Dear Quilting Friends,
Let me introduce you to an amazing quilter…
Imagine starting to make quilts at sixty and having them end up in a museum! Hortense Horton Beck, of Topeka, Kansas, did just that.
Inspired by a deep love of history, Hortense painstakingly recreated quilt patterns from a variety of museum collections, including reproductions of two quilts in the International Quilt Study Center and Museum Collection. One of Mrs. Beck's most remarkable reproductions, the famous “Reconciliation Quilt” is copied from an original created by Lucinda Ward Honstain which was made shortly after the American Civil War.
In our May episode of Quilt Out Loud Susan Neil of the Atlanta History Center showed Mark Lipinski a photograph of a reproduction of The Bible Quilt. Many quilts are so valuable that the public rarely gets to see them. But reproductions are another matter. Mrs. Beck donated her reproduction of the Reconciliation Quilt to the International Quilt Study Center & Museum, designating it for use in the museum’s education collection. Quilts “earmarked” in this way may be displayed in a broader range of exhibition conditions and allows the museum to share the quilts with public audiences beyond the walls of its own museum or other museums and galleries. How’s that for a quilter giving back?!
How’s this for cool tools and a hot summer deal…
A while back I taped a segment with John Brady of Guidelines4Quilting called the Ultimate Stashbuster. Using their unique Seam Allowance Additions, John cut squares and half- and quarter-square triangles using just one measurement line on the Guidelines Ruler. Then we just played with the pieces, arranging them into different classic quilt blocks. What a fun, easy, no-math way to use up some of your stash.
Well, since then, their system has gotten even better. The Additions are now color-coded and are more precise than using any quilt ruler alone. Many of you may be surprised to know this, but the amounts you add for half and quarter square triangles on a ruler are wrong. Click here to see what the exact measurements are and how Seam Allowance Additions solve that problem, and watch some animations, explaining how the new color-coding makes it even easier. Also, check out the Ultimate Stashbuster video below. Take advantage of this Sizzling Special and Save 20%.
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Now I’m revved to finish my block for the Quiltspiration segment we’re taping next weekend for an upcoming show. I wonder what Mark’s going to come up with... I didn’t know how to react when I saw his block at our taping for the August show. You’ll have to wait to see what I mean!
Happy quilting,
Jodie.
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