Something for you to look at:

taplady

The quilts are beautiful Tootles, you are so talented!:A

tootles_2

I had not heard of RCTQ but just had a quick look at their website. For anyone who wants to look at more quilting there is QNN, which started last year, it has lots of info, demo's and the like on.

The US has some great quilt channels on the TV, alas here we have none, despite there being quite a movement here in the UK with some brilliant quilters, Barbara Barber, Lyn Edwards, Barbara Chainey and Sandie Lush to name but a few, Sandie does the most fabulous wholecloth quilting.... wish I was as good as her. Rowena Raemon was a memebr of the group I belonged to in Haddington, sadly she died from Breast cancer in 2003, she made some fabulous quilts and wall hangings. A very talanted and gernerous lady.

There is a big quilt show in Birmingham at the NEC at the end of this month think its 17th - 20th, not sure.......... very good show over 1000 quilts from all types and levels of quilting, no ones quilts if eneted are not hung which is very nice.............there are also traders who specialise in second hand fabric, unfortunately the days of being able to buy horrocks cotton dresses at the oxfam shop are long since gone, but you do find some really good things if you look, but as Sanddollar says quilting is done with 100% cotton ,poly mix is no good, although I have on occasionas used if if I have been really pushed......... but prefer to use cotton.

I do appreciate all your comments its nice to know that an old art like this is appreciated.........

pancakequeen

Tootles your quilts are really fantastic. In my youth I once had a go but gave up it got to the size of a pillowcase, I then started again and stopped. I have no idea where it is now, one of these days when I have a clear out of the loft it may turn up. You are a very talented lady.

You said that your allotment photos are locked? Could you let me have a look at them if you don't mind. I put my name down for one but it is a very long waiting list. In the meantime I have turned my garden over to growing my own veg, this is my first year, I have had some failures but quite a few successes.

thanks
Anne

ivyleaf

Tootles, thanks so much for sharing your quilts with us! They are beautiful! I'd be hard put to it to decide which I liked best. I think maybe the Churndash one - it looks so light and fresh.

Queenie

Sandollar wrote:

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As it seems there are quite a few OS quilters, the idea of an OS quilting be is a nice one.

And to keep on the OS theme, for those of you wanting to get into quilting, it need not be expensive. Check out charity shops and buy old clothes but make sure they are 100% cotton. A hot wash and then striped apart at the seams and you have the beginnings of your 'stash'. Patterns and instructions can be found on the 'net.

For beginners (as I was once) you could just get duvet covers and sheets (often a cotton poly mix) from the charity shops/boot fairs, to get started and learn - that way, any "learning curves" (aka mistakes ) aren't costly but you still have something serviceable at the end

Ah, brings back very fond memories of another website where I was taugh to quilt by the written word only (plus shedloads of encouragement )

sandieb

Lovely quilts!! I wonder whether you have ever visited the American Museum in Bath and seen the collection of quilts there?

sandieb

Here's a link to them
http://www.americanmuseum.org/default.cfm/loadindex.117

tootles_2

Hi Sandieb, Yes I have been to Bath I last went in 2000 when they had an exhibition of Indiana Amish quilts, the Amish lady I wrote about previously told me that many of the quilts that were in that exhibition were in fact either made or owned originally by members of her family.

Its a place I would like to go back to sometime, its a bit far for a day trip though.

sandieb

Well I went to that exhibition in 2000 also!!! I may have seen you! I loved the Amish quilts - visited Amish farm in Pennsylvania some years ago too...

Well done with those exquisite quilts of yours.

Sarahsaver

Crikey! Wow! We're not worthy!