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1890s Victorian silk diamonds, eastern US - a crowd favorite! |
Last night I spoke at the Clark County Quilters meeting in Vancouver, Washington. It was the last lecture I will do for a while, and we had fun. I brought some of my favorite quilts, maybe 25 or 30 of them-- four bins full plus a couple bags. It was a nice, large group and when we'd reached the end of the time and I still had quilts left, the audience wanted to see them all!
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1890s Embroidered Snake Trail Fans, Pennsylvania |
I was happy to oblige. One of the points I emphasized at the beginning was my criteria for what made a great quilt, and how it evolved. Since buying my first antique quilt in 1989, one thing has remained constant. It has to be unique to turn my head. I brought a nice group of 19th century applique quilts including the "
start the car" quilt, plucked from an antiques shop in the Sellwood District of Portland.
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1870s "stick figure" appliqué from Pennsylvania |
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1850s Album quilt by Mary Couchman Small, West Virginia |
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1860s applique quilt - the "start the car" quilt |
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1860s applique quilt, Mrs. M.E. Poyner, Paducah, Kentucky |
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applique bedcover, 1868, Hannah J. Swin, New Jersey |
I also brought a couple New York Beauties and my book, "New York Beauty, Quilts from the Volckening Collection" published last year by Quiltmania in France.
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1870s pieced quilt from Virginia |
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1870s pieced quilt from Kentucky |
Of course, I had to share some 1970s quilts. The unfolding of the massive Tile Blocks quilt got a big reaction out of the audience. They seemed to enjoy the lighthearted, optimistic 1970s quilts.
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it's an "eye spy" kind of quilt |
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polyester hexagons, Oregon |
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Tile Blocks, Louisiana |
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Double Wedding Ring made of calicoes |
There were also rare quilts, such as a Revolutionary War period blue resist wholecloth, an Amish crib quilt, c. 1900, from Wayne County, Ohio, a very old pieced wool quilt from New England, c. 1810, and a pictorial from the 1930s.
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Revolutionary War period blue resist wholecloth |
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Amish crib quilt, c. 1900, Wayne County, Ohio |
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pieced quilt, c. 1810, New England |
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1930s pictorial, Ohio |
Friends in the audience, longtime and new, made it a lot of fun; and like my other lectures, it was interactive. I took questions the whole time, and there were great questions. Many thanks to the Clark County Quilters for the invitation. It was a pleasure! Special thanks to the quilt holders, whose arms are probably a little sore today.
LOVED your lecture last night. Enjoyed seeing a part of your collection and why you collected that particular quilt. Thanks for coming!!!! Terry
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