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Sep 12, 20213 min read
Decorating Fads
Around 1875, Turkish and Moorish influence resulted in room decoration where “more is better” reigned. Entire rooms were decorated in...
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Aug 27, 20212 min read
Slave Quilts
A must read! This book was originally published in 1990 and updated and republished in 2007 and is available today. “Stitched from the...
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Aug 17, 20212 min read
Smelling the Barn
4900 pieces of fabric. One inch each. I completed the assembly of the top of this quilt in 2010-11. The pattern was based on a tiny...
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Jul 30, 20212 min read
Drag Me Into History
I wanted to be a smarter collector and began researching various topics – native cultures, the history of knitting, the history of...
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Jul 29, 20211 min read
Recognizing Women’s Art
Art created by women historically has not been recognized as art – because the artists were women. Women's art that is ignored includes...
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Jul 5, 20212 min read
Raiding the Graveyard
These antique bead and wire wreaths are sold incorrectly, and maybe ironically, as wedding wreaths or christening wreaths. Ironically...
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Jun 27, 20212 min read
Always Learning – Tackling Tambour Beadwork
In the 1800s, women learned needle arts from their mothers and grandmothers and from each other. They also read the ladies magazines...
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Jun 27, 20211 min read
Samplers
You know what a sampler is, right? It’s a piece of fabric with some pictures and maybe words made out of colored thread. Yes, and a...
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