tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-289466493716180465.post4115915216675041371..comments2024-03-26T22:50:08.674-05:00Comments on Barbara Brackman's <br> MATERIAL CULTURE: Forty Years Ago This Month Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-289466493716180465.post-39222501649405431882018-12-10T10:15:14.074-06:002018-12-10T10:15:14.074-06:00Thank you for sharing this great article and all t...Thank you for sharing this great article and all the photos, as well as your insight. Wouldn't it be great if Good Housekeeping would publish a commemorative edition with the quilts! Anna Lena Landhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04180560405735440751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-289466493716180465.post-65888587789413900112018-09-15T16:09:07.860-05:002018-09-15T16:09:07.860-05:00I am trying to find a copy of the magizine for my ...I am trying to find a copy of the magizine for my 75 year old mother she has wanted the pattern for the confetti quilt by Lisa Courtney back in 1978 she tore the picture out of a magizine thinking she could figure it out she has looked for years for this pattern of Mrs.Courtney if anyone should have a copy of the book are if some one could make me a copy of the directions to this quilt it would make this mother of mine a happy lady ! This is my name and address Arlene Mayfield 163 cr 459 Carthage Texas 75633 if anyone would help me out with this pattern !It's her dream to make this quilt before she passes ! Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11183980542827399916noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-289466493716180465.post-47087264876723514422018-04-07T10:44:59.699-05:002018-04-07T10:44:59.699-05:00Great article. It’s scary that the 70’s are becomi...Great article. It’s scary that the 70’s are becoming so popular again.Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16511263945641430848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-289466493716180465.post-43811152829424982482018-04-07T07:03:31.008-05:002018-04-07T07:03:31.008-05:00Let's bring back some great, NEW pictorial qui...Let's bring back some great, NEW pictorial quilts!<br />Caron at Michigan Quiltshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14781676744921488854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-289466493716180465.post-30759069516585143632018-04-07T06:56:57.191-05:002018-04-07T06:56:57.191-05:00Thanks for mentioning the 1970s trends and pictori...Thanks for mentioning the 1970s trends and pictorial quilts! The first quilt book I wrote and published was America's Pictorial Quilts, published in 1985 by AQS. By then, many quilters were creating some glorious pictorial quilts, and many of them were published in magazines and books by some very talented quilt artists! Caron at Michigan Quiltshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14781676744921488854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-289466493716180465.post-58553053013638891172018-04-01T22:01:38.240-05:002018-04-01T22:01:38.240-05:00You'll be interested to know that Lisa Courtne...You'll be interested to know that Lisa Courtney's "Confetti" quilt is now in the collection of the New England Quilt Museum. We also have her medal and certificate and a copy of the magazine.Laura Lanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15606140596973424074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-289466493716180465.post-71720325151623686622018-03-30T12:47:04.691-05:002018-03-30T12:47:04.691-05:00Thanks for the interesting post. I recognize a lot...Thanks for the interesting post. I recognize a lot of the quilt photos. I was a very young mother and quilting fascinated me.<br />I read whatever I could find about quilts. And made my first quilts for my babies.<br />The 70's in my memory was a strange time. The media made us so self aware, in a lot of ways we lost track of reality.<br />That's my take.Janiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11494933770754796059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-289466493716180465.post-8673924663981436852018-03-30T10:42:01.375-05:002018-03-30T10:42:01.375-05:00Fascinating post. Thanks, Barbara. I think the ves...Fascinating post. Thanks, Barbara. I think the vest Jinny Beyer is wearing is a pattern by Lesley Claire Greenberg. I made one very similar, although it no longer fits, lol.Rachelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16995144818340086768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-289466493716180465.post-54973112776517182022018-03-29T22:43:48.288-05:002018-03-29T22:43:48.288-05:00I remember that cover so well, and some of the qui...I remember that cover so well, and some of the quilts are still in my memory. Jenny Beyer was so young! Amazing what 40 years does to us. Come to think of it, I was a fairly young mother myself, with 10 year old and a child less than 2. I was teaching on the Navajo Reservation, and I had been quilting for more than ten years! This was a great post with lots of interesting thoughts about the 70s.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-289466493716180465.post-60167126493433031372018-03-29T17:05:14.739-05:002018-03-29T17:05:14.739-05:00I too graduated from college in "78. Wow, tho...I too graduated from college in "78. Wow, those were the times....LOL Both my grandmothers "quilted"; one did utility quilts from polyester and tied them and the other one did use cotton (or whatever suspect fabric that might be cotton) but by that time did mostly doll quilts or Barbie clothes. We just started a home remodel project so have been looking at what is "in style" and I am amazed. White cabinets only painted wood not the metal ones I grew up with and gray is the new white. And if you don't like the finish on your furniture, paint it and then distress it. I shudder at the thought of anyone putting paint on my hand made wooden pieces. However, my 25 year old daughter tells me it is only those old people in their 30's that do that. She likes wood AND macrame so I am with holding judgement on her decorating style. Now it is tacky to have your trinkets out. Just a thought about the quilts from the 70s. What people would make to enter a national show might not have been characteristic of their normal quilting style. One would apm it up a bit when you entered a national contest. I do still have a log cabin pattern made up of one block to cover the entire bed. I still giggle about it.Deb Machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06553006546291452088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-289466493716180465.post-12280336824519212372018-03-29T15:10:25.533-05:002018-03-29T15:10:25.533-05:00I had the good fortune to find some quilting magaz...I had the good fortune to find some quilting magazines from the late 70s to early 80s and I was struck by all the solid or nearly-solid fabrics used. It also seems odd how lightly quilted many 70s quilts were, but quite understandable since most were hand-quilted. It *seems* show quilts were about the only ones that had nearly the amount of quilting many of today's machine-quilted ones have. I'm working on hand-quilting a bed quilt (in the 5th year?), so I can totally understand doing as little of it as possible, or using a machine!JustGailhttp://justgail.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-289466493716180465.post-33491611523132336012018-03-29T15:08:17.803-05:002018-03-29T15:08:17.803-05:00Its fantastic to see these quilts. In '78 I ha...Its fantastic to see these quilts. In '78 I had graduated from college after working my husband through grad school. I wouldn't make q jilt until 1991. But I did buy a small book of quilt patterns and saved up 1x3 inch squares for a quilt. One move I tossed my shoebox of oeoces figuring I'd never make the quilt. Good thing as they were mostly polyester...Nancy A. Bekofskehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00355758776083934586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-289466493716180465.post-65130052086810474652018-03-29T12:09:19.032-05:002018-03-29T12:09:19.032-05:00wow blast from the past....chris wolf edmonds was ...wow blast from the past....chris wolf edmonds was a guest at our guild and everybody did seminole patchwork...lol...40 years doesn't seem possible at all...cityquilter gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16769584628450845408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-289466493716180465.post-86298965542451231572018-03-29T11:44:07.827-05:002018-03-29T11:44:07.827-05:00Awesome post Barbara! Thank you very much. You are...Awesome post Barbara! Thank you very much. You are a treasure of knowledge, history, and ideas.Maria Shellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09957467971593083397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-289466493716180465.post-71543760348987667522018-03-29T11:04:40.728-05:002018-03-29T11:04:40.728-05:00Great post! I was a junior in college, quilting wa...Great post! I was a junior in college, quilting was far-far-far from my mind; that was something my grandmother did! And yes, we have come full circle. My 33-year-old daughter and her husband want to buy a mid-century home that hasn't been "fixed" in the last 40-50 years. She wants the original house. Wow. Anyone in Columbus, OH, have one for sale??? Thanks for the great trip down memory lane!Jayne Honnoldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16307713540200490477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-289466493716180465.post-21539478527606062472018-03-29T10:01:49.685-05:002018-03-29T10:01:49.685-05:00Wow, quite a stroll down memory lane for us -- the...Wow, quite a stroll down memory lane for us -- the quilt contest, and also our own 70s experiences! I do have lots of "stuff" around the house now, including knick-knacks dating back more than 40 years(!!!) which I need to get rid of so my kids won't have to later. Curious: Barbara, what quilts are included in the décor of your (current) 70s home? Jeannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06597301644404678019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-289466493716180465.post-48458174131492707732018-03-29T09:13:16.363-05:002018-03-29T09:13:16.363-05:00I thought the 70's were a disastrous time for ...I thought the 70's were a disastrous time for fashion and decor! I'm sure there's a study somewhere about period nostalgia. Perhaps we abhor {x-style] if we were [this age] when it was the fashion. If [x-style] occurred ten years before we were born would we like it? If [y-style] was our grandparents' era are we inclined to collect it? The 1950's house I grew up in had Youngstown Steel kitchen cabinets. I once told my mother how neat I thought the wooden cabinets in my friends' mid-60's houses were. She said she'd grown up with wooden kitchen cabinets and preferred the clean, white all-steel. As an adult my first apartment was 1940's and when I married our house was a 1922 bungalow. Both had wooden cabinets. I liked 'em just fine. (Later we lived in an 1897 house with a post-WWII kitchen...and steel cabinets. I tolerated them.) ..... My mother was always surprised, too, at my penchant for vintage Fiestaware. (But she in turn had several pieces of vintage carnival glass.) Nannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09239289676429380866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-289466493716180465.post-85440811228104433832018-03-29T08:54:53.475-05:002018-03-29T08:54:53.475-05:00I entered that contest in 1978 and I remember clea...I entered that contest in 1978 and I remember clearly how awestruck I was when I saw Ginny's quilt. And as for the tchotchkes, I'm sure the Mondale's put them away for the photo! Let's just say, my house would never make Good Housekeeping, more like "Eclectic Monthly"!Wendy Caton Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18122151466664580872noreply@blogger.com