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Sunday, September 4th, 2011

William Volckening of Portland, Oregon, “Bill” to his friends, is very fond of quilts. In particular, he favors an intricate quilt pattern known most often as “New York Beauty” or “Rocky Mountain Road.” The pattern is not appropriate for beginners, as he points out. A recently published exhibition catalog titled cheapest online pharmacy prescription drugs was created to accompany an exhibit of these quilts at the in Philomath, Oregon. The display will be in place through September 2011.

By comparison to the other quilts within the book, the quilt on the cover of the book is no indication of the bright hues to be seen on other quilts of this extraordinary collection. Many of the quilts were collected on eBay. What a wonderful array of quilts brought together in one place! They represent a century and a half of quiltmaking with this particular pattern.

An estimated provenance date is provided with each of the 41 textile images in this 80 page catalog. At the end of the book, Volckening acknowledges the help of many of his friends at the American Quilt Study Group as well as dealers of antique quilts. This book would make a wonderful addition to the library of anyone who enjoys antique quilts, and is of a great size to be a holiday “stocking stuffer!”

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To read more about Bill, his lectures and his work with the Oregon State Quilt documentation project, visit:

To enjoy an interview with him, written by Kim Wulfert, please visit:

Pat Sloan also interviewed Bill on her in conjunction with American Patchwork and Quilting magazine. Enjoy!

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Thursday, August 4th, 2011

Recently, I was privileged to encounter a “potholder” style quilt from the nineteenth century that is composed of hexagons. Each hexagon is completely finished with a binding all around its perimeter before it is stitched to other hexagons.

hexagon potholder quilt
view of whole quilt; photo by James Cummings (All rights reserved)

Here are the details:

Potholder style/ pieced quilt
Late 19th century; 65 1/2″ x 73 7/8″
Each hexagon has six pieces.
Width of each hexagon is 6 1/2″.

close-up
close-up of hexagon potholder quilt; photo by James Cummings (All rights reserved)

Backing = muslin
Individual bindings = muslin
Fabrics on front = polychromatic; small shirting prints; madder prints, etc.
Hand quilted with fine, tiny stitches.

This type of quilt construction seems to be unique to quilts with a New England provenance. This one is from (or last seen in) New Hampshire. If you have seen any quilt like this, we’d love to hear from you.

To see additional previously-published examples of this kind of quilt, key in the word “potholder quilt” in the search box.

Patricia Cummings
Quilter’s Muse Publications

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Saturday, July 9th, 2011

kiwi bird
Quilt block made of felt that is part of a unique Friendship quilt with mixed fibers and embellishments

The woman for whom a terrific birthday quilt was made in 1989 is still “anonymous.” Her special quilt was found in a despicably dirty and stained condition in an antiques store. I rescued it and brought the quilt to be professionally cleaned at the University of Rhode Island’s textile conservation laboratory. The story appears in the current (Aug/Sept 2011) issue of magazine.

In describing the many quilt blocks, all unique, and many with embroidered names and inscriptions, I wrote that the block seen above features an “emu.” After hearing from a number of readers who say that the image is that of a “kiwi,” a bird that lives only in New Zealand, I stand corrected.

The overall quilt is amazing and was well worth the time and money to “save” it. In print, it looks gorgeous! Each block exudes the love and respect of the makers. I can only guess that the lady for whom this gift was made is no longer on the “right side of the grass.” I can’t imagine anyone using this highly embellished and lovingly made quilt for any use other than their own bed or to carefully pack away. I love one of a kind quilts and this one fits the bill.

One of my hopes in sharing the quilt with the public was that someone who knows about it will come forward and divulge the name of the person to whom it was given and a little bit about her life. By the look of things, she was well loved. My strong hunch is that the quilt was made in Canada. If anyone has more information, please contact me at pat at quiltersmuse dot com. Thanks!

Patricia Cummings

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Sunday, February 13th, 2011

Katherine Crawford was surprised to see the photo of a “Mammy quilt” sent in previously by another reader. The pieced quilt looks very similar to one she inherited. She explains that her quilt was made by her grandmother, Mollie Lockey, who lived near Crockett, Texas and who had ten children.

Katherine states, “My grandfather bought Aunt Jemima flour in twenty five pound sacks because of the large family. I’m 75, and my quilt is probably as old as I am!” The double bed size quilt was passed down to Katherine by her mother. She further reveals that each of the quilt blocks is quilted around the “Aunt Jemima” image.

Aunt Jemima quilt owned by Katherine Crawford

Katherine Crawford’s inherited family quilt / photo by Jan Perez

Texas appears to have generated most of the quilts of this type that we have seen. Katherine thought she owned the only quilt of this type in the country. Perhaps more will come to light! To see the quilt that looks similar, please click on this link: To find additional blog entries about this topic, key the words “Mammy Quilts” or “Aunt Jemima” into the search box on the top right of the page.

Patricia Cummings

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Monday, October 18th, 2010

Recently, I had the good fortune to be introduced to Henry Holmes, a quilt artist who is based in Baltimore, Maryland. Henry loves to quilt and cites his grandfather, an artist, as his inspiration. Kyra Hicks mentions Henry Holmes on page 23 of her book: cheapest online pharmacy prescription drugs.

This morning, Henry sent me a photo of one of his quilts. It represents sample blocks of fabric that were part of a Sample book in a fabric store. He has put them together to create this wonderful pieced quilt with prairie points.

Old Folks quilt

The title of this quilt is “Old Folks”

Be sure to visit Henry’s website:

He reports that he is currently working on a number of portraiture and scenic quilts that are “just tops” at the moment. Stay tuned. Perhaps we will be able to feature more of his work here, soon!

I hope that you enjoy Henry’s work as much as I do!

Patricia Cummings

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Thursday, September 2nd, 2010

We just received this newsletter notice from cheapest online pharmacy prescription drugs, a French magazine. They sent us some separate photos of stuffed and corded quilting, seen below. For those who speak French, I will include the message in that language. The translator device does not quite capture the intent of the message.

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Bonjour

Septembre est déjà là, synonyme de rentrée, mais aussi de belles journées ensoleillées, de déjeuners sur l’herbe et de longues balades en forêt pour la cueillette des champignons et des mûres?

C’est également le temps des confitures qui ensoleilleront les petits déjeuners d’hiver et réjouiront les gourmands?
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Ce mois ci, notre dossier magazine vous emmène à la découverte du boutis provençal? cet art séculaire, tout en finesse, à la blancheur épurée, qui parait il n’y a pas si longtemps encore, les corsages et les trousseaux des jolies provençales. Vous deviendrez incollable sur son histoire et ses différentes techniques.

Notre rubrique bibliographie se met au diapason et vous propose une sélection d’ouvrages uniquement dédiés à la broderie blanche.

Et comme chaque mois, retrouvez toutes les dates des salons les plus proches de chez vous, notre sélection hebdomadaires des blogs « coup de c?ur » mettant à l’honneur vos talents créatifs, le nom de la gagnante du Top3 et bien sûr toujours plus de news sur l’actualité du fil.

Toute l’équipe vous souhaite une très bonne rentrée et de jolis moments créatifs.

Cordialement,

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whitework in a hoop

This is an image of “whitework” being done in a hoop

cording

Long, straight lines become three dimensional when a piece of yarn is inserted into quilted channels with a long needle. This is called “corded quilting.”

A portion of a quilt and pillow covers that have been stuffed and corded

An image of a quilt and pillow covers that have been stuffed and corded

quilting bee

From the other photos I viewed, I gather that these ladies are having a quilting bee to re-create the antique treasure referred to simply as the “Tristan” quilt. This quilt is recently displayed at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, England, and is Europe’s oldest quilt.

We appreciate the chance to see these photos and share them with our readers. There is never a dull moment as quilters around the world pick up their needles to engage in this art that draws up closer together and breaks down the barriers of distance and language. To me, this is an incentive to further explore foreign language studies.

Please visit a file about this type of quilting that we set up several years ago:

My best,

Patricia Cummings

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Saturday, May 29th, 2010

On Nov. 19, 2009, I posted a photo of an unidentified quilt pattern sent by Diane Fath.

unk quilt block

Read the following note from Silvia Killinger of Austria:

Hallo Pat,

Here a copy of my book I wrote about yesterday in the email. I found it (the quilt pattern) in this book:

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Author: Celia Eddy
FLEURUS IDEE
(is an imprint of Fleurus Verlag GmbH)
ISBN 978-3-89717-446-7

The Copyright-Hint is very interesting:

There it says:
“Copyright is reserved for the Original “THE QUILTERS BLOCK BIBLE, 2003 Quarto Publishing Plc, London, 2003”

In the German Book the author describes, what is the name of the block and where she did find it and its history.
She writes about this block (translation from German):

“I looked for this block in any popular crafting books and resources, but only could find it in one place:

In the EDP Bibliothek of my very first Quilt-Design-EDP-Program. It was simply named FOUR PATCH.

And so I gave it a suitable describing name: FOUR PATCH WEAVE.

The block consists of 4 identical squares, therefore you need 5 templates.

Although he has not got its own history, it is suitable to train your own design skills.

Just try to change the color of the fabric pieces in the corners.”

I hope this will be helpful hint!

Have a great Day!

Silvia Killinger

Yes, thanks, Silvia. I looked at my English version of cheapest online pharmacy prescription drugs by Celia Eddy and find “Four-Patch Weave,” (Celia’s name for this block), on page 84, with color illustrations on page 85.

Another mystery solved!

Silvia further writes:

I live in Austria/Europe, and if you are interested have a look on my blog:

It is written in German, but there are lots of pictures so you do not have to understand .

You can see my last finished project, a memorial quilt for a firefighter colleague of my son who passed away suddenly and left his family behind.

The top is completely done of his shirts except the white strips in the outer border.

We love hearing from readers. Thank you!

Patricia Cummings

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Wednesday, October 7th, 2009

Someone from the Cleveland, Ohio area wrote a brief note to me on October 3, 2009 to ask if the block shown here might have been slave-made, or made by an African-American. Let me make some general comments about this quilt block.

Cleveland, OH - old quilt block

This old quilt block, from an unidentified maker, has an unusual pattern. This was not found in either Brackman’s or Khin’s standard reference books on appliqué designs.

Additional references that are helpful in identifying published quilt block names are listed in our website file about .

This block looks like a good example of a 19th century quilt with brown fabrics that have disintegrated due to the iron content of the dye. Iron and cloth do not go well together, but it was not a lesson easily or quickly learned during that century.

The largest motifs appear to be in the shape of Oak leaves. The center circle in yellow and the blue “cross” within the circle could be symbolic, but do not have to be. Not all designs carry symbolism, and if we do not know the quilter’s intent, then it is dangerous to read too much into an interpretation. My next step is to investigate similar symbols in several books that I own to see if the center is known to carry any particular symbolism.

As you can see, three diamond shapes were added, between the “leaves.” These may have represented flower petals as if often the case of abstract-looking designs of this kind that are pieced and then appliquéd.

From a photo, it is difficult to tell, but this block seems to have a lot of quilting on it. If that is the case, one would think of a “lady of leisure” as having made this, as stitches do not add to a quilt’s warmth and only serve as surface decoration (and to hold the quilt together).

It is dangerous to take guesses as to whether or not a quilt was made by a slave or an African-American based solely on visual clues. Scholars have been embarrassed, in the past, by their quick leaps to judgment. Anyone could have made this quilt block!

So many times, quilt historians have exclaimed: “If only the quilt could talk! The stories it would tell!”

Of course, quilts were not always given a certain name. It is not until the late 19th century (1800s), when more quilt patterns were published, that many quilt block designs acquired names, perhaps some assigned by publishers.

We enjoy hearing from readers of our website.

If anyone has further information about this block, I’d love to hear from you. Write to: pat@quiltersmuse.com

Thanks to the reader who sent in this question.

P.S. I did look at one of my books about Symbols. The equilateral cross is an ancient symbol used to form the basis for the architecture of Greek churches. The group of four directions of an equilateral cross can depict the four seasons or the four winds. The shape is the symbol of the Red Cross.

A circle cheapest online pharmacy prescription drugs represent eternity – as it has no beginning and no end. For any symbol, its meaning is known only to the person who creates it.

As people who enjoy art, we can try to interpret a meaning, but it is pure conjecture. To make this quilt-related, please see my many (Underground Railroad and Quilts) files … about quilt blocks and their interpreted meanings as described in the book, cheapest online pharmacy prescription drugs and in other books.

Patricia Cummings

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Sunday, September 20th, 2009

Within the last 20 years, I have run across a number of people who have tried to formulate a list of characteristics of African-American quilts. In one instant, a (white) woman with a quilt shop, instituted classes to teach others how to make an African-American quilt. The quilt would be brightly colored and asymmetrical. She’d made a large quilt that hung on the shop’s wall to use as an example. Just for the record, more recently, I ran across a speaker who attempted to describe the qualities of African-American quilts as if they are homogeneous.

For some time now, folklorists, scholars, and dreamers have been trying to define and describe exactly what an African-American quilt is, and what meaning(s) the quilt had, for its maker. The trouble with that kind of study is that not all African-American quilts are created equal, any more than are English quilts, or Amish quilts, or Dutch quilts. Women, who have made the majority of old quilts, have enjoyed being just a little different than their neighbor. For pieced quilts, this may be the reason so many thousands of different quilt block configurations exist.

More theories are in place than fleas on a dog. Most of them are not backed up by fact. Rather, they are just hunches, opinions, or broad, unsubstantiated conclusions.

“Myth and Methodology: Shelly Zegart Unpicks African-American Quilt Scholarship,” is an article that was first published in cheapest online pharmacy prescription drugs, an international textile magazine, (London England: Issue 21, Jan/Feb 2008). The author provides an historical account of the names and thoughts of various people who have studied this subject and published their train of thought. This file is free to read/ and to download, on .

Without further adieu, I will leave you to access this important file, one worth your time.

Patricia Cummings

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Thursday, June 25th, 2009

This week, I received the following note from a reader:

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Of course we were interested in seeing a photo.

reader photo

The feedsack quilt, in question.

My response:

I have never seen this design before. It is curious that there are so many identical flour sack pieces. The person who made this must have collected the sacks for a long time, or had a large family to use that amount of flour!

The “Aunt Jemima” image was rooted in minstrel shows, first appearing in 1875. She is, of course, yet another manifestation of a caricature that depicts someone who is African-American. Some people might interpret these quilt images as “benign,” but others would be angry in seeing this and call it an example of stereotyping and bigotry. There is no way to know what was in the mind of the original quiltmaker, nor if she was Black, herself. No matter how anyone views it, you are right, it is a piece of American folk art and one well-worth preserving. A museum placement seems appropriate. This is a very special item.

I would suggest that you donate it to the Jim Crow Museum on the campus of Ferris State University. Dr. David Pilgrim, professor of Sociology, has collected more than 5,000 artifacts related to Black Memorabilia, Culture, and Discrimination.

You can hear a talk by Dr. Pilgrim on .

The evolution of the Aunt Jemima image and use in selling various products is a fascinating story. A full account can be found in the following book:

If anyone has direct information about this feedsack cloth, please write to me at:
Thanks.

Additional links of interest:

Patricia Cummings

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Thursday, March 19th, 2009

After watching the dire news, night after night, about how the U.S. economy is tanking, I woke up this morning, determined to do something to make a difference. As a result, I have not only marked down the price of our e-book about a most inspiring but little known figure in the quilt world of the 1930s, but we are also offering FREE SHIPPING to U.S. addresses.

Why? You would have to know more about Mrs. Ellen Emeline Hardy Webster to fully understand the answer to that question. She brought light to so many lives through her quilt lectures, bird talks, women’s club activities, and by being, overall, a decent and hopeful woman who loved literature, people, and life itself. Her life’s emphasis was on Education, that is, sharing what she knew with as many other people as she could, sometimes, for very little or no pay. She and I have a LOT in common. I really identified with her life and some of the directions it took her, and what was most valuable to her.

So, at tremendous savings to the potential buyer, our website is making a special, if not limited-time offer for this CD. For details, and to pay with a Paypal button, please see our home page by clicking on the link listed under our names.

Mrs. Webster lived through the Great Depression and she knew what it was to “make do” and to “go without.” She took in (family) boarders, and sometimes provided “paid” lectures that did not even cover the gas money it took to get to the lecture hall.

Like Mrs. Webster, I have shared tons of “free” information. I have done this on my website and in the (free) lectures I have provided. This e-book is truly a labor of love, and deserves to be read. It is the product of eight long months of intense research, 12-14 hrs. per day including field trips; networking; interlibrary loan requests; purchases of research materials, via the Internet and elsewhere; and input from individual historians, quilt historians, and family members, as well as a number of museums.

Don’t let the opportunity get away to familiarize yourself with this great 1930s quilt historian and her work. Her name was Ellen Emeline Hardy Webster (1867-1950). Now you can learn all about her life in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, her family, her work, her education, her affiliations, her quilt “charts,” and life in New Hampshire, during her lifetime. She was particularly instrumental in the spread of information about Luminous Moss in NH, and the book covers that interest, as well.

Thanks for listening!

Patricia and James Cummings

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Wednesday, February 18th, 2009

Just the words, “trolley car,” conjures a different time and a very different way of life. For my paternal grandfather, driving a trolley car put food on the table for the nine hungry mouths. Not unlike many Manchester, New Hampshire residents of the time, he was a descendant of Irish immigrants. His wife was Irish, too: a McSweeney. She was known to report that she was not “shanty Irish,” but “lace curtain Irish.” That statement seems to have been very important to her, but I digress. Here is a photo of John A. Grace, (1879-1936), on the left, with his trolley car and an unknown person. The trolley says “Union Station” on the front.

John Augustine Grace with trolley (on left)

Recently, I was perusing eBay ads and came across the most delightful antique quilt that has 5 blocks down and 4 blocks across, all a repeat of a trolley car block. Here is a photo of the whole quilt that measures 87″ x 80″ and features sashings, sashing blocks, and borders that are a little larger.

1890s trolley car quilt - sold by gurly46

The backing features Paisley fabric. To read an article that I originally wrote for magazine, please visit “” on our website.

trolley quilt backing

The number of the eBay auction is . Clicking on this link will bring you to the ebay page.The beginning bid is $9,200.00 and the dealer, “gurly 46″ will accept payments. The following statement is what she says about the quilt:

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Many thanks to “gurly46″ for allowing me to feature this special quilt for your enjoyment.

Patricia Cummings
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Friday, October 10th, 2008

Cover of CD
The beautiful Mrs. Ellen Webster is seen in this photo probably taken in 1893, if that is, indeed, her wedding dress. After months of researching and writing, I have finally turned over a Master Copy of the CD that contains information about Mrs. Webster and all of her activities. She had a keen mind that was active right up until the time of her “unexpected death” at 82.

The CD is in pdf format and can be viewed using any computer that has downloaded Adobe Reader, a free software program. There is a lot to like about this format, including easy scrolling through the pages.

I am just thrilled that we decided to give this piece of history to the New Hampshire Historical Society so that they can replicate the CD and sell it in their museum store to raise funds that will stay with them. It feels good to present this gift.

More information about the project is located on the index page of our website, along with ordering details.

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    Thanks to my friends who have been passing out brochures at meetings and promoting the project verbally. All help is needed and appreciated.

    Patricia Cummings, quilt historian, and James Cummings, photographer and photo editor

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    Tuesday, April 15th, 2008

    Beautiful Mosaic Rose Quilt, made in 1881, by Louise Henry McHaney (1821-1905).

    When I was sent this photo by Lenn B. Jackson, I could not help but appreciate the 12,772, 5/8th inch pieces that her great, great grandmother sewed into this quilt. She found the pattern to make the quilt at the 1884 Cotton Exposition in New Orleans.

    I had written an article for cheapest online pharmacy prescription drugs magazine in 2002, that discussed a piece of (severed) Crazy Quilt with its silk commemorative ribbon that features the image of President Grover Cleveland. The article was the first that Ms. Jackson knew of my work, she claims.

    Close-up view

    Close-up view of the Mosaic Rose Quilt

    The documentation sheet that she forwarded to me states that the colors of the quilt are brown, for the background, blue, green, pink, red, and yellow. The quilter assembled the quilt in squares, using 625,828 stitches (as counted by her husband), and 178,808 hand quilting stitches, worked diagonally. That Victorian time in which the quilt was made was one of more pieces and more stitches, the better.

    The quilt draped over a dining room table

    Here is the quilt, draped over a dining room table.

    The quilt took twelve months and twelve days to complete, and was displayed at Marshall Fields in Chicago, and at the St. Louis World’s Fair.

    The brown fabrics are showing some deterioration. Many of the brown dyes of the day were mordanted with iron, and that is, no doubt, the problem. Unfortunately, there is no way to reverse the effect.

    The overall size of the quilt is 76 1/4″ x 85 1/4″ – in other words, twin size, and it is 100% cotton with a solid brown cotton backing.

    We thank Ms. Jackson for sending this information. We sure do love to see the photos that are frequently sent to us by our readers. This is the second mosaic quilt we have seen in a year. If anyone knows of any other ones, please let us know.

    Patricia Cummings

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    Thursday, August 23rd, 2007

    mini quilt

    The miniature quilt above was “born” in the most unconventional of ways. Let me tell you about the inspirations behind it. I was in an antiques store and spotted a fairly large, white box of hexagons (six-sided shapes.) They were still clinging to the paper shapes upon which they had been basted with white thread.

    While I was looking through them, at the various colors and designs, I noticed that a green calico one with small motifs. This fabric was pieced over a black and white magazine print image of some official standing on the back of a train. Who was it?

    Looking through a magnifying glass, my husband, Jim, and I discovered that the image was that of Harry Truman. A cheapest online pharmacy prescription drugs magazine article online, “,” by Hugh Sidey, tells the story of how Truman made a major campaign sweep across the country, by rail, in 1948, making 356 speeches from the back of the train, and covering 31,700 miles.

    I decided that this green fabric was special because of this association. So, I picked out the basting stitches on the larger hexagon shape, and cut much smaller hexagons to create the flower that you see above. Free hand, I added some stems and leaves with embroidery floss, for this abstract creation, and then decided to enclose the motif in an oval.

    Undoing a picture frame, I overlaid the glass on top of the flower design in order to draw the shape I wanted. Then I pinned lace around, on the pencil mark, pinning the lace in place and tacking it in place with a yellow chain stitch. Since I’d just purchased some beads, with no particular intent in mind, I added those at intervals, and surprisingly, they were placed in an equidistant manner, all the way around, as you can see.

    Next I decided that I wanted embroidered hearts in the corners. I added some borders and a little quilting, and here we are, a mini quilt that means something special to me just because it reminds me of a significant historical event in the history of the United States.

    Keep in mind that this quilt seemed to develop on its own. I had no master plan in mind. I was just “tinkering.” Sometimes it is just fun to “play.” I was not making the quilt to enter into a show, or to publish in a magazine, or to be impressive, or to sell. I was simply creating something from the heart so that it could “be,” and for some unknown reason, I had to do it.
    Remember to play. It’s good for the soul.

    Pat