We're quilters, right? So I had to check out some of the quilts in the museum in Gettysburg. You can look, I won't do much commentary.
Boy, this is a sure way to date a quilt! Cut up your loved ones' letters home from a war.
This is where we differ on hexies. I find it easier to attach the hexies to each other when the paper has been taken out first. It's a good thing there are no quilt police to tell me that's wrong.
Broderie perse. I couldn't see the stitches. Perfect!
I appreciate the precision in these hand pieced and quilted quilts.
Those quilts are incredible! I say they are something I could never do, but truthfully, I maybe could but wouldn't try... (They're beautiful and I can appreciate the work, but not my (current) style, so there's no motivation to try.) And using papers with dates is an incredible thing, though I wonder if it was intentional or just using what they had?
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ReplyDeleteWhat treasures. Thanks for sharing.
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