Entering a quilt in a quilt show-SHOW OFF!!
The quilt show entering season is upon us. Far be it from me to create more competition, but, far be it from me to think I might win a quilt show. So competition is not what I seek, but it is my highest and most sappy wish to inspire and create something that-to use an old expression-yes I'm dating myself-might "turn someone on" to quilting. No, I don't own a shop or am selling my quilts, I hope someday my family, 100 years from now, will all want one of the quilts their great great whatever made with her own hands and sewing machine. I hope it never gets that rare for a quilt to be made, but, if it happens, my decendents will have one. If you put a good enough label on it-write as much as you can on the label with an archival felt pen-it will be remembered and appreciated. My pet- peeve is to go into an anique store and find a beautifully made quilt, that's maybe from the 1930's or '50's, and no one knows a thing about it. How sad that a woman worked with love and self discipline and no one knows that she made it as a wedding gift or as a bed quilt for the first house she owned. Ah, s
uch is saddness...a quilt without history is like a family bible with no family tree in it...or forgetting the reason you saved a special ornament to be hung every year on your Christmas tree. If you are a lover of history and want to create a quilting legacy, then pull up all your quilts today and put a label on the back. Just get a 10 inch square of muslin and iron under a 1/2 inch edge all around. Then carefully plan what you want to write before you write and tell all you know; fabric content-100% cotton, batik, etc; machine or hand pieced/stitched; name; town you lived in while making the piece; date; who/why the quilt was made; ANYTHING THAT IS IMPORTANT TO YOU OR THE RECEIVER OF THE PIECE! Then be happy for YOU are making history...smile...
The quilt show entering season is upon us. Far be it from me to create more competition, but, far be it from me to think I might win a quilt show. So competition is not what I seek, but it is my highest and most sappy wish to inspire and create something that-to use an old expression-yes I'm dating myself-might "turn someone on" to quilting. No, I don't own a shop or am selling my quilts, I hope someday my family, 100 years from now, will all want one of the quilts their great great whatever made with her own hands and sewing machine. I hope it never gets that rare for a quilt to be made, but, if it happens, my decendents will have one. If you put a good enough label on it-write as much as you can on the label with an archival felt pen-it will be remembered and appreciated. My pet- peeve is to go into an anique store and find a beautifully made quilt, that's maybe from the 1930's or '50's, and no one knows a thing about it. How sad that a woman worked with love and self discipline and no one knows that she made it as a wedding gift or as a bed quilt for the first house she owned. Ah, s
uch is saddness...a quilt without history is like a family bible with no family tree in it...or forgetting the reason you saved a special ornament to be hung every year on your Christmas tree. If you are a lover of history and want to create a quilting legacy, then pull up all your quilts today and put a label on the back. Just get a 10 inch square of muslin and iron under a 1/2 inch edge all around. Then carefully plan what you want to write before you write and tell all you know; fabric content-100% cotton, batik, etc; machine or hand pieced/stitched; name; town you lived in while making the piece; date; who/why the quilt was made; ANYTHING THAT IS IMPORTANT TO YOU OR THE RECEIVER OF THE PIECE! Then be happy for YOU are making history...smile...
2 comments:
Gasp! That quilt is a stunner...a winner in a show or not. Great color and movement...I am off to put labels on all my quilts. show us more. k (material obsession)
Movement is the key to making a quilt come alive. Keeping the eye moving around the quilt is what is pleasing to me too. Thanks for the nice words.
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