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Monday, October 17th, 2011

Every other year, the Soo Nipi Quilters of Newport, New Hampshire set up a display of their quilts in gallery space owned by the public library. It is always a treat to see what members have been creating during those long cold New Hampshire winters. This year was no exception. The first three photos are overall shots of certain parts of the exhibit.

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I especially enjoyed the following three quilts.

This quilt was made by B. Foote Lacroix, New London, NH and was previously featured in generic cialis magazine in 1999. It is hand and machine pieced and employs applique as well as other quilting techniques. The person who made it used to commute to Boston on a train that departed from the small town where she lived.

quilted coat

This beautiful quilted coat was made by Louise Chowanski of New London, NH who cut 24 fat quarters into (288) 5″ squares that were then cut on the diagonal and reassembled into the blocks that make up the coat’s exterior. The design is based on a published pattern by Indygo Junction and the fabrics are Civil War reproduction fabrics.

miniature quilt

“Remembering Grandma” is a miniature quilt with hexagons inspired by a photo of a quilt in a magazine. Betty Caterino of Cornish, NH added her own design for a scalloped border to create this hand pieced and hand quilted treasure.

New Hampshire State Quilter’s Fall 2011 Meeting

Many thanks to the Soo Nipi Quilter’s Guild for arranging the opportunity for attendees of the NH State Quilter’s to visit their exhibit in the morning. An afternoon meeting of the statewide group was held in the Newport Opera House, just down the street from the exhibit, on October 16, 2011 with guest speaker, Jacqueline Patton, fabric designer and quilt artist.

One of Jacqueline’s new lines of fabric, printed by Red Rooster, is called “.” Before the meeting started, Jacqueline mentioned to me that she has developed a unique way of creating designs with her own “stencilscapes” technique. Read more about her work in the of her, provided on the Red Rooster website. She was a delightful presenter with charming stories who gave details about her personal creative journey.

The good weather and beautiful foliage combined to make this Sunday outing to both the show and the meeting a day to remember! The Soo Nipi quilt display will be in place until October 28, 2011!

Patricia and James Cummings

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Monday, October 17th, 2011

Jim and I are always amazed at the amount of variety we see in the quilts displayed at the annual Cocheco Quilt Guild Show in Rochester, New Hampshire. This year was no exception. Here are a few of the quilts we really enjoyed among a sea of exceptional entries!

“Liberty Puzzles” pieced by Lorayne Dodge and quilted by Lisa Cronin measures just 12″ x 12″ and features 2″ Fool’s Puzzle quilt blocks and Liberty of London fabrics.

Quinnie Jones, age 11, loves monkeys and made this quilt that was quilted by Betty Jo Quin. The quilt called “Crazy Monkeys” measures 34″ x 36″.

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This “best of show” quilt, “Bigger Baltimore,” made by Carol Barstow, measures 102″ x 102″ and was quilted by Linda Bevins. Carol says that the book generic cialis inspired the quilt.

signature quilt

In the true spirit of friendship, this 55″ x 55″ quilt made by Gladi Porsche and quilted by Linda Bevins carries the name “Retirement Quilt.” It was made in honor of the work of retiring nurse, Bridget Curtis, a colleague of Gladi. The back is signed with “names, well wishes and remembrances.”

This 60″ x 60″ quilt named “July” was made by Susan Coop-Silva and quilted by Donna Tetrault and is adapted to paper piecing from an original design by Cherie Ralston who created a pattern named “Another Dozen.”

A final favorite is an original design by Mary Furber who created a 23.5″ x 22″ art quilt by making a photo collage based on an image of a horse chestnut tree that formerly grew in Portsmouth before being cut down to make way for building on a house lot. The quilt features printed organza and printed lawn fabrics.

This show represents thousands of hours of work, not only in terms of quilting but also organization. The vendors worked very hard to have attractive booths. Luckily, we arrived just in time to see some beautiful state flower quilts designed by Faye Labanaris for her latest book. She gave a brief talk about them which was a real treat!

We so appreciate all of the quilts we saw, including the beautiful raffle quilt based on a Kim Diehl pattern. If anyone thinks that quilting is on the wane, think again. The ART of quilting is alive and well in New Hampshire and this show testifies to that fact!

Best wishes and happy quilting!

Patricia Cummings
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Monday, October 10th, 2011

The day started out cool but the temperatures quickly reached beyond 80 degrees on Saturday, October 8, 2011, as we headed north toward in Morrisville, Vermont to view a display of quilts mounted by members of the Common Threads Quilt Guild. We were not in the least bit disappointed! Here are a few of our favorite quilts displayed for the public to enjoy.

quilt by Carolyn Babcock
“American Album: 1840-2010″ by Carolyn Babcock. This quilt is hand pieced, hand appliqued and hand quilted. The blocks, made in the style of nineteenth century “Album” quilts, were inspired by the Sara Pool quilt (1840); blocks by Judy Martin; and the quilt features three original blocks by the quiltmaker. She also utilizes some traditional quilt blocks. This quilt was my personal favorite.

Variation of a bow tie quilt
Based on a traditional “Bow Tie” quilt pattern, this quilt is unique due to its changing orientation and carefully selected colors to form a new layout first introduced by Mary Ellen Hopkins. The quilter, Ellie Murphy, has succeeded in creating a visually pleasing quilt in a variety of hues!

cross stitch quilt
“In the Woods” was hand embroidered by Millie Piper and machine quilted by Flo Verge. Seeing an embroidered quilt of this kind was an unexpected treat.

Nolan's Big Bed Quilt
Mary Dick made this colorful quilt for her four year old grandson, thus its name: “Nolan’s Big Bed Quilt.” This quilt was one of Jim Cummings’ favorites in the show.


The sign that accompanies this quilt states that “Each large block has three smaller blocks in the same colors.” The name of the quilt is “3′s Company” and it was machine pieced by Sheila Cross and machine quilted by Anne Harmon.


Cormetia Sweetser skillfully assembled print fabrics and wildlife/bird panel images to create “Natures Image,” a quilt that was machine quilted by Barbara O’Toole. This peaceful-looking quilt has edges that hang nice and straight! It is a very appealing bed quilt!


Annie Morgan machine-pieced and hand quilted this four block quilt that she calls “Mariner’s Star.” She states that the hand quilting lines are inspired by Welsh quilting.


“Fancy Tulips” is the name given to this stylistically-rendered quilt made of wool. Martha Duffy used an “overcast” stitch to apply the wool pieces. The use of curvilinear lines has created a very pleasantly-aesthetic quilt. Lovely work!

mini-Redwork piece
Annie Morgan hand pieced and quilted this miniature Redwork quilt that she calls “Ladies Niceties.” Fun to see!

1840 repro
Last, but certainly not least, is a reproduction of a quilt that was originally made by Hannah Wallis of Pennsylvania. The staff of Countryside Fabrics participated in machine piecing this quilt and Flo Verge professionally quilted it by machine. I especially love the border fabric! This quilt is named “Patriots and Petticoats.” Beautiful!

Of course, there were many other special quilts in the show (aren’t they all special?). These were selected to provide an overview of techniques and styles currently being used by some Vermont quilters. For a relatively small show, this one was “worth the trip.” Stay tuned. In the next blog entry, I’ll be discussing a special exhibit at this same show!

Patricia Cummings

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Thursday, September 1st, 2011

To celebrate the Sesquicentennial Anniversary of the beginning of the Civil War, local quilters in the Lakes Region have provided some of their Civil War Tribute Quilts to be displayed at the through October 9. The museum (located in New Hampshire) is open on Sundays from 12:30-3:30 p.m.

To whet your appetite a bit, here are three of my favorite quilts in the exhibit. It was a difficult choice of which ones to highlight here; they are all lovely!


“Rangeley Star” is a quilt that was machine-pieced and hand-quilted by Roberta Sergenian for her husband, Haig, who is a Civil War Buff. She used all Civil War reproduction print fabrics.


“Civil War Tribute” is the name of a quilt machine-pieced and hand-quilted by Faith Heiden. She created it to honor her great great grandmother whose husband sustained a bullet wound to the head during the war.

quilt made by Joan Messinger
Joan Messinger’s quilt “Quilts and Slavery” is based on blocks she found in the following book by Barbara Brackman, quilt historian.

All of the quilts were outstanding and very fun to view. They represent many “woman” hours and a lot of dedication. We always love visiting the New London Historical Society and we hope that you have a chance to do so yourself before they close for the season. Many thanks again for inviting Jim and I to present a program there on August 16, 2011 about Women on the Home Front during the Civil War: Their Quilts and Needlework. In spite of the fact that it was a rainy day, everyone assured me that they enjoyed themselves. Congratulations to all who made quilts for the special exhibit.

Patricia Cummings

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Friday, July 29th, 2011

With a quilt show premiere on July 29, 2011, the Billings Farm and Museum in Woodstock, Vermont celebrated their 25th year of such an undertaking. Quilts from Windsor County were gathered together in 1985 for the first quilt show that showcased local talent. Tonight, a handful of the original quilters who entered that show were in the audience to hear remarks by the curator, several jurors, and a former museum staff member.

fish quilt
Susan Damone Balch won two awards for an outstanding fish quilt.

Several other awards were presented.

As usual, the gala opening attracted the many quilters whose quilts are on display. This post shares a few of my favorites in photos taken by James Cummings.

A quilt titled “150th Civil War Commemorative Quilt” by Sandra S. Palmer caught my attention. The quilter lists 65 battles of the war that are considered to be the most “decisive” ones. On a basic Log Cabin format, she includes an image of President Lincoln and President Obama.

Sandra S. Palmer quilt
Quilt designed by Sandra S. Palmer

sign that accompanied Sandra Palmer quilt in show
This sign seems to be inaccurate,according to the site:

which lists a total of 625,000 deaths. I’d previously seen the statistic that 1.4 million soldiers served in the war. That may be where the confusion came in. Of course, many soldiers died because of medical conditions like malaria, smallpox, dysentery, etc.

Additionally, it should be pointed out for the unknowing that President Obama’s father was Nigerian; his mother, an American. His heritage is not that of a descendant from the Negro slave tradition and therefore, he is not directly linked in any way to the American Civil War. He is our first “Black” president, a milestone in American History. Just sayin’.

A delightful appliquéd folk art quilt by Susan Hall was made from a pattern found to purchase at the Vermont Quilt Festival.

Susan Hall appliqued quilt
An appliqued quilt by Susan Hall

A third quilt I really enjoyed has flowers constructed with felted wool. Susan Sahler made this quilt while dreaming of spring during last year’s cold Vermont winter. She calls the quilt, “Inspiration and Anticipation.”

Susan Sahler quilt

Congratulations to all involved in creating another lovely display of quilts that is sure to delight museum visitors during the next seven weeks! Happy Anniversary and many more!

Patricia Cummings

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Sunday, May 8th, 2011

The “Quilts Around the Town” Quilt Show in Chester, Vermont is such fun with all of its special features. This year they had special demonstrations such machine quilting by Mara Novak of Flying Goose Custom Quilting. , a Vermont quilt appraiser was on hand. The atmosphere of this old Victorian town is a perfect setting. In keeping with the theme, there was a highly-embroidered late Victorian period Crazy Quilt on display with beautiful surface stitchery.

Here is a photo of a close-up of the Crazy Quilt.

close-up of Crazy Quilt

We spotted this beautiful red, white and black quilt on a porch.

red, white and black quilt

We enjoyed seeing the Hugging Bear Inn again and this lovely and artistic-looking gnarled old tree.

owl in tree
Look closely for the owl in the tree!

While Jim was taking a lot of outdoor photos, I was checking out the books for sale. I found a book I could not pass up with Linda McCuean’s $100,000 Challenge quilt winner featured on the front. Forty other inspiring quilts that were entered into the 2006 contest are featured. Jim, being fond of candid shots, snapped my photo.

Pat checking out the books
We are always drawn to two types of stores: quilt stores and bookstores. This time around I did more damage financially in the quilt store. What an amazing treasure trove of fabrics.

On the way up to Chester, we stopped at the Vermont Country Store, but not realizing that there was a quilt display upstairs in the textiles/linens section, we missed it. Sue Ashe had created a special set of quilts that were hanging up there. We were content to purchase some Sasparilla, Blackerry Seedless Jelly, Common Crackers, Vermont Cabot Cheddar Cheese chunks, and two Cherry Garcia’s, an ice cream bar named for the musician, Jerry Garcia, and produced by Ben and Jerry’s.

The ice cream filled a void until after we viewed the show. We stopped at that specializes in sandwiches made with freshly baked bread. I had the “Grace Coolidge Egg Salad” and Jim opted for the “Ethan Allen” with Turkey, cranberry, stuffing with mayonnaise, served on wheat bread. Both were delicious!

The restaurant has a glass case just inside the entrance with special ceramic creations by Susan Leader who makes various types of platters, contains, light switch plates, etc. in the Mingei style of pottery done in Japan. Everything was lovely! There was also a quilt hanging inside the restaurant, as well as oil paintings. There are round tables and booth tables covered with oil cloth and glass and some of the seating is old fashioned deacon benches. Very quaint atmosphere.

We took other photos, but I am exhausted, having spent yesterday in the ER. I’ll sign off for now. Hope everyone is having a wonderful Mother’s Day and that you enjoyed a glimpse of a journey enjoyed by Pat and Jim.


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Saturday, May 7th, 2011

Jim and I thoroughly enjoyed our trip to Chester, Vermont to view the many “Quilts Around the Town” quilt show. In this blog entry and the next, I will show you some of the scenes and quilts we liked the best. The ladies seem to outdo themselves every year and certainly, Sue Ashe who is organizer of this local event and the quilt shop owner of “Country Treasures,” outdid herself in the number of quilts she personally contributed for the show, one volunteer stated.

We headed up to Vermont on Friday. It was a “perfect” day of about 69 degrees with just a light 10 mph wind blowing, wind enough to keep away the blackflies, those pesty up-your-nose, in-your-eyes and ears creatures that make one want to run for cover and are most irritating here in New Hampshire to gardeners and others. Vermont has them, too, but the males come out first and just swarm. The females are ferociously in search of blood offerings for their unborn offspring and are the worst biters. But, I digress!

The first quilt we spotted upon stepping out of the van was this one.

botanical
A botanical theme quilt with repeat designs, stretched as if mounted on an artist’s frame. This first quilt is one we noticed in show held both indoors and outdoors. As you can see, this one was propped up against a doorway.

An unusual quilt with antique-looking, cross-stitch motifs is this one:

Cross-stitch quilt with antique themes

Being a fan of antique butterfly quilts, I really liked how Christine Cathcart put together the following quilt that she calls “Scrapppy Patch Appliquéd Butterflies” (70″ x 94″). It is reminiscent of the 1930s and all of their hopeful butterfly quilts! I enjoyed seeing how she pieced the blocks to form various other interior quilt configurations.

Butterflies quilt

Signage at the show was inconsistent. Sometimes sizes or quilter’s name or provenance were mentioned, sometimes not. I just want to say that this is a quilt show review. We always love to give credit where credit is due, so if you see a quilt and have more information about one of them, please DO let us know. We will be happy to add it, a unique capability of this Internet format.

I fell in love with a miniature quilt and the unique way in which it was “tied” by Kathy Beam. She used seed bead buttons to tack the corners of some of the blocks in the quilt seen below:

miniature quilt
The overall size of the quilt was not provided.Some of the pieces appear to be about 1/4″ large.

The variety of quilts displayed was striking. The show offers some antique quilts, highly-embellished art quilts, and even a two-sided quilt. There was a surprise around every corner and only one quilt pattern of a bear was a repeat of one I’d seen in another show, perhaps the same one I complimented at the 2010 Billings Farm & Museum exhibit in Woodstock, Vermont last year.

, a charitable group that gives quilts to veterans, was represented by an exhibit of lovely red, white and blue quilts. One of the quilts is vaguely reminiscent of Swastika blocks but but actually has another published name. Do you know the name? I’m giving you a challenge to look it up! Let me know. If you can’t find it, I’ll share the information. I just love the color combination and think that this is a striking piece of work!

Quilts of Valor charity quilt

Many thanks to all who work so hard to make this show a destination for loads of quilters who arrive by bus. This concludes our first segment of coverage. As always, thanks to Jim Cummings for taking photos. On the way home to New Hampshire, I remarked, “Life doesn’t get better than this!” We continue to enjoy simple treasures.

Pat Cummings

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Wednesday, May 4th, 2011

Quite a few months ago, a reader wrote to ask me when the next quilt show weekend would be occurring in Chester, Vermont. Not being a local, I had no clue but tried to “Google” to see if I could find out. The show had not yet been announced. Well, I just remembered the request and have located the following link for generic cialis:

We attended this show and really enjoyed the displays and the fact that there is a nice quilt show right downtown where it takes place. In fact, I came home and wrote about the show. Here is a website link to our previous coverage:

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Thursday, March 3rd, 2011

Someone was kind enough to share a link on Flickr where can be viewed.

If you click on any of the photos, a larger image will appear. Press your “back” button to return to the screen.

Enjoy!

Patricia Cummings

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Sunday, February 27th, 2011

I heard an interesting thought the other day. Someone said that gossip is a very useful tool of society and helps to keep behavior in check. On a greater playing field, the idea reminds me of how much we are controlled by what we believe other people generic cialis think of us. This can be a huge factor for behavior modification, as most of us seek the approval of peers and others.

In a logical flow of thought, it seems that sometimes the need for an artist to be expressive overrides any concern whatsoever for the success of his work as an artistic statement or the respect gained for his work in the world at large. Clearly, some artists use their art to express political, social or even personal concerns. The all-red quilt that was displayed in the Vermont Quilt Show one year was made by a lady who said that when the quilt was finished, she would kill herself… and did. Showing the quilt to the public begs the question as to whether such quilts should be inflicted on unsuspecting show visitors. Recently, we discussed the art quilt made by Kathy Nida, a science teacher from California. The quilt’s theme is homelessness and depicts a cross-legged woman sitting naked in a cardboard box. Many show attendees are simply not prepared to see body parts, that are usually hidden, staring them in the face from the surface of a quilt, no matter how valid the reason for the presentation.

Thinking about quilts versus fine art or oil paintings makes me realize that until now, quilting has been primarily the art of women. As such, they have not been taken seriously. For heaven’s sake, some nitwits (pardon me) or rather, “the unknowing,” even refer to quilts as “blankets.” Suddenly, the bed coverings are off the bed and meant to be viewed in a vertical position. This change began to happen with a New Jersey exhibit in 1966 and became an accepted manner of presentation with the 1971 Whitney Museum exhibit of Amish quilts in New York city. Now, wall quilts are very common. More and more artists are being drawn to quilting as a medium of expression, and many traditional quilters are eschewing standard quilt patterns intended for a bed and instead, are making “statement” quilts.

The ordinary show-goer is neither ready to see women trying “to take back the night” via quilts, nor willing to be witnesses to tales of domestic violence, abortion, incest or child abuse. We always think of those problems as belonging to the poor, the stupid, the weak, the unprepared, the uneducated. Yet, if you listen to enough talk show programs, you will hear high profile celebrities “coming out” about such challenges they have endured during their own lives. Let’s not forget homelessness, mental illness, displaced veterans, the unemployed, and the grandmothers who put their own lives aside to help raise grandchildren born to their unwed or divorced daughter. These are all social issues that potentially could be explored in the quilt as statement venue.

As a society, we seek to skirt all of the above issues. We want “nice,” pure and simple. Landscape quilts please us, as do quilts with flowers, trees, animals, family photos, stars, flags and hearts. We view enough shocking images of war, violence and bloodshed in the streets, both on television news and in crime dramas. When an art quilt depicts a part of the body that is not usually visible except in a medical book, it crosses the line of most people’s comfort zone. There is such a thing as freedom of expression and most artists appreciate the efforts of another artist. However, the general public will continue to condemn certain kind of quilts, due to the viewer’s own conception of what a quilt should be. Viewers really do seem to want to see only inspirational, well-executed quilts with themes that are pleasing and easily understood. Quilting has been a respite from the ills of the world. Does quilting have to become a battleground for everything that is wrong with society?

Patricia Cummings

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Saturday, January 15th, 2011

quilt on barn

This is the quilt that greeted visitors to the “Antiques to Contemporaries” quilt exhibition set up in 2010 for the enjoyment of visitors to the New London Historical Society in New London, New Hampshire. If anyone knows the maker of this lovely quilt, I’d love to add his / her name here! The quilt hung on a barn door.

Our recent article in The Quilter magazine: “The New London Historical Society: Quilts and Other Treasures” highlights the buildings, permanent exhibits and special exhibits of the New London Historical Society, a vibrant “outdoor” museum near Colby College. Since space was limited in the magazine, I’ve decided to share a few more quilts with you.

Millefiore

“Millefiore,” pieced by Maggie Ford and machine quilted by Janice Cutting of Warner, New Hampshire, measures 59″ x 70″. The artist was inspired by the “bright, bold colors of Kaffe Fassett fabrics [that] lend themselves to this unique arrangement of squares, rectangles, flying geese and quarter square triangles.”

Colorado Blossoms

“Colorado Blossoms” was hand appliqué and quilted by Joan Messinger of Sunapee, NH. The quilt measures 36″ x 40″ and this time of year is a welcome reminder that once again, flowers will grow!

miniature quilts

Miniature quilts are always fun. This group of quilts represent an attempt to provide examples based on various time periods in quilt history.

We took many photos, both inside and outside, at the museum. To see more contemporary quilts, as well as antique quilts that were displayed on the day of our visit, pick up a copy of magazine, or think about getting a subscription so you won’t miss any of our articles. There are more to come! This particular article is the 74th one we have published in generic cialis, formerly called generic cialis. Hope you enjoyed this brief glimpse of loveliness!

Patricia Cummings

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Sunday, October 17th, 2010

Today was an absolutely gorgeous day! The sun was shining, the foliage was showing off, and Jim was eager for another road trip, so we headed for Massachusetts: Lexington and Sudbury, to be exact. Wow! What treasures awaited us in both locations. here is a small sampling of the quilts we both enjoyed.

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Lexington, Massachusetts is the site of “the first shot heard ’round the world,” the birthplace of the American Revolution. What a beautiful town, loaded with tourists and locals, enjoying the day in the park areas and along the Main Street at indoor and outdoor restaurants. The quilt show there today, sponsored by the Rising Star Quilters Guild, was set up in an ambient old building called Cary Hall. What a great location!

Attitude Girl with a Checkered Past

This quilt by Mary D’Amico is titled, “Attitude Girl with a Checkered Past. It is machine pieced and machine quilted and brought a smile to my lips. I love quilts with words!

Tennessee Legacy

“Tennessee Legacy” is a quilt made by Delores McCravy, based on an old family photo, circa 1916, that shows a similar quilt. The quilter machine pieced and hand quilted this quilt after drafting 20″ Feather Star quilt blocks with LeMoyne Star centers.

Antique scrap quilt - 19th c.

This 19th century scrap quilt is currently owned by Tricia Rosenthal. It was found among her mother’s grandmother’s household items. Tricia’s mother, who is now 88 years old, has given the quilt to her. It was hand and machine pieced and hand quilted. Many fabrics are included in this wonderful old quilt that is a joy to view!

Overview of exhibit

This is a view taken from the balcony at the Lexington show.

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The Wayside Quilters Guild show featured quilts of all sizes and was a wonderful display of member talent.

Sunburst

This quilt by Mary Leonard is called, “Sunburst.” It was my favorite in the show because of her precise workmanship and beautiful use of color.

miniature

This miniature quilt by Betsy Athan was begun in a class with Diane Loomis. It is a miniature quilt and I have never seen such small stippling work, in my life. It is simply amazing! The feather pattern was transferred by use of a stencil.

Cardinal View

Rita Sassaman calls this quilt, “Cardinal View.” The original design of the paper pieced pattern is Erin Wilcoxon who published the pattern in generic cialis magazine, Nov/ Dec ’04 issue. I like this quilt because both the male and female birds are represented. Lovely piece.

French Country Inn

This quilt was made by quilter, Ann Moses, from a pattern, “French Country Inn” by Tracy Brookshier.

It is wonderful that the organizers of this show encouraged members to acknowledge the names of professional designers, and professional quilters who finished some of the quilts!

Flowering Vines

Last, but not least, is a quilt that Jim really enjoyed seeing. The quilt was made by Jane Harris and was quilted by Liz Thomas. Jane calls the quilt, “Flowering Vines,” and she gathered fabrics for it while enjoying a trip to the Oregon coast. The pattern is by Becky Goldsmith and Linda Jenkins who own the company, “Piece O’ Cake Designs.”

Thanks for coming along with us to see more inspiring quilts!

Pat & Jim

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Saturday, October 16th, 2010

The Cocheco Quilt Guild’s annual display always brings a smile of appreciation. Today, Jim brought along his trusty camera and took a few photos: some that he likes, and others that I admired. This is a two day event with lots of vendors. We hope you enjoy our “picks” that we have selected to be featured here.

Crosses

This hand pieced, machine quilted, miniature quilt, 12″ x 16″, was made by Lynette McCreary. I love her fabric choices!

For Barbie

This 13.5″ x 16.5″ quilt was made by Lorraine F. Hall for a doll bed for her Barbie doll. The lovely quilt is hand stenciled and features scalloped borders.

Sunny Day

The quilter cleverly inserted the words of the Sesame Street theme song around the border of this 48″ square quilt that features the main characters of the show. Nancy Henry used the technique of reverse appliqué for the letters. The quilt was made for her “almost two” year old granddaughter. This is such a cheerful quilt and brings back memories of when my son was young and loved these same characters!

Dragon Flies

Maryann Zagieboylo wanted to make a dragon theme quilt as she thought it would look masculine enough to appeal to her husband. The use of Prairie Points on the quilt’s edges is to simulate a dragon’s ridged back. This quilt measures 106″ square.

Christmas in Baltimore

Jim fell in love with this quilt made by Terri Conover as a kit for the Little Lamb Quilt Shop. Terri named the quilt, “Christmas in Baltimore,” and it measures 90″ square.

New York - My Way

“New York – My Way” is a 73″ square quilt made by Kathleen Schuck. The quilt reminds me of the traditional “New York Beauty” pattern, and we took the photo especially because we knew that a certain collector we know would love seeing this quilt.

Bluework Snowman Quilt

This 64″ x 71″ quilt titled, “Bluework Snowman Quilt,” was made by Carol Cooper who embroidered it entirely by hand. She wanted to remind her children of how wonderful the winter season can be!

As usual, we certainly enjoyed the show. It would be mindboggling if one were to add up all of the woman hours and man hours that go into putting any show together. Congratulations for fine work and for convincing us that quilting is still alive and well!

Pat & Jim

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Sunday, October 10th, 2010

This morning, the sun was bright and the promise of seeing a great quilt show lay ahead as we traveled the highways and more scenic routes to reach the Monadnock Quilter’s Guild show. Today, men could enter the show free of charge. The admissions lady told that “Men are free, just don’t ask where the free men are.” She didn’t know of any. I love a sense of humor! While I was chatting with Ann Winsor, a quilter who loves Japanese design, my counterpart (the photographer) was choosing which quilts he wanted to photograph. I think you’ll agree that he made some fine choices today.

Bethlehem Star

Edyta Sitar designed this particular pattern based on a traditional block. Gail Wilson made the quilt, “Bethlehem Star” to hang over her fireplace, machine piecing it. Kathryn Amadon of Templeton, Massachusetts machine-quilted the quilt.

Marine Father

“Marine Father” was made by Judy Sullivan and given to her mother after her (Marine) father’s death. The Marine Star quilt block is an original design by Marcia Hohn who has a website called “The Quilter’s Cache.” The quilt was machine pieced by Judy; and machine quilted by Kathryn Amadon.

Emma

Janet Hicks made this “fusible appliqué sweetie,” as she calls it, to give to her friend and neighbor, Fran Arnold, whose pet “Emma” is a constant companion.

Country Gatherings

“Country Gatherings” is based on a Block of the Month series offered by Bunkhouse Quilt Shop. Joyce Schmidt machine pieced the quilt and Kathryn Amadon machine quilted it.

Jungle Fever

“Jungle Fever” is composed of pieced blocks and purchased panels and was machine pieced by Nancy Sullivan and machine quilted by Kathryn Amadon.

Cougar on reverse side of Jungle Fever

A hand stenciled cougar is a surprise feature that appears on the back of “Jungle Fever.”

The next quilt has a story. When Lorraine McGlinchey passed away, her husband did not know what to do with all of her unfinished projects. The guild agreed to take them and ask members to finish them. The following quilt is just one of a number of quilts in the show that were finished by willing quilters. They called the project: “Lorraine’s Remains.” They thought she would have enjoyed the reference and gotten a kick out of it.

Lorraine's Flowers

“Lorraine’s Flowers,” a traditional pattern started by Lorraine McGlinchey and completed by Carol Smith

kimono

This is side one of a quilt named “Kimono and Crane.” Machine pieced by Nancy Sullivan and machine quilted by Kathryn Amadon

Crane

This is a hand stenciled crane that appears on the reverse side of the quilt just shown. The pattern was from Keepsake Quilting.

Many of the quilts in the show this year feature Japanese fabrics that were collected by Ann Winsor. When she moved into smaller quarters she donated quite a lot of her fabric to the guild. The members have put it to good use in a “Waste Not, Want Not” challenge project.

The quilt show was a lot of fun and we both really enjoyed it. The foliage is not at peak yet and what foliage we had earlier seems to have been ravaged by the heavy rains and high winds, earlier in the week. Jim took but one outdoor shot today, and here it is:

Peterborough dam

Peterborough NH dam

I love Japanese design, too, and posted a file about its elements on our main website, awhile ago:

Happy Quilting!

Pat & Jim

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Friday, August 27th, 2010

Today, after days of rain, the sun was shining and we decided to travel to Colebrook, New Hampshire to take in at least part of the Moose Festival. Each year, there is a nice display of quilts in the local church and it is always fun to chat a bit with the ladies who put so much effort into setting up this annual event. Draped over pews were quilts from antique to modern. Right away, I noticed one antique quilts with 1940s fabrics in a Monkey Wrench pattern (a.k.a. Churn Dash and many other names). It has a “humility block” that was made incorrectly.

With sunlight streaming in the stained glass windows, the ambiance was cheerful and peaceful. At the front of the church were two quilts thought by the group to be worthy of special attention.

applique quilt

This appliqué quilt utilizes white on white fabric as a background. The brave quilter hand quilted her quilt, in spite of the inherent obstacle of trying to quilt through the gummy fabric. The motifs include special techniques such as ruched flowers.

Sunflower quilt

A local woman reportedly designed this quilt that features Sunflowers. I noticed the amount of quilting and the interesting ways in which she quilted this piece. Each Sunflower has 16 diamond shapes around the perimeter, much easier to draft than the 17 point diamond “Sunflower” that I once re-created from an antique quilt in my possession. The soft colors of this quilt and the wonderful brown fabrics to represent the “seeds” of the Sunflowers help to make this quilt very special. “Vine” motifs were used to quilt the outer border.

afghan quilt

This very creative “afghan quilt,” made by Terry Hurlbert, is 40 years old. The sign says that it was made as a gift for Phil and Dolly Lambert when they moved to South Hill. I’ve never seen anything like this before. Very interesting!

We wandered into the “Livin Life” shop at 119 Main Street in Colebrook and found a must-have Moose tee shirt.

The Local Scenery

I loved seeing the shadows on the mountains, ever changing. We noticed that the tramway was bringing people to the top of Canon Mountain, in the White Mountains. On the way up north, we passed lots of big green fields, some with large bales of hay, ready to be brought in, or covered. We saw Swiss steers, unusual to see in a state that usually only has Holsteins or Jersey cows. There were flocks of wild Canadian geese in the fields, and three really cute Donkeys in a fenced-in area.

As usual, the further you head north, the nicer the people are. Everyone we met today was most cordial. I loved getting a 30% discount price at the “Memos” bookstore at 906 Main St., Colebrook where I bought a book titled, generic cialis by Alice Daley Noyes. The Belgian Bakery in town has wonderful breads, Belgian chocolates and other delights. There was to be a parade, a chicken barbeque, and other events later. All in all, today was a much needed short break from constant work. When one works from home, one WORKS all the time! Cheers!

Patricia Cummings

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