tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5637291250276132370Mon, 13 Jul 2009 20:06:51 +0000From antique quilts to art quilts to women and their cloth - all connected by stitching a - circle of friends around the worldhttp://quiltersspirit.blogspot.com/quiltdating@jetlink.net (Kimberly Wulfert, PhD)Blogger86125QuiltersSpirithttp://feedburner.google.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5637291250276132370.post-4499711403356843652Mon, 13 Jul 2009 19:26:00 +00002009-07-13T13:06:51.350-07:00Antique FabricAntique or Vintage QuiltsThe winner of one set of Antique Quilt Dating Guides on The Quilting Gallery's Friday Give-Away is Diana Higdon from Clarksville, Indiana. Congratulations to Diane. Last week one set of my Antique Quilt Dating Guides...by Style were the featured Friday Give Away on Michele Foster's Quilting Gallery here -http://quiltinggallery.com/2009/07/03/antique-quilt-dating-guides-by-style/   Here is a http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/QuiltersSpirit/~3/cKumdYqjubI/my-transgenerational-quilt-1835-1945.htmlquiltdating@jetlink.net (Kimberly Wulfert, PhD)0<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/QuiltersSpirit?a=cKumdYqjubI:gW_c0GRohm4:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/QuiltersSpirit?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/QuiltersSpirit?a=cKumdYqjubI:gW_c0GRohm4:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/QuiltersSpirit?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/QuiltersSpirit/~4/cKumdYqjubI" height="1" width="1"/>http://quiltersspirit.blogspot.com/2009/07/my-transgenerational-quilt-1835-1945.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5637291250276132370.post-555318050547529433Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:48:00 +00002009-07-03T13:49:50.483-07:00Antique FabricAntique or Vintage QuiltsThis week one set of my Antique Quilt Dating Guides...by Style are the featured Friday Give Away on Michele Foster's Quilting Gallery here -http://quiltinggallery.com/2009/07/03/antique-quilt-dating-guides-by-style/ All you have to do to win is read the post describing them and leave a comment. The winner will be randomly drawn on July 9th. You must comment by next Thursday to be in the http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/QuiltersSpirit/~3/ZStNKgmoO58/friday-give-away-and-19th-century.htmlquiltdating@jetlink.net (Kimberly Wulfert, PhD)2<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/QuiltersSpirit?a=ZStNKgmoO58:pRcR7urWfXw:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/QuiltersSpirit?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/QuiltersSpirit?a=ZStNKgmoO58:pRcR7urWfXw:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/QuiltersSpirit?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/QuiltersSpirit/~4/ZStNKgmoO58" height="1" width="1"/>http://quiltersspirit.blogspot.com/2009/07/friday-give-away-and-19th-century.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5637291250276132370.post-8002879744923576729Sat, 20 Jun 2009 21:12:00 +00002009-06-20T14:22:18.906-07:00gratitude in fabricI call this my gratitude pouch, but if you could look into the bottom pocket you would find a flannel cut in a half circle filled with pins and needles.   Yep, I made it as an updated version of a midwife pocket for sewing tools and small piecing items. It quickly became my gratitude pouch when I put a ring of plain paper slips at the top. I pull one piece off and write what I am grateful http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/QuiltersSpirit/~3/CTkTYtEoZeA/my-gratitude-list-in-french.htmlquiltdating@jetlink.net (Kimberly Wulfert, PhD)2<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/QuiltersSpirit?a=CTkTYtEoZeA:1YXc73lGh-M:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/QuiltersSpirit?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/QuiltersSpirit?a=CTkTYtEoZeA:1YXc73lGh-M:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/QuiltersSpirit?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/QuiltersSpirit/~4/CTkTYtEoZeA" height="1" width="1"/>http://quiltersspirit.blogspot.com/2009/06/my-gratitude-list-in-french.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5637291250276132370.post-9184464654912855578Sun, 14 Jun 2009 18:21:00 +00002009-06-14T11:22:31.439-07:00Quilt HistorianWomen On Quilts InterviewAntique or Vintage QuiltsTomorrow night, Monday, join us for Julie Silber's open lines and slide show of her fabulous oddball quilts. The  Call-in info and link is here http://tinyurl.com/kwh96u  at 5 PM Pacific time. No registration or charge. Kona Coffee is holding a quilt contest for quilts sized to 40"X40". Darn, I have a  lap size coffee quilt I would have entered. How about you?  Kelly Smith let's us know about http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/QuiltersSpirit/~3/_r6ymlGyrvs/julie-silber-kona-coffee-quilting-to.htmlquiltdating@jetlink.net (Kimberly Wulfert, PhD)0<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/QuiltersSpirit?a=_r6ymlGyrvs:eBsAWr9FLts:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/QuiltersSpirit?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/QuiltersSpirit?a=_r6ymlGyrvs:eBsAWr9FLts:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/QuiltersSpirit?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/QuiltersSpirit/~4/_r6ymlGyrvs" height="1" width="1"/>http://quiltersspirit.blogspot.com/2009/06/julie-silber-kona-coffee-quilting-to.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5637291250276132370.post-8722082871062442194Sat, 06 Jun 2009 18:24:00 +00002009-06-06T11:26:51.966-07:00Art QuiltsQuilter's Storiescurrent events/reviews When you feel stressed-out about the economy or a job loss friendship, quilting and charity work can lift you up.(This quilt block is ca. 1845. I bought 4 different ones at the Quilt Festival in Long Beach 2008. All of the Art Quilts were shown at Pacific International Quilt Show, October 2008) The effect of bonding through friendship on a female's natural response to stress was recently http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/QuiltersSpirit/~3/dvpYaimD-5o/quilters-and-friendship-effect-7-ways.htmlquiltdating@jetlink.net (Kimberly Wulfert, PhD)0<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/QuiltersSpirit?a=dvpYaimD-5o:L8lUyK8yae0:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/QuiltersSpirit?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/QuiltersSpirit?a=dvpYaimD-5o:L8lUyK8yae0:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/QuiltersSpirit?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/QuiltersSpirit/~4/dvpYaimD-5o" height="1" width="1"/>http://quiltersspirit.blogspot.com/2009/06/quilters-and-friendship-effect-7-ways.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5637291250276132370.post-484866885430324746Mon, 01 Jun 2009 23:49:00 +00002009-06-02T11:44:49.811-07:00current events/reviewsGreat Depression Era20th century Women's livesquoteBook ReviewWomen On Quilts InterviewHi Everyone! Grab a cup of java or glass of whatever and settle in with me.1.) Have you heard the sad news that Cranston (VIP) closed its printing division in their Webster, Mass company? This means that there are no companies in America printing cotton fabric for apparel and quilters. Their textile mill began around 1812, almost 200 years ago. "The plant, which still rolls out 20 million yards http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/QuiltersSpirit/~3/mXjMFS3cg14/scrap-bag-full-of-varied-info-offerings.htmlquiltdating@jetlink.net (Kimberly Wulfert, PhD)2<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/QuiltersSpirit?a=mXjMFS3cg14:XTZFtzQ_qOU:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/QuiltersSpirit?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/QuiltersSpirit?a=mXjMFS3cg14:XTZFtzQ_qOU:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/QuiltersSpirit?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/QuiltersSpirit/~4/mXjMFS3cg14" height="1" width="1"/>http://quiltersspirit.blogspot.com/2009/06/scrap-bag-full-of-varied-info-offerings.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5637291250276132370.post-3718114910648121734Wed, 27 May 2009 02:23:00 +00002009-05-26T19:24:01.966-07:00Great Depression Era20th century Women's livesAntique or Vintage QuiltsSewingWomen On Quilts InterviewWomen On Quilts' Creative Writing Challenge - Changing Times: Women's Stories 1902-1942 This special digital book is for you. Click on the cover and enjoy! 16 fictional stories written by 14 women about women who create and live at a tough time in our history. Complete with period photos & quilts, plus personal thoughts from the writer's & judge's about their stories. 53 pages. You can read http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/QuiltersSpirit/~3/zigwaaKp2i8/women-historical-fiction-challenge-e.htmlquiltdating@jetlink.net (Kimberly Wulfert, PhD)0<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/QuiltersSpirit?a=zigwaaKp2i8:r-KlT5goatw:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/QuiltersSpirit?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/QuiltersSpirit?a=zigwaaKp2i8:r-KlT5goatw:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/QuiltersSpirit?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/QuiltersSpirit/~4/zigwaaKp2i8" height="1" width="1"/>http://quiltersspirit.blogspot.com/2009/05/women-historical-fiction-challenge-e.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5637291250276132370.post-6617506411055298014Mon, 11 May 2009 00:28:00 +00002009-05-10T18:39:19.663-07:00Antique FabricSewingWomen On Quilts InterviewHi Everyone! The results are in and I couldn't be happier with the repaired look of my acid green sashed quilt top. I took pictures throughout to show you my process. I am no pro at this, but it worked I am pleased  to say. The close match of fabric made all the difference. We are very lucky to have such an option today. And it doesn't hurt, that many patches made before us, which didn't match, http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/QuiltersSpirit/~3/B-XyzO6GhoM/mouse-lost-results-of-repaired-1840-50s.htmlquiltdating@jetlink.net (Kimberly Wulfert, PhD)3<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/QuiltersSpirit?a=B-XyzO6GhoM:EWX4XumSRLw:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/QuiltersSpirit?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/QuiltersSpirit?a=B-XyzO6GhoM:EWX4XumSRLw:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/QuiltersSpirit?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/QuiltersSpirit/~4/B-XyzO6GhoM" height="1" width="1"/>http://quiltersspirit.blogspot.com/2009/05/mouse-lost-results-of-repaired-1840-50s.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5637291250276132370.post-5856674570980034402Fri, 24 Apr 2009 23:35:00 +00002009-04-24T16:39:11.700-07:00Women On Quilts InterviewAntique or Vintage QuiltsQuilt exhibit/show  The Jen Jones Welsh Quilt Centre will open in The Town Hall, Lampeter, West Wales  on July 28th 2009.  1.Town Hall from High street (before restoration)   Jen Jones, the famous collector of old quilts made in Wales, is opening a center for the study and display of Welsh quilts!! (Be sure to hover your cursor over the photos on the link above to see more of gorgeous Jen's quilts.) The http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/QuiltersSpirit/~3/FABJ96C9VYg/welsh-quilt-collector-jen-jones-is.htmlquiltdating@jetlink.net (Kimberly Wulfert, PhD)0<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/QuiltersSpirit?a=FABJ96C9VYg:dFzq07HGv7w:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/QuiltersSpirit?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/QuiltersSpirit?a=FABJ96C9VYg:dFzq07HGv7w:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/QuiltersSpirit?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/QuiltersSpirit/~4/FABJ96C9VYg" height="1" width="1"/>http://quiltersspirit.blogspot.com/2009/04/welsh-quilt-collector-jen-jones-is.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5637291250276132370.post-6310165034380478074Fri, 10 Apr 2009 14:37:00 +00002009-04-10T09:21:21.911-07:00Quilter's StoriesGreat Depression EraWomen On Quilts InterviewThank you to everyone who wrote me behind-the-scenes and in comments on the blog. I loved hearing your thoughts about ghosts and spirits in textiles and homes, and talking about your personal experiences. But alas, no photos came in for our show and tell.In reptrospect this may be in part due to Sat. landing on a holiday weekend. I told you I have been super busy and it didn't occure to me untilhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/QuiltersSpirit/~3/zNpEslw0bKM/ghost-quilt-show-on-hold-creative.htmlquiltdating@jetlink.net (Kimberly Wulfert, PhD)0<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/QuiltersSpirit?a=zNpEslw0bKM:CrdpMI_tkwk:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/QuiltersSpirit?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/QuiltersSpirit?a=zNpEslw0bKM:CrdpMI_tkwk:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/QuiltersSpirit?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/QuiltersSpirit/~4/zNpEslw0bKM" height="1" width="1"/>http://quiltersspirit.blogspot.com/2009/04/ghost-quilt-show-on-hold-creative.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5637291250276132370.post-2546688289625483907Sat, 04 Apr 2009 23:48:00 +00002009-04-04T17:04:17.720-07:00Quilter's Stories Ok I am going to share a secret with you, my subscribers- whom I hope know me well enough by now to understand my fascination and not get caught up in judgements. It's not for everyone I understand, but then neither is eating meat or hand quilting. I like to, really like to, read, watch and hear stories about ghosts and haunted places. I am big fan of Sci Fi channel's Ghost Hunters.A couple of http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/QuiltersSpirit/~3/SLFboAiBdAA/ghost-quilts-online-show-tell-april-11.htmlquiltdating@jetlink.net (Kimberly Wulfert, PhD)0<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/QuiltersSpirit?a=SLFboAiBdAA:f9AcgN-nKWE:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/QuiltersSpirit?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/QuiltersSpirit?a=SLFboAiBdAA:f9AcgN-nKWE:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/QuiltersSpirit?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/QuiltersSpirit/~4/SLFboAiBdAA" height="1" width="1"/>http://quiltersspirit.blogspot.com/2009/04/ghost-quilts-online-show-tell-april-11.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5637291250276132370.post-5682362703698103728Fri, 20 Mar 2009 03:28:00 +00002009-03-19T20:51:46.460-07:00Quilter's StoriesQuilt HistorianWomen On Quilts InterviewAntique or Vintage QuiltsFundraising/ Cause quiltsIn honor of both Quilting Day and Women's History month I am reprinting an awesome post Julie Silber posted on the Quilt History List this week (with her permission). Julie is answering a question posed by Catherine Litwinow about a 19th century quilt made by abolitionists, as evidenced by a single inked patch of a slave in chains in a huge silk quilt. Beneath the kneeling male figure holding http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/QuiltersSpirit/~3/SLZ1-WDofjw/celebrate-it-national-quilting-day-hug.htmlquiltdating@jetlink.net (Kimberly Wulfert, PhD)1<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/QuiltersSpirit?a=SLZ1-WDofjw:6Zf0V21d3Xk:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/QuiltersSpirit?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/QuiltersSpirit?a=SLZ1-WDofjw:6Zf0V21d3Xk:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/QuiltersSpirit?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/QuiltersSpirit/~4/SLZ1-WDofjw" height="1" width="1"/>http://quiltersspirit.blogspot.com/2009/03/celebrate-it-national-quilting-day-hug.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5637291250276132370.post-4571466570974453042Sat, 14 Mar 2009 18:11:00 +00002009-03-14T13:11:43.927-07:00Quilter's Stories20th century Women's livesQuilt HistorianWomen On Quilts InterviewFundraising/ Cause quilts1. Join me this Monday night for my tele-interview and group discussion with Lynne Z. Bassett, editor of the newest quilt documentation book "Massachusetts Quilts, Our Common Wealth." It's free and fun and it starts at 5 PM Pacific time, 8 PM Eastern. For all the info and links click here2. I am sponsoring a creative writing challenge and fundraiser The Quilters Hall of Fame, to help with this http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/QuiltersSpirit/~3/xn1CiyA0oeg/3-special-announcements-2-with.htmlquiltdating@jetlink.net (Kimberly Wulfert, PhD)0<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/QuiltersSpirit?a=xn1CiyA0oeg:Wkrs0j3KGPE:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/QuiltersSpirit?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/QuiltersSpirit?a=xn1CiyA0oeg:Wkrs0j3KGPE:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/QuiltersSpirit?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/QuiltersSpirit/~4/xn1CiyA0oeg" height="1" width="1"/>http://quiltersspirit.blogspot.com/2009/03/3-special-announcements-2-with.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5637291250276132370.post-3438433829066610498Sat, 07 Mar 2009 22:02:00 +00002009-03-07T14:05:28.427-08:00Quilt HistorianSewingWomen On Quilts InterviewAntique or Vintage QuiltsHave any of you who own antique quilts notice your once perfect quilt suddenly has cracking in the brown fabrics? We all have, as pre-1900 dark brown dyed fabric is prone to becoming brittle due to tannin and iron mordants in the dyes. (They used to use iron pots for dyes that needed iron to help the fabric retain the dye, a 2-fer) Over time the fabric dries out and splits, or it get's wet and http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/QuiltersSpirit/~3/O9oQJDr8bFQ/my-patch-on-19th-20th-century-quilt.htmlquiltdating@jetlink.net (Kimberly Wulfert, PhD)1<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/QuiltersSpirit?a=O9oQJDr8bFQ:9YZ_8VnPKUs:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/QuiltersSpirit?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/QuiltersSpirit?a=O9oQJDr8bFQ:9YZ_8VnPKUs:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/QuiltersSpirit?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/QuiltersSpirit/~4/O9oQJDr8bFQ" height="1" width="1"/>http://quiltersspirit.blogspot.com/2009/03/my-patch-on-19th-20th-century-quilt.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5637291250276132370.post-7636051220477762436Fri, 27 Feb 2009 01:25:00 +00002009-02-26T20:15:08.273-08:00Quilter's StoriesAntique FabricSewingBook ReviewThe new bookwritten by Mary Elizabeth Kinch and Biz Storms (That Patchwork Place) In one sentence, this pattern book is a reproduction fabric-lover’s dream.The quilts made by the authors make it clear they are bonafide scrap loving quilt makers who put as many different reproduction prints into one quilt as humanly possible. Mary and Biz define small blocks as under 5” square and stopping http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/QuiltersSpirit/~3/4Slap6g5ABI/small-blocks-stunning-quilts.htmlquiltdating@jetlink.net (Kimberly Wulfert, PhD)4<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/QuiltersSpirit?a=4Slap6g5ABI:4oVtgubw4Yk:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/QuiltersSpirit?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/QuiltersSpirit?a=4Slap6g5ABI:4oVtgubw4Yk:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/QuiltersSpirit?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/QuiltersSpirit/~4/4Slap6g5ABI" height="1" width="1"/>http://quiltersspirit.blogspot.com/2009/02/small-blocks-stunning-quilts.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5637291250276132370.post-2533420353403861712Fri, 20 Feb 2009 02:14:00 +00002009-02-20T09:45:29.363-08:00Quilter's Storiescurrent events/reviewsQuilt HistorianWomen On Quilts InterviewWhat a surprising year 2009 is turning out to be- wow! I am so grateful. My website, officially titled New Pathways Into Quilt History ,is in its 8th year having begun in the spring of 2001. I owe so much to Judy Breneman, of Womenfolk America's Quilt History websites for helping bring me into the cyberspace world. In 2001, she posted her new website on the QHL and invited anyone who was http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/QuiltersSpirit/~3/U4oVkdSF5cQ/antiquequiltdatingcom-is-exposed-across.htmlquiltdating@jetlink.net (Kimberly Wulfert, PhD)0<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/QuiltersSpirit?a=U4oVkdSF5cQ:bhxQxfjRZgs:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/QuiltersSpirit?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/QuiltersSpirit?a=U4oVkdSF5cQ:bhxQxfjRZgs:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/QuiltersSpirit?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/QuiltersSpirit/~4/U4oVkdSF5cQ" height="1" width="1"/>http://quiltersspirit.blogspot.com/2009/02/antiquequiltdatingcom-is-exposed-across.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5637291250276132370.post-3613581760855024896Sat, 14 Feb 2009 01:59:00 +00002009-02-14T08:56:37.532-08:00Antique FabricQuilt HistorianBook ReviewWomen On Quilts InterviewAntique or Vintage QuiltsQuilt exhibit/showWhere has the time gone? Every day is so busy and often it's spent out of town being a teacher or a student. In January I was a student at The Freedom Formula Experience a four day seminar that was, as promised by Christine Kloser the hostess and main speaker, a  profound experience.  The tag line of her book by the same name as the seminar is "how to put soul in your business and money in your  http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/QuiltersSpirit/~3/qqdGXqeaL44/what-is-on-wall-catching-up-on-loose.htmlquiltdating@jetlink.net (Kimberly Wulfert, PhD)2<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/QuiltersSpirit?a=qqdGXqeaL44:aqr60mR9vjo:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/QuiltersSpirit?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/QuiltersSpirit?a=qqdGXqeaL44:aqr60mR9vjo:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/QuiltersSpirit?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/QuiltersSpirit/~4/qqdGXqeaL44" height="1" width="1"/>http://quiltersspirit.blogspot.com/2009/02/what-is-on-wall-catching-up-on-loose.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5637291250276132370.post-2149945352409049475Sun, 08 Feb 2009 00:31:00 +00002009-02-07T16:54:08.956-08:00Giles R. WrightWith deeply felt sadness my post today is to let quilters know  my dear friend and Black History scholar Giles R. Wright, Jr.* passed away Thursday, Feb. 6 at a hospital in his home state of New Jersey. He leaves behind his wife and son. Giles had a serious stroke in May 2008 and then other complications came into play, changing his life forever. He was never able to return to the work he loved http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/QuiltersSpirit/~3/LG5Evhg_dxc/giles-r-wright-my-dear-friend-mentor-in.htmlquiltdating@jetlink.net (Kimberly Wulfert, PhD)4<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/QuiltersSpirit?a=LG5Evhg_dxc:rAziBcpksow:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/QuiltersSpirit?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/QuiltersSpirit?a=LG5Evhg_dxc:rAziBcpksow:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/QuiltersSpirit?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/QuiltersSpirit/~4/LG5Evhg_dxc" height="1" width="1"/>http://quiltersspirit.blogspot.com/2009/02/giles-r-wright-my-dear-friend-mentor-in.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5637291250276132370.post-1432927612421676666Thu, 08 Jan 2009 05:12:00 +00002009-01-18T16:08:45.436-08:00Great Depression Era20th century Women's livesSewing It seems to me that nearly every week I hear about a quilt or fabric shop closing. Not just here, but all over the country. Yet, I also keep hearing that fabric purchases for clothing are on the rise. More and more women and girls are making their own clothes. In fact, I received a phone call today from a woman asking where her 19 year old granddaughter http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/QuiltersSpirit/~3/xWzMVJ6nO1o/sign-of-times.htmlquiltdating@jetlink.net (Kimberly Wulfert, PhD)3<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/QuiltersSpirit?a=xWzMVJ6nO1o:_pLMAsfWivI:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/QuiltersSpirit?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/QuiltersSpirit?a=xWzMVJ6nO1o:_pLMAsfWivI:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/QuiltersSpirit?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/QuiltersSpirit/~4/xWzMVJ6nO1o" height="1" width="1"/>http://quiltersspirit.blogspot.com/2009/01/sign-of-times.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5637291250276132370.post-7600533014169180204Sat, 03 Jan 2009 01:30:00 +00002009-01-03T22:42:34.174-08:00Quilt HistorianFundraising/ Cause quiltsHave you heard about the quilt challenge that honors the women in the Quilters Hall of Fame? The challenge is a fundraiser for their Marion museum/home, which is another great reason to enter this challenge, but the topic is what drew me in "They made Their Mark." There are so many wonderful women to chose from! Photographs and a brief biography of each honoree are here.  This challenge http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/QuiltersSpirit/~3/d0QlMmARnsE/historians-quilt-challenge-for-2009.htmlquiltdating@jetlink.net (Kimberly Wulfert, PhD)1<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/QuiltersSpirit?a=d0QlMmARnsE:legTbvpGZyA:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/QuiltersSpirit?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/QuiltersSpirit?a=d0QlMmARnsE:legTbvpGZyA:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/QuiltersSpirit?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/QuiltersSpirit/~4/d0QlMmARnsE" height="1" width="1"/>http://quiltersspirit.blogspot.com/2009/01/historians-quilt-challenge-for-2009.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5637291250276132370.post-5194265186285326973Thu, 01 Jan 2009 00:11:00 +00002008-12-31T22:31:51.916-08:00Art QuiltsAntique or Vintage QuiltsHappy New Year Everyone!! May 2009 be your best year yet!Here are a few last interesting quilt things from 2008 I want to share with you.First is an article in about some Mennonite and Amish appliqué quilts for sale in Lancaster county, PA but not being made there. What struck me as I read it was the fact that appliqué quilts have never been a hallmark of traditional Lancaster, PA quilts. But http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/QuiltersSpirit/~3/g8zJ7HHZnZI/my-last-quilt-comments-for-2008-isnt.htmlquiltdating@jetlink.net (Kimberly Wulfert, PhD)3<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/QuiltersSpirit?a=g8zJ7HHZnZI:RLiHpJxS314:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/QuiltersSpirit?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/QuiltersSpirit?a=g8zJ7HHZnZI:RLiHpJxS314:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/QuiltersSpirit?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/QuiltersSpirit/~4/g8zJ7HHZnZI" height="1" width="1"/>http://quiltersspirit.blogspot.com/2008/12/my-last-quilt-comments-for-2008-isnt.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5637291250276132370.post-6270281961359707040Mon, 29 Dec 2008 03:01:00 +00002008-12-28T19:01:03.734-08:00Art QuiltsQuilt Teachers         Pamela Allen's infectious enthusiasm for spontaneous quilt making had me sketching before the end of this rich two-hour DVD. I seldom sketch, but the dozens of quilts she showed inspired me! The irony of that response is that Pam would not recommend sketching at all. No. Scissors are her drawing tool.                                   She just dives right into cutting three values of http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/QuiltersSpirit/~3/ggVjbGwJtfc/think-like-artist-with-pamela-allen.htmlquiltdating@jetlink.net (Kimberly Wulfert, PhD)0<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/QuiltersSpirit?a=ggVjbGwJtfc:4BoVitlSCBU:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/QuiltersSpirit?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/QuiltersSpirit?a=ggVjbGwJtfc:4BoVitlSCBU:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/QuiltersSpirit?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/QuiltersSpirit/~4/ggVjbGwJtfc" height="1" width="1"/>http://quiltersspirit.blogspot.com/2008/12/think-like-artist-with-pamela-allen.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5637291250276132370.post-2142003114338969263Fri, 19 Dec 2008 18:24:00 +00002008-12-19T11:34:24.854-08:00Art QuiltsQuilt exhibit/showThis year I was especially interested in discovering why or by what the artist was inspired.  I much prefer it when I can see what the artist is saying she or he is making visible in the piece. Their statements for the most part were meaningful, and added to my understanding of the purpose of the quilt for the artist (from their perspective). What the artist wrote about in their statement that http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/QuiltersSpirit/~3/nuySgRWcpWQ/artist-statements-at-quilt-visions.htmlquiltdating@jetlink.net (Kimberly Wulfert, PhD)0<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/QuiltersSpirit?a=nuySgRWcpWQ:nYF6-SkacOw:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/QuiltersSpirit?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/QuiltersSpirit?a=nuySgRWcpWQ:nYF6-SkacOw:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/QuiltersSpirit?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/QuiltersSpirit/~4/nuySgRWcpWQ" height="1" width="1"/>http://quiltersspirit.blogspot.com/2008/12/artist-statements-at-quilt-visions.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5637291250276132370.post-7808312623423617722Tue, 16 Dec 2008 03:10:00 +00002008-12-15T19:10:30.791-08:00Art QuiltsQuilt exhibit/showYou are so lucky!! No photography is allowed at this art quilt exhibit in Oceanside CA, but they have wonderful brochures with pictures!  I liked many of the quilts in the exhibit, but the two that took my vote (only in my mind, it's a juried exhibit) were on the brochure- yeah!   This all fabric quilt was made by Diane Goulston Robinson, titled Facade. It was like looking through a window http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/QuiltersSpirit/~3/tOhe5JUPCiI/quilt-visions-2008-exhibit-contemporary.htmlquiltdating@jetlink.net (Kimberly Wulfert, PhD)1<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/QuiltersSpirit?a=tOhe5JUPCiI:t0ZgHjw6Vvg:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/QuiltersSpirit?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/QuiltersSpirit?a=tOhe5JUPCiI:t0ZgHjw6Vvg:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/QuiltersSpirit?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/QuiltersSpirit/~4/tOhe5JUPCiI" height="1" width="1"/>http://quiltersspirit.blogspot.com/2008/12/quilt-visions-2008-exhibit-contemporary.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5637291250276132370.post-5325178359059658571Wed, 10 Dec 2008 22:35:00 +00002008-12-11T08:40:32.119-08:00Quilt TeachersTechnorati Tags: Peggy Martin,Paper Piecing Quilts,Quilt DVD I met Peggy quite by chance at the Long Beach International Quilt Festival this summer. She and I both attended Yvonne Porcella's lecture. We ooed 'n awed at the same things so striking up a conversation was easy. It was then that she told me her name and I told her I had just ordered her DVD about her method for quick paper piecing. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/QuiltersSpirit/~3/mVvKSWL5l_E/peggy-martin-paper-piecing.htmlquiltdating@jetlink.net (Kimberly Wulfert, PhD)1<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/QuiltersSpirit?a=mVvKSWL5l_E:4iZsL-tNipw:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/QuiltersSpirit?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/QuiltersSpirit?a=mVvKSWL5l_E:4iZsL-tNipw:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/QuiltersSpirit?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/QuiltersSpirit/~4/mVvKSWL5l_E" height="1" width="1"/>http://quiltersspirit.blogspot.com/2008/12/peggy-martin-paper-piecing.html