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| Photo from the book Mosaic Quilts by the Charleston Museum |
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| Photo from 55 Famous Quilts from the Shelburne Museum |
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| Photo from 55 Famous Quilts from the Shelburne Museum |
The photos are from two old books that I just bought on ebay - and they are completely adorable.
I started to mark them with sticky tabs but gave up as every picture needs a tab :
They will find a special place among the rest of the 'family' - two groaning shelves of quilt history books. Most of these books have sticky tabs marking inspirational works. That kind of links to the end of my last post when I raved about my discovery of Pinterest - where "sticky tabs" are so nicely organised and accessible online.
I now realise I must be about the last person on the planet to have discovered Pinterest - very slow on the uptake I know! So...that was me a week ago.
Since then I have read various comments on different blogs about Pinterest and see that not everyone is happy with willy-nilly public pinning. Being a cautious type, I am taking that on board and am now being...well... cautious, in my pinning. Just by the way, I am only a hobby-quilter - no teaching, selling, publishing (apart from the blog) and have never entered quilts to win prizes in competition/shows etc - just obsessively driven to make and share quilts. It is wonderful to find that someone else is remotely interested - makes you me feel a little less mad doesn't it??
I know - Enough yabber!! Here are more pics:
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| From Mosaic Quilts the Charleston Museum |
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| Next Baltimore Album block nearly finished |
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| Quilting progress on my In the Time of Toile quilt |
Autumn has arrived - needed gloves on the morning walk today - brrr. And, in the garden, the Golden Ash is dropping leaves fast :
Talk soon :)
Lots of beautifully inspirational quilts, Hilda! Those books were great buys.
ReplyDeleteI am resisting Pinterest!
I love history quilt books. They are always full of amazing quilts!
ReplyDeleteI hear what you say about Pinterest Hilda. It is absolutely amazing as a resource and I only pin what I see already on there and do not take them myself from other blogs etc. I think it is up to the blog/ web site owner to take measures if they don't want anything pinned. I would happily remove something that should not be there. It is difficult to stop it once it is out there. Those are two great books you have found. Glad to see that you have done some stitching.
ReplyDeleteYou had me on the first photo.....lots of eye candy there. Making good progress on your own projects too.
ReplyDeletethey are great books, so much inspiration. one never has enough quilt history based books for inspiration.
ReplyDeleteOk Pinterest is such a hot topic! glad to see progress on the BA block are you using solids only for the blocks?
if so do you have a specific "brand" or manufacturer of solids you like best?
thanks
Kathie
I love to find great new pics with loads of inspiration! Had to laugh at your comment about anyone being 'remotely interested' in your quilting because YOUR work is incredibly lovely and very inspirational! To me, Pinterest is the equivalent of what I used to do with ripping pages out of magazines and like you, marking pages in quilt books with bookmarks and post-its. So much fun.:)
ReplyDeleteYabber all you like :0) Such lovely pictures! I never get tired of my books of antique quilts. Your applique is wonderful - such a gorgeous vase!
ReplyDeleteYour applique work is stuning. Love all your posts
ReplyDeleteAmazing quilts! Those books are beautiful.....I think I need to get them! Thanks for the pics!
ReplyDeleteAs a quilter I'm enjoying every single picture. Have fun with you're newest work!
ReplyDeletelots of thinking and planning to be done with those books......love your garden
ReplyDeleteLove your history posts and the the quilts are just gorgeous....Do you have Dr Annette Gero Book? The book is great and I love all the Aussie history....
ReplyDeleteLove your garden as the morning are starting to get cold...winters coming..
Amazing quilts!!! Pinterest is a great for collecting inspiring images. I think the thing with pinning is making sure it links back to the original post or place the picture was from. Also adding a little caption at the bottom mentioning the origin helps like " Beautiful autumn garden photo from Every Stitch blog" , is a nice thing to do. Pinterest is also great for recipes - once again just like collections of recipes torn from magazines or copied from friends. Great to see Time for Toile is being quilted!!
ReplyDeleteNice inspiration!! I love Pinterest as well. Here's a hint. If you can't find a link for pinning, but want to save the picture, create a locked board that is private, visible to you only!
ReplyDeleteI too am a lover of quilt history books they are so inspirational . When I look through them it's like looking at kitties in cages at the shelter - I just want to save or make every one.
ReplyDeleteHave just discovered your Blog :D we seem to share the same taste in quilts. POTC is on my todo list and my Morrell blocks are currently hibernating!
ReplyDeleteQuilt history books are wonderful. They always manage to inspire. I love your new Baltimore block!
ReplyDeleteThose look like wonderful books. Thanks for sharing a few quilts from them. Looks like you are making good progress on your quilting projects. The baltimore block is lovely. I look forward to seeing In the Time of Toile when it's finished.
ReplyDeleteJust this week I put my gloves away.