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Quilter's Muse Publications and Virtual Museum

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Quilter's Muse Publications and Virtual Museum is a diverse website that consists of a main site and two blogs, one called "From the Spider's Web" written by quilt historian Patricia Cummings, and the other blog, "Vintage Cookery" written by James Cummings.

Crewel firescreen

One example of the many antique needlework items featured on this site: A Jacobean-Inspired, Crewel Embroidered Firescreen

Highlights include: Quilt History; Baltimore Album Quilts, Bible Blocks and their History; Book and Quilt Show Reviews; Crazy Quilts; Textiles from Countries Outside the U.S.; Martha Washington's Counterpanes; the Underground Railroad Controversy (secret quilt code); Oral Files and a Song Playlist; Poetry; Recipes; Spanish language files and songs; William Henry Harrison tribute quilt blocks; Redwork; Photos from Readers, and Letters to the Editor; Free quilt patterns and outline stitch embroidery patterns; Songs (including some Christmas songs) in English, Spanish, German, and Hebrew; a slideshow of our Christmas ornament collection; Collectibles such as Sweetheart Pillows and Dolls; Galleries, and much more, including:

Directions for Making a Civil War Quilt Reproduction by Machine/ Home of the Brave project

What's New at Quilter's Muse?

New Files- January 2010

"Keep on the Sunny Side of Life" played and sung by James Gorham

Redwork Embroidery - Perennially Appealing: a photo essay

"Quilt Talk": an essay by Patricia L. Cummings

Fireside Chat 1: an oral file of quotations, recorded on January 19, 2010 by Patricia L. Cummings

New pages with information about our books on CD.

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Getting Around This Huge Site

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The Site Map provides a list of all of the many articles here.

Otherwise, click on any of the categories in the left side bar to choose from many articles to read.

Writings of Patricia L. Cummings:

Note: Articles written by Patricia Cummings, for The Quilter and other print venues, are now listed on one page.

Note: The Quilter magazine, March 2010 issue, features "Feedsack Treasures," an article by Patricia Cummings/ photos by James Cummings.

Click the image to order this book on CD.

Our FOUR e-Books are available on CDs and are mailed. Click on the book cover image of our book for more information or to order. Wholesale inquiries welcome. pat@quiltersmuse.com

Redwork Embroidery and Needlework Traditions in Europe and America by Patricia Lynne Grace Cummings and James Cummings, (Concord, NH: Quilter's Muse Publications, 2010).

Cover of Straight Talk About Quilt Care II: Display, Cleaning, and Storage of Quilts, Needlework and Textiles, now available on CD.

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Visit Patricia's Quilter's Muse Blog
"From the Spider's Web"

written by Patricia Lynne Grace Cummings

See Patricia's blog for quilt world announcements, and a variety of written essays on various topics.

Renee award from Gayle Pritchard

Award

Gayle Pritchard bestowed the Renee Award on Quilter's Muse website and blog. Please visit her blogsite for details: http://gaylepritchard.blogspot.com/

Jim's "VINTAGE COOKERY BLOG"

James Cummings writes about New England cooking and vintage textiles in his Cooking Blog. Frequently, he includes antique line drawings that are related to cooking. They can be used to make Redwork embroidery designs. In addition, he posts images from antique ephemera from our collection, as well as photos of his delectable food creations!

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Mt. Fuji block designed by Pat Cummings

Quilt block designed by Patricia Cummings, uses hand-painted and commercial fabrics and is loosely-based on an old postcard of Mt. Fuji, a sacred mountain in Japan.

From former Quilter's Home magazine's editor, Mark Lipinski, in the June/July 2009 issue, page 19:

www.quiltersmuse.com

Quilt historian Patricia Cummings' Website is billed as a virtual museum. Filled with tons of articles on quilt history, free patterns and helpful information you never knew you needed until you came across it, you can surf this site for hours and never be bored.

Thanks, Mark!

For any questions, except any that are related to appraisals, which is outside our area of interest, please write to: pat@quiltersmuse.com

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