr can get 10 quite often.

You wear a thimble on the pushing finger, usually the middle one, put the off hand under the quilt, using a finger tip to turn the needle back up, catch it with the top hand thumb, push back down, etc. Most quilters can get at least 6 stitches on the needle before pulling the thread thru.

One reason people think old quilts are not washable is that the old thread was not the super strong quilting thread used today, and they are most vulnerable when wet and heavy. Take care when pulling them out of the washer. Another is that the colours will often run in even warm water. If it is a valuable quilt for some reason then DON'T wash it, put it in sunlight, or hang it on a wall. Smoke, gas heat residue, animal hair and the quilts own weight will ruin it.

If you just have to mend an old one, use invisible thread (like fish line) and the tiniest, most invisible stitches possible. Best usually if you just leave them alone, or send to a restorer.

We have a quilt that was made in the 1870's by Mr's great great (forget how many greats) grandmother and it is in MINT condition. It has a note from the maker with it saying who it was made for, etc. Pencil marks for the quilting are still on it. It's an unbleached muslin ground, hand applique roses and pineapples with wreaths. Colours are goldenrod, hunter green and turkey red. All are as bright as the day they were purchased. It will never be washed.

If you don't have a 'safe' bed to spread them out on (in layers if necessary) store them in a white cotton pillow case and re fold once in a while.

I only quilt now when my carpal will let me. Damn wrist anyway.

Subject: RE: BS: For real, I quilt:
From: Bee
Date: 26 Mar 07 - 11:23 PM

Heed Sorcha's advice regarding old fabric, and never store in plastic bags. Refolding is important with large things like quilts. If you have a storage shelf wide enough, it's better to roll them, to prevent the creases which can strain and tear old fabric.

Subject: RE: BS: For real, I quilt:
From: Peace
Date: 26 Mar 07 - 11:50 PM

Nice, frogprince. Very, very nice. Loved your site, btw.

Subject: RE: BS: For real, I quilt:
From: GUEST,meself
Date: 26 Mar 07 - 11:51 PM

Check these out: The quilts of Gee's Bend.


NPR story.

Subject: RE: BS: For real, I quilt:
From: Ebbie
Date: 27 Mar 07 - 03:32 AM

Neat, Sorcha. By the way, does the 1870s quilt have a fill? In our family, we made a distinction between quilts and comforters. It may not have been scientific but what we called a 'quilt' normally had no fill although sometimes it had a panel between the top and the back, while our 'comforters' all had cotton or wool batting and were very heavy. Sometimes a comforter had a cotton cover basted onto the upper part of the comforter, the part that would be breathed on, and that could be replaced. But our comforters were never washed, to my knowledge.

When I left home I immediately bought blankets.

Subject: RE: BS: For real, I quilt:
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 27 Mar 07 - 05:00 AM

Translation for our UK readers, realised whilst walking around the Textile galleries at the Victoria & Albert Museum with Maryrrf.

When most Americans say quilt, they mean patchwork. When a Brit says quilt, it can be anything from a Victorian patchwork bedspread to a 1970's polyester eiderdown.

The difference is in the meaning of quilt as verb or noun. To quilt in the UK means to secure a single backing fabric, filling or padding and decorative top fabric together using small, running stitches, often in the form of a pattern or design. They were very popular in the north (they're sometimes called Durham Quilts) where cotton was easily available from the mills. If you're lucky enough to have a dateable one from the 19th Century, you could have a valuable piece of work.

The fabric used is plain white or unbleached and the design is formed with the stitches. Paisley feathers, curled ferns and floral designs were popular. The pieces are stretched out over a frame and tacked together with a coloured thread. The design is drawn on the top in something that washes out. The thread used to stitch the design is the same colour as the fabric, and a small back or running stitch is used to secure the fabrics and filling together.

In the US, the decoration on the quilt comes almost exclusively from the patchwork blocks used to form the quilt, rather than any decorative stitching.

Limpit's Aunt started a quilt for her, with fabrics with New Zealand images on them, which I finished for her and she now has on her bed. It's made in the American style but with picture print 1/4 blocks rather than patchworked designs. They're easy to run up in a weekend with a sewing machine and someone to provide tea. It's the hand finishing that takes the time. Limpit's quilt was just sewn with a decorative thread around each block and a feather stitch decorative stitch on the quarters.

I suppose, as I have the wherewithalls and all, that I should think about making another quilt... maybe for when she hits her teens. That gives me 2 years minus 1 day, should be about time!

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: For real, I quilt:
From: Sorcha
Date: 27 Mar 07 - 08:28 AM

To me, a 'quilt' means a sandwich, back, batt/fill, and top. Top can be pieced, applique, or whole cloth (what Liz is tallking about)all held together by running stitches as in 'to quilt'. A tied quilt (held together by yarn knots with tails) is also a quilt, but 'I' don't consider it a 'real quilt'. Grin. Lots of people use old blankets for batt/fill in a tied quilt.

A comforter is a big,thick, puffy thing, often tied, but it's a 3 layer sandwich too.

Applique--hand or machine. For hand, the raw edge is turned under 1/4" and then the piece/patch is sewn to the top with a blind or buttonhole stitch. I've seen other decorative stitches, such as a feather stitch used too. For machine, usually the zig zag satin stitch is used unless you WANT the raw edges to fray. Used mostly for circles or patterns with a lot of curves.

Back--just what it says. Can be any colour, used to be almost always white or unbleached muslin. Now, it's often a colour from the top, or a complimentary colour.

Fill/batt--the middle. Cotton (still available for True Purists), polyester bonded fiberfill available in several weights, wool sheeting, or an old blanket

Top--What it says. Can be pieced (patchwork), hand or machine applique patterns, or a large seamless piece of fabric to show off fancy quilting

Piece--one tiny piece of the top, usually square, rectangle, triangle, etc.

Patch--a group of pieces that forms part of the block, ie, 9 patch

Block--a finished unit of the top design. When 'set' the blocks will often form a secondary pattern on the top. See the pattern called Variable Star.

Set--how the blocks are put together. Alternate plain with pieced, pieced to pieced, set between strips of plain or complemtary fabric

Sash--the strips sometimes set between the rows of blocks

Border--the very outside edge, not always used. Can be pieced or plain. Also can have only the corners pieced. Can be mitered or squared on the corners.

Binding--finishing the raw edges. Can be front to back, back to front or applied bias tape/quilt binding.

I've noticed that the older I get the smaller my quilts get. I used to do huge King size with pillow toss and bottom tuck-in. Now, they are lucky to get a lap quilt/crib size! LOL

Subject: RE: BS: For real, I quilt:
From: Rapparee
Date: 27 Mar 07 - 09:12 AM

Aaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrgh! I already KNEW all those terms! And the difference between a comforter and a quilt! I know about bonded fill and glazed fill and have started to be able to tell the difference between the Stars! I can tell a Flying Geese In The Cabin from a Bearpaw with a single glance (and so can you, because they're very, very different patterns)! I know about Irish Chains! I pick up bits of thread and fabric everywhere! I know how to tell a Moda from other fabrics!

GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! I'm a Quilter's Husband!

And there's no cure for it!

Except drink...and being supportive of the quilter. You can't wean them off of it, for it's an addiction worse than heroin. All you can do when the points don't meet is to hold them and wipe away their tears.

And pay the credit card bills....

Subject: RE: BS: For real, I quilt:
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 27 Mar 07 - 09:15 AM

I am not a quilter, I'm just making a pieced & quilted cushion or panel.

It's made of Japanese fabrics, some from my stash (a half-filled shoebox containing 6 fat quarters, 10 or 15 7" squares, & pieces of old kimonos) & scraps given by members of my craft group. My stash now fills the shoebox! It will not expand (well, maybe if they continue giving me scraps, I might need a second shoebox.)

The cushion or panel is composed of four 12" squares, containing fans with the leaves made of different materials, decorated in diffferent ways.

My friends in the group laugh when I say I'm not a quilter, but quliters as I have observed them have stashes that fill entire cupboards or rooms, continually buy metres of fabric that just Might Come In Handy, & continually make quilts as present for new babies/old friends/charity/strangers, & also keep making queen-sized quilts.

sandra

Subject: RE: BS: For real, I quilt:
From: Sorcha
Date: 27 Mar 07 - 09:33 AM

LOL--that's it Sandra! And Rap, it's not fatal....several years ago, I thought I'd probably never make another so I gave my 'stash' to the Sr. Friendship Center. I was OK for quite a few years, but I must say that I did miss it.

Guess what I did this past December? Yep, I fell off the wagon and made a lap quilt for the grandson. Hand quilted even.

There is quite a bit of folk lore associated with the patterns. A young bachelor was never given a Wandering Foot (other names too), and Double Wedding Rings were for wedding/engagement gifts or Hope Chests. NEVER used until the wedding night. Pineapples are a symbol of friendship, and in Victorian times the Memory Quilt became popular.

It incorporated bits of the deceased's clothing, jewlery, and even braids or swatches of their hair. Needless to say, these were usually small wall ornaments and never washed. If the deceased had been a military person then the military awards and decorations were added.

My mom made herself a Crazy Quilt skirt from courduroy. All bright colours in no pattern, just the scraps of fabric laid on top of each other and held with a fancy feather stitch. Mum, sis and I all wore it until we couldn't button it anymore. (16" waist!!). Wish I knew what happened to it.

We haven't even gotten into embroidered or cross stitch blocks, patterns published in the newspapers or a treasured pattern done in paper and folded small to fit in the steamer trunk for daughters heading Out West to homestead.

Subject: RE: BS: For real, I quilt:
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 27 Mar 07 - 10:13 AM

I made a small crazy quilt panel some years back & use it to cover my iMac screen!

It's made of scraps of vintage & antique fabrics, braids & laces & embroideries. Newest pieces were voile blouse materials from the 1970's, oldest was a piece of hand-done broderie anglaise from a decrepit white cotton 1850's child's dress. I still can't find my oldest fabric - a hanky-sized scrap of 1830's housedress fabric.

Now that I have a digital camera & almost have a flikr page, I'll get pics published (one day - when I understand the camera instructions).

sandra

Subject: RE: BS: For real, I quilt:
From: Scoville
Date: 27 Mar 07 - 10:33 AM

My mother and I both quilt as much as we have time (which isn't much, but we try).

* * * * *

In the US, the decoration on the quilt comes almost exclusively from the patchwork blocks used to form the quilt, rather than any decorative stitching.

I'd say that's a bit of an overstatement/generalization. Whole-cloth quilts are not common here any more but everyone I know certainly puts a tremendous amount of planning into her quilting unless it's strictly a utility quilt (when she'll probably run in through the machine or just quilt it in a grid). The wrong quilting ruins a patterned quilt and all the women I know consider how the two will work together at great length. Counterpane [solid piece of cloth, not pieced or appliquéd] blocks usually have their own decorative pattern. They don't just fill in with lines or shells all the time.

When most Americans say quilt, they mean patchwork. When a Brit says quilt, it can be anything from a Victorian patchwork bedspread to a 1970's polyester eiderdown.

When Americans say "quilt", they mean three layers SEWN together. Tied bedding--at least around here--is sort of considered a quilt as well but . . . not quite. Most older quilts here are filled with loose cotton, often complete with a few stray seeds, so tying would be a poor choice of assembly since it doesn't hold cotton bolls in place. Tying is considered a bit sloppy unless the quilt has flannel or some other woven material for batt, which is something most women I know don't do unless they mean for the quilt to be washed regularly and used heavily. It's probably most common in quilts for babies and small children, which are likely to get dirty and be used up.

On the other hand, a "comforter" in America is the puffy thing filled with down or polyfill and "quilted" only in wide tracks for maximum air capacity. I don't think anyone makes what we would call a "comforter" at home any more. That is a comforter.


Sorcha's right--do NOT store in plastic. Roll in muslin or old bedsheets to keep dust off. Always refold in a different way so you don't use the same creases each time, which can weaken and encourage wear lines. And keep them out of sunlight.

Subject: RE: BS: For real, I quilt:
From: Flash Company
Date: 27 Mar 07 - 11:24 AM

Gran used to quilt, all the odd bits of material left over from Mum's dress making cut into 6 sided shapes and stitched together with feather stitch. She also used to rag rug, using a sack that Dad had liberated from the ICI as a base and all the thicker bits of material from the dress making.
Mum still had one of those old rugs in her kitchen in about 1990, and Gran died in 1972. They were made to last!

FC

Subject: RE: BS: For real, I quilt:
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 27 Mar 07 - 11:31 AM

So a comforter is an eiderdown... big puffy thing filled with duck (eider) down...

Where did I get the impression that comforters were woolly scarves, unless it was from some book where the heroine wrapped her comforter tightly around her neck to keep out the snow? Wrap that thing around your neck and you'd never see the light of day!

I was quoting from a book which I've now put away, one of my City & Guilds textbooks, written by a formidable woman who appeared to have won the last two World Wars all by herself AND told that cheeky young thing Mr Churchill a thing or two.

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: For real, I quilt:
From: Bee
Date: 27 Mar 07 - 11:52 AM

Comforter has meant a big filled coverlet as long as I can remember. But not necessarily filled with down - that would be a duvet, these days. We had a comforter from 1948 (parents were given it at their wedding) which was satin with cotton lint fill, just barely machine quilted in an allover big feather pattern.

Subject: RE: BS: For real, I quilt:
From: Ebbie
Date: 27 Mar 07 - 01:00 PM

lol, LtS. I remember in the old novels that is what a comforter was. I don't remember ever seeing it in a story set in America, though.

Subject: RE: BS: For real, I quilt:
From: Mr Red
Date: 27 Mar 07 - 01:15 PM

quilted comforter? - not a patch on a knitted blanket!

Subject: RE: BS: For real, I quilt:
From: frogprince
Date: 27 Mar 07 - 01:35 PM

"In the US, the decoration on the quilt comes almost exclusively from the patchwork blocks used to form the quilt, rather than any decorative stitching."
largely true, as Liz said. But we do have a few folk who do white or solid with the stitching as the design. It's not really rare to see a "hybrid" version, combining patchwork fabric and a separate, but harmonious, design in the stitching.
The one we made is extremely simple by comparison to what several local women do.
                        Dean

Subject: RE: BS: For real, I quilt:
From: Sorcha
Date: 27 Mar 07 - 06:42 PM

I guess I'll have to put some of my quilt pics back up soon. They were up but I took them down for space.

Subject: RE: BS: For real, I quilt:
From: Tootler
Date: 27 Mar 07 - 07:50 PM

My wife and daughter both quilt.

What Scoville said about quilts being three layers sewn together is the same in the UK. What LTS was talking about was the major different traditions but I think she oversimplified it. In both NE England and Wales there was a tradition of whole cloth quilting but patchwork quilting was also common. The major NE Collections (Beamish, Bowes Museum) both have as many patchwork quilts as whole cloth quilts in their collections.

here are some of my wife's & daughter's efforts

Subject: RE: BS: For real, I quilt:
From: Sorcha
Date: 27 Mar 07 - 08:14 PM

Quite nice Toots! I esp. like the three D effect of the window one!

Subject: RE: BS: For real, I quilt:
From: frogprince
Date: 27 Mar 07 - 08:20 PM

But some of them aren't "TRAD"...
       (But they're cool)
   
             Dean

Subject: RE: BS: For real, I quilt:
From: JennieG
Date: 28 Mar 07 - 04:01 AM

frogprince, your baby quilt is fabulous, it has turned out beautifully!

And Tootler tell your wife & daughter their quilts are great.

I have a flickr page now but it doesn't have much on it, I shall work on it soon. I haven't yet photographed the quilted hanging I made from an Alaskan artist's pattern, of wild iris flowers - it was finished recently. You can't rush genius, I say.

Cheers
JennieG

Subject: RE: BS: For real, I quilt:
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 28 Mar 07 - 04:53 AM

tootler, the quilts are fantastic. I especially loved the traditional cot quilt.

sandra