Sewers

This joke is only funny in English

And even then.....

I belong to a stitch group called the City Sewers.

We find this pun endlessly amusing.

Then there are other meanings

Someone at the Piece O' Cake blog has a sophisticated

sense of humor. Becky collects shots she's taken of her

feet and the sewer.

http://pieceocakeblog.com/

Wait a minute. What's that say?

Best of Morris GiveAway: What's Your Favorite?

Honeysuckle (8115-21) from Moda's Best of Morris collection

to be in shops mid-February

THE GIVE-AWAY IS OVER. BRENDA IN MANITOBA IS THE WINNER!

Runners up who get Charm packs are

PK Sews and Renate.

Thanks for all the comments. I think the most popular is Honeysuckle, followed

by Strawberry Thief and Willow Boughs.

It's hard to pick a favorite but I certainly am fond of Honeysuckle.

I included the print in the first William Morris reproduction collection

we did at Moda in 2008.

The above colorways were printed for A Morris Garden seven years ago.

We expanded the palette beyond the first printing

to include Red,

Brown,

And Indigo, so there are five colorways of Marigold in the new collection.

I have a package of Fat Eighths of the whole Best of Morris line,

which I will give away to the winner of the contest described below.

Best of Morris

The pieces are precut to 9" x 22"

The winner chosen by some strange method I have developed will get the package of Fat-Eighths.

There may be runners-up who will get Charm Squares (5" x 5" precuts). (Winners above)

Do note the print on top of the pre-cuts.

Antique Quilt Shows: Winter and Spring 2015

Gas is cheap!

Get that behemoth out of the garage

and plan a field trip to see

the quilt shows in 2015.

California, San Diego. 

The Mingei Museum will display changing selections from the Pat L. Nickols collection throughout 2015 in its Theater Gallery.

http://www.mingei.org/americanicons/

Colorado, Denver
Denver Art Museum. First Glance - Second Look: Quilts from the Collection, through March 22, 2015.
http://www.denverartmuseum.org/exhibitions/first-glance-second-look-quilts-denver-art-museum-collection
Catalog available for $10.95
http://shop.denverartmuseum.org/SelectSKU.aspx?skuid=1061026

Massachusetts, Concord
Concord Museum. Behind Closed Doors: Asleep in New England includes bedding and quilts.
Curated by Jane and Richard Nylander. Through March 22, 2015
http://www.concordmuseum.org/behind-closed-doors.php

Massachusetts, Lowell
New England Quilt Museum. A Passion for Prussian Blue, curated by Anita Loscalzo, focuses on this brilliant dye. Through April 4, 2015.

http://www.nequiltmuseum.org/

Nebraska, Lincoln
International Quilt Study Center and Quilt Museum:

The museum's main galleries are closed for repainting.  Small exhibits are mounted in other areas of the building. See the list here:

http://www.quiltstudy.org/exhibitions/nowshowing/nowshowing.html

Do check at the website to see what's happening and when the main galleries re-open:
http://www.quiltstudy.org/exhibitions/ 

Nebraska, Lincoln

Nebraska State Historical Society at the Great Plains Art Museum. Homefront & Battlefield: Quilts & Context in the Civil War. This show from the American Textile History Museum "highlights a broad range of textile artifacts and other objects to explore the Civil War." February 3 - June 27, 2015.

http://www.unl.edu/plains/gallery/exhibitions.shtml

New York, Manhattan
Empire Quilters are hosting a weekend of speakers during their quilt show Under A New Star at the Fashion Institute of Technology. March 28 & 29, 2015.  Speakers include Paula Nadelstern, Roderick Kiracofe, Amelia Peck, Sue Reich, Elizabeth Warren & Barbara Brackman. See the program here:

http://www.empirequilters.net/shows.php?ID=67

Virginia, Christiansburg

Montgomery Museum and Lewis Miller Regional Art Center. A Pieced History: Quilts of Montgomery County. Twenty locally made historical quilts, through April, 2015.
http://montgomerymuseum.org/

Virginia, Harrisonburg 

Virginia Quilt Museum. Curator's Choice: Treasures of the Vault. A selection from the museum's collection. February 3 - March 28, 2015

http://www.vaquiltmuseum.org/

Texas, LaGrange
Texas Quilt Museum. Antique Log Cabin Quilts from the International Quilt Study Center plus Vintage Apps: Block Quilts and Appliqué
April 2-June 28, 2015

http://www.texasquiltmuseum.org/

Virginia, Williamsburg
Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum, A Celebration of Quilts "features a dozen quilts that represent the diversity of quilts made in America from the 18th through 20th centuries. Several of the quilts are new to the collection and have never before been seen by the public."
Through June, 2016.
http://www.history.org/history/museums/abby_art_current.cfm

Washington D.C.
D.A.R. Museum. Eye on Elegance: Early Quilts of Maryland and Virginia. Through September 5, 2015.

Applique Flower Basket dated 1849

by Anna Catherine Hummel Markey Garnhart

Curator of Costume and Textiles Alden O’Brien looks at quilts from Maryland and Virginia in an exhibit of 36 quilts with a focus on quilts from 1790 to 1860, design migrations and the many hands who made the quilts.

Wisconsin, Cedarburg
Wisconsin Quilt Museum. In Stitches: Embroidery Needle Arts.Exhibit includes crazy quilts, punchneedle, redwork, needlepoint, counted cross-stitch artwork. April 15 – July 12, 2015
http://wiquiltmuseum.com/

Threads of Memory BOM Free Pattern Posts

Threads of Memory #1
Portsmouth Star
by Jo 

http://civilwarquilts.blogspot.com/2014/01/threads-of-memory-1-portsmouth-star-for.html

Over on my Civil War Quilts blog I did a free Block of the Month pattern in 2014 for a series of original stars called Threads of Memory.We're on to a new project over there but I thought I would post this page with the addresses for the 12 monthly patterns.

UPDATE 2017: I've taken the patterns down but left the stories up there. You can buy a PDF or paper pattern here:https://www.etsy.com/listing/484994362/threads-of-memory-civil-war-quilt?ref=shop_home_active_3

Threads of Memory #2

Mercer County Star

http://civilwarquilts.blogspot.com/2014/02/threads-of-memory-2-mercer-county-star.html

For my models I chose these red, black and white stars by Jo who did such a great job of interpreting my designs in graphic fashion.

Threads of Memory #3

New Garden Star

http://civilwarquilts.blogspot.com/2014/03/threads-of-memory-3-new-garden-star-for.html

Each block symbolizes a true story about slavery, escape, emancipation and freedom---an accurate form of "Underground Railroad" quilt. The blocks are named after locations important in the history of American slavery. The stories celebrate courageous individuals.

Threads of Memory #4
Canada Star

http://civilwarquilts.blogspot.com/2014/04/threads-of-memory-4-canada-star-for.html

Threads of Memory #5
Madison Star

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

Threads of Memory #6
Salem Star

http://civilwarquilts.blogspot.com/2014/06/threads-of-memory-6-salem-star-for.html

Threads of Memory #7
Oberlin Star

http://civilwarquilts.blogspot.com/2014/07/threads-of-memory-7-oberlin-star-for.html

Threads of Memory #8
Jacksonville Star

http://civilwarquilts.blogspot.com/2014/08/threads-of-memory-8-jacksonville-star.html

Threads of Memory #9
Lancaster Star

http://civilwarquilts.blogspot.com/2014/09/threads-of-memory-9-lancaster-star-for.html

Threads of Memory #10
Britain's Star

http://civilwarquilts.blogspot.com/2014/10/threads-of-memory-10-britains-star-for.html

Threads of Memory #11
St. Charles Star

http://civilwarquilts.blogspot.com/2014/11/threads-of-memory-11-st-charles-star.html

Threads of Memory #12
Rochester Star

http://civilwarquilts.blogspot.com/2014/12/threads-of-memory-12-rochester-star-for.html

See Jo's Flickr page with photos of this set of blocks. She made other sets and has lots of her work to view here:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/jotokla/with/10104216125/

And read the post with yardage for the "official set" here:
http://civilwarquilts.blogspot.com/2014/02/three-fancy-sets-for-threads-of-memory.html

Thanks to Jo for doing such a fabulous set of blocks!

Our Flickr page for this series is here:
https://www.flickr.com/groups/threadsofmemory/

Eye Opening Symposium March 13-14 2015

Baltimore Album Quilt, 

Made for Betsey Hobbs Harper and William Harper about 1848. 

Gift of Catherine T. Winter. 

Collection of the Daughters of the American Revolution Museum.

Eye Opening: New Research in Maryland and Virginia Quilts

March 13-14, 2015

The DAR Museum is bringing together experts for a symposium held in conjunction with their year-long exhibit Eye on Elegance. Historians, curators, conservators, and authors will present the latest research on quilts of the area.

The symposium takes place at the DAR Museum Saturday, March 14, 2015, 8:30 am to 7 pm.

Presentations are from 8:30 am to 4 pm. 

An evening reception, 4:30 pm to 7 pm, wraps up the day's event with book signings, drinks and hors d' oeuvres. 

A  Friday evening social event kicks off the get-together on March 13 from 5 pm to 8 pm with a curator's tour of Eye on Elegance by Alden O'Brien, DAR Museum's Curator of Textiles and Costumes. Drinks and hors d' ouevres will be served. Separate ticket required.

Speakers: 
Barbara Brackman: Pearl Street and Ladies' Bazaars: Supplying Quilters Before the Civil War

Ronda Harrell McAllen, Quilt Historian, Author: "The Life and Times of Achsah Goodwin Wilkins"

Debby Cooney, Quilt Historian, Editor, A Maryland Album w/ Ronda Harrell McAllen. "Saw Some Pretty Squares": A Reexamination of Baltimore Album Quiltmaking."

Bunnie Jordan, Quilt Historian, Appraiser, Co-Author, Quilts of Virginia: "Quilts of Early Maryland and Virginia"

Deb Kraak, Independent Museum Professional. "Fabrics ala Mode."


Alden O'Brien, Curator, DAR Museum: "Three Master Quilters of Maryland and Virginia"

Virginia Vis, Quilt Historian, Conservator: "Haven't I Seen That Before? Baltimore Album Quilt Patterns"

Buy tickets here. 

http://www.eventbrite.com/e/eye-opening-new-research-on-early-quilts-of-maryland-and-virginia-tickets-13975151053

The main ticket includes general registration fee for the symposium on Saturday, March 14, 2015, 8:30 am to 4 pm, PLUS all food for the day including a continental breakfast, box lunch, morning and afternoon snacks, and evening reception with drinks and hors d' oeuvres.