Appliqué Quilts That Tell a Story

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Prarierose8 — Sat, 01 Dec 2012 16:32:16 GMT

A modern day version of the Victorian Crazy Quilt.

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dianek39 — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 12:06:07 GMT

I love the Travelers Blanket and her blog. I have been working on a blanket of recycled jeans and my own surfaced designed fabrics and then I saw her blankets and was more inspired. I love to hand stitch it is meditative and that is what I do when I need to calm down and think clearly. The stitching keeps me sane.

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reginabdunn — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 20:27:03 GMT

I often think about my mother and my grandmother when I hand stitch. My grandmother was a very talented seamstress and made things from Barbie doll clothes, to coats for her children, to draperies for her house. When she was getting to the point of not being able to see enough to sew anymore, I was just learning how to sew. She passed away a long time ago but it would be wonderful to have her here now with me sharing this amazing art form. And when my mother was terminally ill, I always took hand sewing with me on my visits with her. As my pieces progressed they gave us many talking points and took our minds off of her illness and led our thoughts to the beauties of life.

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filambulle — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 20:00:53 GMT

I always think in a very narrative way when my hands are occupied in this kind of repetitive and creative task.

Today I was folding the pages of a book to create a Christmas tree, and I was having a whole Talk in my head about why and how I cannot find a good use of all the thing I've learned at the University or in specialized courses. How I should transform all the books I ever used to get even more educated into a better use: to transform them into art and show their best use to everyone.

It was rather depressing of course, but also quite interesting.

And I was using a small volume of one of my favourite french writer: Maupassant. So I had little glimpse of rich vocabulary and great narrative to enjoy while brooding... A very bittersweet experience.