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Submitted by Dianne McD. A few months ago, the Quilt Alliance came to our attention; and we thought our members would enjoy learning about the QA, too. So what is it?  In their own words, Quilt Alliance is a nonprofit 501c3 organization established in 1993 with a mission to document, preserve, and share our American quilt heritage by collecting the rich stories that historic and contemporary quilts, and their makers, tell about our nation’s diverse peoples and their communities. It’s an active organization and the list of founding mothers may look a little familiar to you, especially if you’ve been quilting for awhile. (You’ll findRead More →

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Submitted by Dianne McD. A few weeks ago, Cydney G sent me this quote by Maya Angelou and thought it was share-worthy: “You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.” How many times have you heard someone say, “Oh, I’m not creative.”  Have you said it?  I spent a good part of my life believing that about myself because I couldn’t draw like my sister or brother or my best friend.  As I got older, I learned otherwise: In the mid-1980’s, I was a young mother of two babies and a toddler and living in a split-entry house in Gresham,Read More →

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Submitted by Dianne McD. Several weeks ago, Naomi M sent me this video clip from the PBS Newshour.  It’s all about Faith Ringgold and her amazing 60 years of creating art.  She is featured in a major exhibit at the New Museum in New York; and in this clip, she is being interviewed by Jeffrey Brown while surrounded by her story quilts.  While we only get short glimpses of the quilts, one can tell that they are amazing.  And Ms. Ringgold is delightful to listen to.  You can watch the 7-minute clip by clicking on the button below. Thanks, Naomi, for sharing yet another exampleRead More →

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Submitted by Dianne McD. In February, member Neena K sent me an article about the Gee’s Bend quilters.  Then about a month later, Linda G sent me a link to a video about the Gee’s Bend quilters.  It seems the quilters are back in the news and are finally reaping the benefits of their notoriety.  The video is a news clip from WPBS, a PBS station that serves northern New York.  The article comes from “The Verge” which is an American technology website that is operated by VOX Media. You can watch the video and read the article by clicking on the buttons below.  IRead More →

Christie F CW quilt

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Submitted by Liz M. Christie F created a beautiful hand sewn Cathedral Window (CW) quilt for our 2021 MPS Ombré Challenge. It hangs above her mantel with a lovely curated group of art and books. Traditionally, this pattern is sewn by hand and involves layers of fabric folded and sewn to reveal another fabric. This method usually does not include batting because all raw edges are enclosed. It is a wonderful handwork project and takes time to complete a whole quilt. After the challenge, Christie discovered a technique for making Cathedral Window blocks by machine from 2.5” charm squares. This technique was described in aRead More →