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Preparing for an Estate Sale

A friend of a friend recently ask me for tips on pricing her mother’s quilts for an estate sale. My only experience is pricing donated quilts for our annual Quilts Etc Sale in October and that is a group project—I am not a professional appraiser, but I shared some guidelines we use. The gross photoContinue reading “Preparing for an Estate Sale”

In Honor of National Quilting Day

Did you know that tomorrow is National Quilting Day? Like any holiday, it is observed many different ways. Local quilt shops may have special sales. Some well- know bloggers, fabric designers and pattern creators have “give aways” or drawings. Some guilds promote hanging quilts from porches or having quilt shows in public parks or gardens.Continue reading “In Honor of National Quilting Day”

Pretty in Pink

Look what the hand quilters displayed in their room this week! Isn’t she a beauty? Of course the quilt is a “she”–so very feminine in pink and stitching that suggests lace. Paulette used the six hand cross stitched squares that Coila Ernest’s daughters gifted us after her passing. It was a puzzle –how to makeContinue reading “Pretty in Pink”

Visiting Places in my Mind

Do you every wish you could whisk yourself off into a pretend place? When I was in the fourth or fifth grade, I had a border print skirt. My skirt was an ante-bellum southern river port scene; probably it would be considered politically incorrect now. It was a simple gathered cotton skirt much like thisContinue reading “Visiting Places in my Mind”

Patterns vs. “Wing it”

Are you a “pattern follower” or a “wing it” type of person? I am a 70/30 blend—with the 70% being “wing it”. And sometimes that gets me in trouble! Many, many quilt patterns are just variations of the classic quilt blocks that have been used since who knows when. The time tested block patterns becomeContinue reading “Patterns vs. “Wing it””

The best part of Quilting

Do you know what I like best about this quilting experience? It isn’t the finished project– sometimes a bit of a let down, or fabric purchasing–I have almost broken myself of that habit, or having an outlet for creativity that is practical….it is being with my quilting friends on Wednesday! Wednesday from 11 am to 4 pmContinue reading “The best part of Quilting”

Thinking Outside the Box

Have you ever been advised “to think outside the box”? If I had a dollar for every time that phrase was used at in-services during my teaching career, I would be booking that river cruise! But it is great advice. I am more of a rule follower–a think “inside the box” person but I admire persons who canContinue reading “Thinking Outside the Box”

The “Filling” in the Sandwich

Quilts are sandwiches–the pieced top which is usually the star of the show, the backing which is often an afterthought and the batting which is not seen or given much thought by non-quilters but which adds warmth and drape. Thus the batting used can greatly affect the look and durability of a quilt and canContinue reading “The “Filling” in the Sandwich”