Too Many Y SEAMS???

Madison Star by Nan C.

Jean Stanclift

For the free block of the month I am doing in 2014 at my Civil War Quilts site I thought up new variations of stars. The star in a star above I named Madison Star after Madison, Indiana. See the story and free pattern:

http://civilwarquilts.blogspot.com/2014/05/threads-of-memory-5-madison-star-for.html 

Madison Star by Becky Brown

I Photoshopped 25 of Terry's to make a digital quilt.

And here are nine blocks alternating dark backgrounds and light.

The blog readers have gone in many different directions with this star. Below are

examples from our Flickr page:

https://www.flickr.com/groups/threadsofmemory/

Colvinkiwi

Christine

Cookie'sCreek

DebraR

Denniele

Denniele

Dustin

Ed

Jean

JeanneA

Jelibet

JHalasey

JLMeadowlark

Kathie

Leonie

Mulehill

PennyCat

PinkDeenster

Rachael

Note Rachael added a seam to the edge pieces

to avoid Y-seams there.

RCCheryl

Rosemary

SarahV

Sheila

StitchnKnit'sMom

StitchnKnit

Susan

SusieK

SuzieK

SylvieD

 Terry

Above is one posted at Sheryl's Temecula Quilt Company blog

http://temeculaquiltco.blogspot.com/

And Dustin's all ticking version

I love this collaboration. I think up hard blocks. You good stitchers sew them!

I added this paper foundation pattern for the star point. Be sure the box prints out 7" square.

To print:

• Create a word file or a new empty JPG file that is 8-1/2" x 11". 
• Click on the image above.
• Right click on it and save it to your file. 
• Print that file out 8-1/2" x 11". The side of the box should measure 7."  Adjust the size if necessary.

Early reproduction prints

Looking for a chintz border for a reproduction quilt? The Yenters at In the Beginning

have a new reproduction collection featuring this large stripe

with a fancy machine ground.

The line is called Circa 1825

and a portion of the profits go to the 

American Quilt Study Group.

Shopping for a good cause!

Very accurate early prints, perfect for a Jane Austen quilt.

Ask at your quilt shop or do a search for the two words: Circa 1825

Denver Art Museum Exhibit

Indiana Wreath by Charlotte Jane Whitehill, 1930, Emporia, Kansas

Collection of the Denver Art Museum

The Denver Art Museum is showing 20 of their quilts in First Glance - Second Look: Quilts from the Collection.

http://www.denverartmuseum.org/exhibitions/first-glance-second-look-quilts-denver-art-museum-collection

The exhibit opened last month and will be up until March 22, 2015.

Included is Charlotte Whitehill's version of the Indiana Wreath medallion. Their photo shows the terrific quilting that the Emporia community produced in the 1930s.

Several expert applique artists in Emporia and elsewhere were inspired by this photograph in Marie Webster's 1915 book Quilts: Their Story and How to Make Them. The antique quilt is dated 1858 under the basket.

Karla Menaugh and I were inspired by the borders to add a detail to the border of our Emporia Rose sampler.

Emporia Rose by Betty Thayer of Saginaw, Michigan

Here's the little bouquet we added at the bottom. The version

above is by Ina Mae Carney, the one below by Cindy Korb.

Ina Mae Carney's Emporia Rose sampler

The Denver Art Museum has a catalog of their exhibit available for $10.95.

Click here:

http://shop.denverartmuseum.org/SelectSKU.aspx?skuid=1061026

Large Stars/Large Stripes

From an old Quilt Engagement Calendar

Independence Day is a good day for a post on Stars & Stripes.

I sorted all my pictures of large stars and came up with

this subcategory....

Stars with Stripes

Most of which look to be late 19th century....

to mid 20th....

Quilt Engagement Calendar

From a Kentucky quilt search

Skinner Auctions

From Laura Fisher

From Woodard & Greenstein

Machine Applique for Emporia Rose

Detail of an unfinished applique top by Rose Good Kretsinger, hand-appliqued.

Collection: Helen F. Spencer Museum of Art at the University of Kansas

Emporia's Rose Kretsinger and the other applique artists we profile in our new Emporia Rose book were talented hand-appliquers. Our interpretations of their quilts in the book are primarily done in machine applique.

Detail of Karla Menaugh's interpretation of the Pennsylvania Beauty,

machine appliqued. Quilter: Lori Kukuk.

It's difficult to see the difference in the methods. Karla uses a machine applique technique that she has perfected. 

Detail of Spice Pink Table Runner by Karla Carney Menaugh.

Quilter: Kelly Cline

She explains a few of her methods in our new book Emporia Rose: Applique Quilts but you have an opportunity to take a comprehensive class in her techniques next Tuesday, July 8th in Independence Kansas at the first-time Astra Arts Festival. She'll be teaching her Quilting Master Class: Heirloom-Quality Machine Appliqué from 10 a.m. to 3.

Detail of Anna's Thistle by Karla Carney Menaugh.

Quilter: Lori Kukuk

The class description:

Quilting Master Class: Heirloom-Quality Machine Appliqué - Learn to machine appliqué with a technique that so closely mimics hand appliqué that most people won't be able to tell the difference without their reading glasses! Bring your sewing machine, fabric, and sewing supplies to class for hands-on instruction as you begin a folk art block designed by class teacher Karla Menaugh.

Read more about the class and enroll for $25 by clicking here:

http://www.astrafest.org/quilting-masterclass/

Social Circles by Karla Menaugh

All the above blocks are patterned in Emporia Rose.