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Quilt/Textile of the Month – June 2012

Category:  Applique, PiecingTechnique:  Hand Applique, Machine Piecing, Photo Transfer

 

Rainbow Bridge

Maker, Jo Baner200331.5″ x 22.5″Cottons, Photo-transfer

Looking north, this wonderful collage photo transfer piece includes iconic images from …


Quilt/Textile of the Month – May 2012

Category:  Applique, PiecingTechnique:  Hand Applique, Machine Piecing, Hand Quilting

 

View from the Bridge

Maker, Kathy McNeil200324″ x 28.5″Cottons, batiks & prints

This wonderful collage applique piece includes iconic images …


Quilt/Textile of the Month – April 2012

Category:  AppliqueTechnique:  Raw Edge Applique, Machine Quilting 

Tulip Fields Forever

Maker, Laura Fogg200839″ x 45″Cottons, Ikat, organza, tulle netting, twill ribbon

Made for her Barns & Botanicals Exhibit at …


Quilt/Textile of the Month – March 2012

Category:  Applique, Pieced, EmbroideryTechnique:  Hand Applique, Machine Piecing, Hand Embroidery

 

The Church in the Wilderness – A River Runs Through It

Designer, Marie KolasinskiMaker, The Art Department, Workshop …


Quilt/Textile of the Month – February 2012

Category:  Foundation Pieced, EmbroideryTechnique:  Hand Piecing, Hand Embroidery

 

Crazy Quilt with Black Velvet Border

Maker, Unknown; Made in Ohio187949″ x 60″Silk, velvet, commemorative ribbon

Twenty 10.5″ blocks of silk …


Quilt/Textile of the Month – January 2012

Category:  Pieced, EmbroideryTechnique:  Hand Piecing, Hand EmbroideryKazakh Tapestry

Maker,196986″ x 58″Cottons, silk threads

This Embroidered tapestry was made as a wedding gift. It is made to hang in a yurt, the housing of nomadic people in Kazakh. These types of tapestries are …


Quilt/Textile of the Month – December 2011

Category:  PiecedTechnique:  Hand Piecing, Hand Quilting Feathered Star Quilt

Estate of Anna Kurtz Gray188068.5″ x 78.5″Cottons

Nine 22.5″ Feathered Star blocks make up the field of this quilt from the estate …


Quilt/Textile of the Month – November 2011

Category:  Pieced, EmbroideryTechnique:  Hand Embroidery, Machine Piecing  Silk Cigar Ribbon Quilt

Maker, Unknown190035″ x 35″Silks cigar ribbons

During the late 19th century, Silk Cigar Ribbons were commonly found around …


Quilt/Textile of the Month – October 2011

Category:  Pieced, EmbroideryTechnique:  Machine Pieced; Hand Embroidery, Machine Quilted

 

Fan with Embroidery

Maker, Unknown193364″ x 64″This crazy quilt is composed of twenty-five 11″ fan blocks, in which the …


Quilt/Textile of the Month – September 2011

Category:  Pieced, EmbroideryTechnique:  Machine Pieced; Hand Embroidery, Machine Quilted Embroidered Flowers Quilt

Hazel A Loveless                 1930               71.5″ x 93″All cottons. Machine pieced, hand embroidery, & machine quilted. Machine applied binding.

The top is …


Quilt/Texile of the Month – August 2011

 Category:  Pieced, AppliquéTechnique:  Hand Pieced; Hand Appliqué, Hand Quilted 

Cherry Basket Quilt

Miss Nancy Baker                  1870               63″ x 78″All cottons. Hand pieced, hand appliquéd, & hand quilted. …


Quilt/Textile of the Month – July 2011

Category:  PiecedTechnique:  Hand Pieced; Hand Quilted  
Postage Stamp Quilt
Unknown (top) 1930
Unknown (quilting & binding) 1970
78″ x 93″
Mixed Vintage
The quilts of the 1930′s often exhibit resourcefulness on the …


Quilt/Textile of the Month – June 2011

Category:  Pieced QuiltTechnique:  Machine Pieced; Hand Applique; Hand Quilted 
Liberty in America
Ruth  Carol Coombe1985-8672 x 72″Cotton and cotton blends“Four basic designs associated with the Statute of Liberty provide a central …


Quilt/Textile of the Month – May 2011

Category:  QuiltTechnique:  Pieced; Embroidery 
Double Wedding Ring
Naiome Katherine Prante 1873-1937 (top)
Mariana Foliart (finishing) 2011
68″ x 80″
c. 1930
The quilts of the 1930′s often exhibit resourcefulness on …


Quilt/Textile of the Month – April 2011

Category:  TextileTechnique:  Crewel Embroidery

Tree of Life, Jacobean Crewel Embroidery
Ecclesiastical Embroidery Guildc. 196033″ x 58″Jacobean crewel embroidery is first seen in the early 1600’s in England after the influence …


Quilt/Textile of the Month – March 2011

Category:  Crazy Quilt Technique:  Foundation pieced, hand embroidery
Crazy Quilt

Annie Pickens (Merhof) & friends 1885 73”  x 82”Silk, silk ribbons, velvet, taffeta, brocade, lace. Velvet border with 4.5″ ecru crocheted …


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Quilt/Textile of the Month – February 2011

Category:  Pieced QuiltTechnique:  Machine pieced, hand pieced, hand embroidery
Embroidered Fans
Unknown
193364” x 64”Silk and rayon satin and crepes

This crazy quilt is composed of twenty-five 11″ fan blocks, in which …


Quilt/Textile of the Month – January 2011

Category:  Appliqué Quilt Technique:  Hand appliqué, hand quilted, hand embroidery
Sunbonnet Sue
Unknown c. 1930 74” x 74”Repeating block, Sunbonnet Sue girl motif appliqued to a white background. Set with a …


Quilt/Textile of the Month – December 2010

Category:  Pieced QuiltTechnique:  Hand pieced, hand quilted
Queen’s Crown
Maker, Unknown71” x 83”c. 1860The maker has turned some of the center units changing the direction of the …


Quilt/Textile of the Month – November 2010

Category:  Appliqué QuiltTechnique:  Hand appliqué, hand quilted
Tulips in a Pot, Variation
Maker, Unknownc. 188077.5″ x 77.5″Nine repeating blocks with an appliqué tulip motif design. All cottons fabrics in solid colors, including:  …


Quilt/Textile of the Month-October 2010

Category:  Pieced QuiltTechnique:  Machine pieced, machine quilted
Ohio Star Quilt
Block Maker, Naiome Katherine Prante (1873-1937)c. 193020 blocks, 13.5″ finished.Setting, Mariana Foliart201064″ x 78″Naiome Katherine Prante …


Quilt/Textile of the Month-September 2010

Category:  Log Cabin, VariationTechnique:  Foundation pieced, hand
Courthouse Steps Quilt
Maker, Unknownc. 188062″ x 80″Multi-colored in browns, reds, oranges, greens. This Log Cabin Variation begins with a dark center …


Quilt/Textile of the Month-August 2010

Category:  Crazy QuiltTechnique:  Appliqué (hand), hand-embroidered, machine pieced, hand quilted
Crazy Quilt
Maker, Sarah Brienc. 188562″ x 72″Sarah Brien made this gorgeous crazy quilt from many colorful pieces of silk and …


Quilt/Textile of the Month-July 2010

Category:  Appliqué (hand), hand-embroidered, machine pieced, hand quilted
Centennial Quilt (Old Glory)
Maker, Lucille Horac. 198097″ x 104″The white stars are hand appliquéd with a running stitch to the red circle, …


Quilt/Textile of the Month-June 2010

Category:  Appliqué (hand), hand pieced, hand quilted
Fans
Maker, Unknownc. 193066″ x 82″Fan blades are hand and machine pieced; the points are appliquéd. Each block has a green quarter circle, red/rose …


Quilt/Textile of the Month-May 2010

Category:  Appliqué (hand), hand pieced, hand quilted
Tulip Quilt
Maker, Unknownc. 186077.5″ x 79″Nine hand-appliquéd blocks–three tulips, stems and four leaves form block motifs. Blocks measure 14.5″ x 14.5″ and are set on point without sashing. …


Quilt/Textile of the Month-April 2010

Category:  Appliqué and pieced
Rainbow Quilt
Maker, Unknownc. 193077″ x 86.5″Appliqué floral bunches of daffodils and posies form block motifs. Blocks measure 14.75″ x 12.75″ and are set without sashing.

This quilt was made from …


Quilt/Textile of the Month-March 2010

Category:  Appliqué
Rose of Sharon
Maker, Unknownc. 193070.5″ x 89″Repeating Blocks, appliqué floral design, with an appliqué border. Blocks measure 22.5″ square and are set …


Quilt/Textile of the Month-January 2010

Category:  PiecedTechnique:  Hand pieced, hand quilted
Improved Nine-Patch
Maker, Unknownc 193566″ x 82″Nine-patch blocks are machine pieced, while the melon is set-in by hand. Block design is …


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