Online since 2002.
Quilter's Muse Publications, Concord, NH
Online since 2002.
Quilter's Muse Publications, Concord, NH
Welcome to our educational website!
Quilter's Muse Publications of Concord, New Hampshire is a New Hampshire business owned by Patricia Lynne Grace Cummings. She is a free-lance quilt history magazine columnist and book author. Her business sells quilt patterns and e-books but provides this educational website free-of-charge to those who are interested in learning more about quilts, embroidery and printed textiles and their rich history. James Cummings provides most all of the photos for Patricia's books and articles. The site offers "a little something for everyone!"
Tech Corporal Elward Cortez, Sr. and his wife during World War II. He sent a beautiful "Sweetheart Pillow" home to his bride that features a poem titled "To My Wife" Click on the highlighted link to read the story. photo courtesy of Major Elward Cortez.
New Book Celebrates the Rich History of Mother Pillows
Available Now!
Sweetheart & Mother Pillows 1917-1945 is the name of a new book written by Patricia Cummings (Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing Ltd., 2011). The photos for the book were all taken or edited by James Cummings.
This book is the first one ever devoted to the study of military collectible historic pillow covers sent home to loved ones during World War I and World War II and the years of the Civilian Conservation Camps.
This book is colorful and informative and was a ton of fun to research! 128 pages/247 photos. Available directly from the publisher, as well as fine book stores, museum shops and other sources online, including amazon.com worldwide.
We live in an antique home and we "live" and "love" the past with its rich history, stories of people and artifacts they left behind. There is an abundance of historical articles on this main website and posted to our blogs for you to enjoy!
Pat and ("U.S. Army Corporal") Jim Cummings enjoyed dressing up in Civil War costume for a digital slide presentation and lecture they gave about Civil War quilts at the New London Historical Society in August 2011. This photo was taken in December 2011 (self-portrait).
Website Navigation
Use the left side navigation bar or the site navigation link below to find your way around this large website.
After clicking on the search function, reposition your cursor in the right spot and then type in a keyword to search for a particular word or topic.
Alternately, search through the site map for articles that may interest you.
Quilt Care book now available on this website
Originally published as a book we self-published, and later adapted into a CD-ROM version, we are now making our book about quilt care available for you to view online. First, you will have to install "Adobe Reader," a free software program available at: http://www.adobe.com
The book will take a minute or two to download (with a fast internet connection). Nothing will appear to be happening in the meantime. Once you click on the link, a blank screen will appear until the book is fully loaded.
To navigate, scroll as usual, or click on any page that appears as a small icon on the left side bar, or go to the Table of Contents and click on any chapter heading. You will soon discover how easy my e-books are to navigate and best of all, no special device is needed to access them except your own computer!
Enjoy!
Yes, we "blog," too!
Blog #1 by Patricia Cummings
"Pat Cummings: The Quilter's Muse"
*New" Blog Started on December 16, 2011
This new blog, hosted by Google, discusses quilts, books, embroidery, history and anything else that may be of interest on any given day. Tune in to enjoy photos of antique and new quilts, "musings." and more!
FORMER Blog
Pat's Wordpress Blog:
More than 1700 of Pat's former blog entries at Quilter's Muse Blog
hosted by Wordpress are still in place for you to enjoy. Nothing new will be added to this blog but archived material will be available for a time.
Blog #2 by Patricia Cummings
Military Textiles and Ephemera
Postcard from France - World War I
This blog explores the rich world of war-related ephemera and military textiles.
Blog #3 by James Cummings
Jim's Vintage Cookery Blog,
Jim shares his love of vintage recipes on this blog, especially those tried and true personal favorites. Illustrations include photos of his own concoctions or cooking-related line drawings found in nineteenth century ephemera.
Published Work
To see a long list of published articles written by Patricia Cummings click on the following
link:
"Publications by Patricia Cummings" in Printed Venues
Her books include written two biographies, three books on Redwork embroidery and its history, one book about quilt care, display and conservation (now offered as e-books).
Patricia Cummings' e-books for sale
Her latest book titled Sweetheart and Mother Pillows 1917-1945 and is published by Schiffer Publishing Ltd. in Pennsylvania and is available online and from many booksellers worldwide!
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Happy Quilting and Reading!
This photo shows a quilt block from an antique Baltimore Album style quilt top. Photo taken by John Glenfield and shared by (the late) Jeanne Glenfield. Read many more files about Baltimore Album quilts on this site.
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Copyright 2002-2012. Quilter's Muse Publications in beautiful Concord, New Hampshire. Please ask permission before re-publishing any images, text or music files you access here. Thanks. pat@quiltersmuse.com
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