Just a QUICK REMINDER: Tonight Freida will have to give up her pretty “Civil War Charmer” dress set and send it to some other little doll to wear… You can find the dress on Ebay by clicking the picture at the right side bar or you can click HERE.
I’m SO glad to see everyone enjoyed the pictures from the Quilt Show… I wish I could have taken pictures of all 700 entries… it truly was an incredible show… like it always is! I saw a few of you had questions about how the quilts got to be in the Quilt Show in the first place… I honestly didn’t know the answer to that question, so I looked it up, and Anne was right… the quilts are first seen by a 3 person committee in the form of sent pictures… one big photo showing the entire quilt and then a smaller, more detailed photo of some area on it. Then the committee categorizes them and it’s a bit of a process to see which ones make it in.
They are also sent to Paducah, (the American Quilter’s Society headquarters) or you can drop it off, but it has to arrive by a certain deadline.
If you’d like to read a few more details about the Quilt Week… here is a link to just about any questions a newbie might have.
American Quilter’s Society Answers
I have probably made 7 or 8 full size quilts in my life…and several baby quilts, but I don’t have a single one for myself… I do have one that my mom made… a Log Cabin pattern quilt. I gave all my things away…
I did a lot of Foundation Pieced quilting years ago… It’s a very precise way of quilting, but I have only done small wall hangings, coasters, Christmas ornaments… things like that…
You do it by stitching on paper or a thin cotton fabric that has been stamped with your design… in a nutshell, you are actually stitching it together backwards… or from the backside. The pieces you’ll be using are numbered, so you can keep track of where you are. It’s not that complicated, but if you wanted to see how it’s done, there are lots of videos… (here’s one I found that is only 4 minutes long)…
4 minute video of Foundation pieced quilting
…or I could give you a little demonstration sometime.
Anyway, talking about the quilts made me hunt up what I have left in the way of my smaller “quilting” stuff. Here are some examples of my patterns and some that were made… that I didn’t remember I even had..
This is a small wall hanging I had made for my mom… it has some silk ribbon embroidery on it too..
See the backside of the Christmas tree in this picture? You can get a better idea of how it is done…
Well, that certainly brought back Memories of Quilt Week in Paducah for me… about 20 years ago! :o)
I hope you have a great weekend!
See you Monday,
Blessings, Jeanne
Thanks for answering questions about quilt admissions, etc., Jeanne. And for sharing pictures of things you’ve done, quilt-wise. I’ve done foundation piecing, too, and it’s a lot of fun, but it took me a while for the method to really sink in. I tend to be directionally dyslexic, and of course you are sort of working “upside down and backwards” when you do foundation piecing!! Once I got my head wrapped around it, though, I didn’t have any more trouble.
Sissy, yesterday you said you wished you could share the quilt pictures with your friend. If she has a computer, could you just send her a link to Jeanne’s blog? Or if she lives nearby, load that blog onto your laptop or tablet (if you have one) and take it over for her to see? Just some random thoughts.
Joy, thanks for reminding me about Russell!! It looks like he’s still available. I wasn’t going to get any more boy dolls, but he’s so cute!! Hm….
Anne, so good to hear from you. I’m sorry about all the recent medical problems you have. Yes, that May 10th appointment for pre-admission does sound promising!! I will keep you in my prayers.
Directionally dyslexic. Hmm… I might have some of that too. I haven’t tried this piecing technique but I find I have to really concentrate when I do something like make a doll dress that’s not symmetrical. I do have a problem with spatial reckoning and can get lost in the woods very easily so I sure would never go hiking alone.
That’s directional dyslexia, Barbara! I have to point the map the direction I’m looking or I would never be able to figure out how to get from point A to point B! It was years before I knew why–and then a chance remark by a gal at my s-i-l’s Tupperware party clicked in, and I thought, Aha! That’s it! I don’t have any trouble with reading (most people associate dyslexia with reading), but turn the map the wrong way, and I’m lost!
I have a busy day ahead, but I wanted to comment while I had a bit of time. I can’t imagine, with all those beautiful quilt entries that did make the cut, what didn’t? I’m sure a lot of other beautiful ones didn’t get in. Must be heartbreaking for the ones who didn’t.
You certainly do have some very nice pieces of quilting, Jeanne. I was actually invited to join a quilting group, but was kind of ambivalent about it. I thought to myself, am I really that old?😊. Bear in mind that I was “only”in my mid 50’s at that time! Why, back then, my own mother was in a quilting group at her church!! Surely I wasn’t THAT old! Well, I have since changed my mind about ladies who quilt, since I am now older are just as old as they are, but I could never sit and stitch very long without getting bored. But anyway, I do love quilted things and very much appreciate the lovely women who do such work.
Anne, so good to finally hear from you, and wish you well on your upcoming surgery. I hope it happens soon for you.
Thanks Jeanne for sharing some of your quilting endeavors. Very nice. 🙂
I’ve only made one queen size quilt, back in the 70’s. Probably about the time I was crocheting a poncho. 🙂 Now that really dates me. However, my grandmother made me a couple of twin size years ago. She had a quilting frame and actually quilted them herself. I some how have become the keeper of the quilts. My oldest made by my great great grandmother in about 1870, or so. It is well used and was done in black and red. So much for history.
We’ve really cooled down here, so it’s back to pulling weeds, hopefully. Have a good weekend everyone. 🙂
Thank you again for the trip through the Paducah Quilt show. I forwarded it to several people and they were blown away. Love the pieces you have displayed and I must be like Charlotte… I would need to “see it” before it made sense. I will watch the video you found.
Company for lunch so better get my tush off the couch asap!
I’m definitely a visual learner and always tell people don’t tell me how to do something show me. Unfortunately most learning is done orally and when I was in school that was daydream time for me. Then I would go home and read my textbook to find out what the teacher had been talking about. When I was taking college classes at night (after working all day), my science lab classes kept me awake but during geology lecture I had a teacher that talked and walked. Pacing back and forth. I sat next to the wall and spent most of class dozing off with my head resting on the wall. I must have been learning by osmosis because I got and “A” in the class.
Sure, a demonstration would be welcome!
Thanks for the links to the answers and video. I will be checking them out. I belong to AQS but have never been to the quilt show in Houston and doing quilting is on my “to do” list. I’ve got everything I need and we now have a great quilt shop in Sealy but I have problems doing that type of thing for long at a time. I keep hoping my rowing machine will help strengthen my body so I can get back to sewing more. I used to sew for hours but can’t seem to do that these days.
I love your quilt projects. They are lovely. A demonstration of the foundation piecing would be great.
It was lovely to see your quilted pieces Jeanne. I have done some foundation piecing and a bit like Barbara and Charlotte, I am directionally impaired so it is sometimes a bit of a struggle for me. (It doesn’t just apply to sewing, I have no sense of direction when I am walking or driving!) However it does give perfect points so if you are a quilter it is worth mastering.
Barbara, I would love to go to the Houston show and had been contemplating it once I found I had a brother near there. If I ever make it we should go together. I would have to take an empty suitcase with me though!
If you ever do get up this way I would love to go to the quilt show with you. I laughed about the empty suitcase. I went to visit my mother in Delaware one year and my sister suggested we go clothes shopping. I hadn’t been in awhile and it had been many years since I went with any of my sisters so I jumped at the chance. I had to go out and buy another suitcase so I could take my new wardrobe home.