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Thursday, September 30th, 2010

When I was a very young girl, my Aunt Virginia would take me grocery shopping with her. I was handy for reaching items that were placed on low shelves, I suppose! She always told me that if I were “good,” she would buy me a Little Golden Book and I could have my choice. As I always was an angel, in those days, I always came home with a new book. One of those books was diet pills for sale. The book was first published in 1942 and the copyright was renewed in 1970.

While attending a quilt show, not too long ago, I was thoroughly intrigues with a display that features a new reprint of the book and two different coordinating pieces of fabric. The selvage states:
“Little Golden Books TM and (copyright) 2009 by Random House, Inc. Under license to Classic Media, Inc. an Entertainment Rights group company. All rights reserved for QUILTING TREASURES (TM) or to be exact:
Well, all the copyright / trademark information etc. thwarts my initial plan of showing you this great fabric.

The vendor (The Fabric Garden – New Hampshire telephone: 603 868-2002) who sold me the fabric told me that Walmart sells the new books for $3.00 each. I love dogs and I love retro 1950s items. I am not sure what I will do with this fabric and (new) book yet. Maybe I will just make something for myself, to enjoy in my “second childhood.”

Patricia Cummings

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Wednesday, September 29th, 2010

Dianne Maddaus wrote to say that she found a large piece of Quadriga cloth in an antiques store that also has the words, “E & W Quadriga Cloth” on the selvage edges. She was so kind to send a photo of yet another Juvenile print. I am so surprised. I’ve always thought that Quadriga cloth was mainly limited to calico type prints. Here is the photo:

Dianne Maddaus' Quadriga cloth

Thanks, Dianne!

Pat

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Tuesday, September 28th, 2010

First of all, I’ll tell you a little bit about Quadriga cloth.

Quadriga cloth is printed cotton fabric that was produced and sold by “E & W.” What do the initials represent? They stand for the Ely & Walker Dry Goods Company that originated in St. Louis, Missouri and added branch offices in other parts of the country. In one ad in which the company offers a free catalog of 32 favorite calico prints, the mailing address was 823 E. Holmes Rd., Memphis, TN 38116. The clue here is that the address offered includes a zip code, so that is a clue that the company lasted beyond just the 1940s and 1950s. Indeed, in 1954, Burlington Industries bought the company and continued selling Quadriga prints until the 1970s, according to Barbara Brackman’s book, diet pills for sale.

The late Joan Kiplinger was very fond of Quadriga cloth, as am I. She wrote a file about it here:

The file I have posted on my website is about a quilt that was made into a kit composed of Quadriga fabrics. I would be delighted if I ever found an unfinished kit of this type, or even a finished quilt. You can see the pattern and read about its background on my website:

Today, I received this letter from Candace Landerman:

Hi Pat,

I happened upon your site in the hunt for some info. about a fabric purchase I made today. I happened into my local thrift shop and although I’ve never seen fabric for sale there, today there was a basket of older looking fabric. The piece I bought was the only “quilting” type cotton. It feels very nice and good quality. I assumed it was a 1930s reproduction fabric, since they’re all the rage now and happily bought it and took it home. I didn’t recognize the manufacturer name and Googled it and found that’s it’s very likely that this is actually vintage fabric. Although I’ve not found this exact pattern in the fabrics on the net, it sure looks like all the others posted. It’s in awesome condition, no fading that I can see and the tag says 9 yards of it. Did I do good? Thanks for your help!

Candace Landerman's Quadriga cloth

Nine yards of a Juvenile Quadriga cloth print

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Close-up view

My Reply:

I told Candace that she not only did “real good,” she hit the jackpot! Quadriga cloth is authentic vintage fabric. She is lucky to find so much of it and that it is in good condition. I suggested that is she wants to use it in a quilt that she add it as a backing and tie the quilt layers together, using a thin needle and embroidery floss for the ties. To my way of thinking, this would be a better course of action than cutting the fabric into small pieces. This way, the quilt could also be “reversible.” Just my opinion.

By the way, as a point of historical trivia: David Davis Walker, co-owner of Ely and Walker, was President George Herbert Walker Bush’s great-grandfather!

To see swatches of Quadriga calico and Quaker Chintz prints, please visit Leigh Fellner’s site:

Patricia Cummings

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Tuesday, September 28th, 2010

During the early 1990s, as a member of Area 2 of the Northern New England Chapter of the Embroiderers’ Guild of America, I prepared a series of five monthly lectures that centered on the culture, history, and needlework techniques of Japan. One type of stitching that was new to me, at that time, is called “Sashiko.” This type of needlework had its roots in the utilitarian need to mend and reinforce everyday clothes by using a large running stitch. Soon, Japanese women were creating family crest designs, depictions of cranes, and foliage like Ghingko leaves and Cherry blossoms. Typically, thick white thread was used on an indigo background because cloth dyed with indigo was the material from which laborers’ clothes were made.

Within the last 20 years, Sashiko has seen a tremendous revival due to the number of books that have been written about the technique. Perle cotton #8 is the preferred thread. The challenge is in finding a needle with a large eye that will accommodate the thread and feel “just right” in the hand. , who is based in North Carolina, is a Sashiko teacher who is working with the Colonial Needle Company to offer a Sampler pack of needles, specifically geared toward use in stitching Sashiko designs, as revealed yesterday on Pat Sloan’s “creativetalk” Internet show: . The needles should be on the market soon.

I hope to do more Sashiko embroidery in the future. Sometimes called the “Big Stitch” technique, it is very enjoyable. Here is a sample of a miniature quilt I completed some time ago. The alternate blocks are fish “batik” fabirc and the border is a Momen House (Japanese) print, the gift of a friend.

A Taste of Japan Sampler Sashiko quilt

Quilt made by / photo by

Last week, Jim and I visited a display of quilts by a New England quilt artist who came to this country from her native, Tokyo, Japan, twenty years ago. She incorporates Sashiko into all of her work, and certainly utilizes more colors than just white. I would happily provide a link to her website(s) but I have subscribed to an automatic alert system that indicates when a site has been hacked and is considered dangerous because of a potential virus transmission. I was unable to access her articles or her ordering page for kits. I have alerted her and when the coast is clear, I will post a link at that time. By the way, her work is lovely.

If you are looking for a new-old technique, Sashiko might be just the type of embroidery you’ll love. Personally, I love Japanese design. Although I own a huge stack of books on the subject, I will recommend one that was published not too long ago and is sure to be available.

Enjoy the day!

Pat

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Monday, September 27th, 2010

For Immediate Release
September 27, 2010

The Quilt Index, an online archive of more than 50,000 documented quilts, plans to begin adding quilts from outside the United States to its robust database. To design a blueprint for creating a truly international digital quilt collection, the Index received a significant planning grant from the Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS).

Already, the audience for the Quilt Index is global, but the plan is for its online collections to be global as well, a logical but not simple next step. Users of the Quilt Index range widely, including historians, librarians, curators, quiltmakers, quilt collectors, genealogists and fabric designers, and all will benefit from making the archive international, with an enhanced capability for interchange and cross-cultural collaboration.

South African quilt

Quilt made by a member of the Mzansi Zulu Quilt Centre, located just outside of Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. Loaned to the Michigan State University Museum, photograph by Pearl Yee Wong, MSU Museum. South African quilt

The one-year grant of about $100,000 will help the project’s organizers solve problems such as “supporting multilingual indexing, searching and retrieval of information,” according to the IMLS. In short, the Index wants to build a collaborative virtual museum across dozens of countries and cultures that share a passion for quilting.

The Quilt Index is run in partnership by the Michigan State University Museum, MATRIX Center for Humane Arts, Letters and Social Sciences Online at MSU, and the Alliance for American Quilts. All three partners are dedicated to using new technologies to preserve and share the stories of quilts and quilters online. Jointly, the three partners, along with the International Quilt Study Center and Museum at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln -a new partner for this project– will use the grant to assess the challenges of going global, and then develop a plan to respond to those challenges. It is expected that this project will provide lessons to other museums and libraries working on international projects.

The IMLS, the primary source of federal support for the nation’s libraries and museums, has provided vital support in previous efforts to build and enhance the cutting-edge tech tools for which the Quilt Index is justly lauded. Regarding this new grant, the IMLS said it believes that museums and libraries “play a vital role in helping us experience, explore, discover and make sense of the world. Through building technological infrastructure and strengthening community relationships, libraries and museums can offer the public unprecedented access and expertise in transforming information overload into knowledge.”

The Index is already a trusted resource used by scholars and quilt enthusiasts all over the world, but the images and data currently online all come from U.S.-based museums and state documentation projects. However, the quilt revival that blossomed across the U.S. beginning in the 1970s is now spreading throughout the world. Both contemporary and vintage quilts are basking in a new glow of appreciation for their worth as both artistic and historic artifacts. The Quilt Index has always endeavored not just to preserve and show significant quilts and tell their stories, but to create multiple tools that allow scholars and historians to study and compare quilts from anytime and any place, and to actively collaborate online.

This new grant will help the Quilt Index prepare to add international quilts to that mix. Among other things, the Index staff will create an extensive online list of international institutions that own important quilt collections and then will help those institutions prepare plans to add their quilts to the Index. The Index is building an international advisory board of 12 representatives knowledgeable about quilt collections in Australia, Canada, China, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, New Zealand, South Africa, and the United Kingdom.

It is not settled yet which country’s quilts will be the first documented on the Index, but Marsha MacDowell, curator of folk arts at the MSU Museum, who returned recently from a study trip to South Africa, sees great possibilities for the project’s global future. “After visiting textile collections in over 21 museums in South Africa in early 2010, there is real excitement on the part of the staffs of those museums to be able to compare and contrast their own holdings with collections not only around the world, but also within their own country,” she said. “And I am already excited to see how those South African collections are related to the history of world economics, trade, migration, politics, religions, art and cultural traditions.”

For further information about this grant please contact any of the experts listed at the top of the release. To visit the Quilt Index and study its current resources, go to

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The home page of the updated and expanded Quilt Index Website is

Contact:
Amy E. Milne, Executive Director
The Alliance for American Quilts
(828) 251-7073
amy.milne@quiltalliance.org

Marsha MacDowell, Curator, Folk Arts
MSU Museum
(517) 290-5195
macdowel@msu.edu

Dean Rehberger, Director
MATRIX
(517) 355-9300
dean.rehberger@matrix.msu.edu
QUILT INDEX GETS GRANT
TO PLAN A GLOBAL FUTURE
ASHEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA and EAST LANSING, MICHIGAN -September 27, 2010.

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Monday, September 27th, 2010

When U.S. Marines entered the palace of Saddam Hussein in 2003, they decided to send home a trophy: a silk flag that is hand painted with symbols, and most likely a gift to him.

According to the website that features photos of this item, of the 14 men who signed the flag, only four survived their war experience. To see the flag, visit: and click on “Featured Items.”

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Saturday, September 25th, 2010

a rose

A Red, Red Rose

Oh my luve is like a red, red rose,
That’s newly sprung in June:
Oh my luve is like the melodie,
That’s sweetly play’d in tune.

As fair art thou, my bonnie lass,
So deep in luve am I;
And I will luve thee still, my dear,
Till a’ the seas gang dry.

Till a’ the seas gang dry, my dear,
And the rocks melt wi’ the sun;
And I will luve thee still, my dear,
While the sands o’ life shall run.

And fare thee weel, my only luve!
And fare thee weel a while!
And I will come again, my luve,
Tho’ it were ten thousand mile!

Robert Burns (1759- 1796)

Robert Burns often wrote his poems in a Scottish dialect sort of manner. This is one of his more well-known poems. The true mark of good poetry is that it reaches deep into the soul and retains meaning over time. These same types of sentiments have been expressed in folk songs, since he wrote the poem, a few of which come readily to mind. The rose is a perennial symbol of love. I hope that you enjoy this poem as much as I do. To learn more about Robert Burns, visit:

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Saturday, September 25th, 2010

New article posted on this subject:

New information added on 9/26/10 re: the cost of penny squares in an 1890 catalogue.

More information and photos added on 9/27/10.

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Saturday, September 25th, 2010

As part of the permanent record of 4,000 babies left at a foundling hospital in the United Kingdom, between 1741-1760, snippets of their clothing or other small items were attached to paper records about each baby. This fabrics have been preserved and will be shared with the public in a rare exhibit of these 18th century textiles. The exhibit is curated by John Styles, a professor of History at the University of Hertfordshire.

See his website: http://www.johnstyles.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/

To view a slideshow of snippets of fabric visit:

To read more about the items, please visit: http://www.foundlingmuseum.org.uk/future_exhibitions.php
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Friday, September 24th, 2010

This is a short photo essay about some of the decorative pillows in my collection. The first one I’d like to show you is one that I bought from a local store that sold Oriental Rugs and also served as an outlet for some of the pillows made by the Rubia cooperative in Kabul, Afghanistan. My pillow is signed in Arabic (in embroidery on the back). Most of the women who are taught how to embroider through this program did not even know how to write their own names before learning how to do so in needlework.

Rubia pillow

All of the fibers and materials used to dye the pillow are from the local area in Afghanistan.

In a totally different vein, here is a pillow that I made from a “Bird of Paradise” kit that my son brought me from Hawaii. The use of a solid color on a white background is very typical of Hawaiian quilts.

Bird of Paradise design

This design really does remind one of the “Bird of Paradise” plant.

I have long enjoyed the work of the Hmong people and the next pillow, decorated with embroidered animals, is a real treasure.

Thai pillow

The colors of this pillow are most attractive!

Next is a pillow cover that is two layers with an opening to insert stuffing. The fabrics are all from the 19th century. Note the interesting way in which the quilter begins in the middle with a Nine Patch block, set on point, and keep the idea of a square as she works out to the edges. Very interesting fabrics!

19th c. pillow cover

I love the variety of fabrics the quilter used in this scrapbag pillow cover!

A blue calico, Bear’s Paw design appears on this pillow cover made in the 1970s by a member of the Lewis family. The color blue is very bright and riveting.

Bear's Paw pillow

The following pillow was most likely made by the same person. It is embroidered and decorated with candlewicking, a form of embroidery that relies on use of a special heavy cotton thread and “Colonial Knots.>”

candlewicked pillow

The final pillow I am going to share today is one that I made a few years ago. The motifs are “stuffed” for a 3-dimensional effect. The corners of the pillow are turned over and I have sewn the fold flat by adding “animal” buttons that duplicate the same animals as are created by stitches on the pillow proper. The pillow is hand quilted in an echo quilting fashion.

my hand quilted pillow

I hope that you have enjoyed this overview of some of the pillows I like a lot! Do you have any interesting pillows to share with readers? If so, send any photos to: pat@quiltersmuse.com Please avoid sending really low-resolution photos. I need to be able to work with them in Photoshop to maximize them for their full enjoyment. I WILL mark your name on any photos you send. Thanks.

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Thursday, September 23rd, 2010

Events This Weekend at The New England Quilt Museum: Showplace for Antique and Contemporary Quilts

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This Saturday, September 25, 2010 from 9 a.m. -2 p.m. the New England Quilt Museum will hold the Text and Textile Extravaganza, a fundraiser featuring books and magazines, fabrics, and quilting notions. For a $35 donation, participants receive a shopping bag (16″ x 12″ x 6″) to fill with books, magazines, fabrics diet pills for sale of their choice. Additional shopping bags will be available for a $25 donation. Merchandise collected to-date includes more than 1,500 books and magazines as well as current and collectible fabrics ranging in size from samples to fat quarters to yardage for borders and backing. Fabric designs include batiks, florals, holiday and novelty prints, reproductions, and solids. The proceeds from the event help support the museum’s Outreach and Educational programs and partnerships both in-house and in the community.

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Join us this Sunday, September 26 at 1:00 p.m. for a lecture and exclusive showing of unique clothing made from textiles from around the world presented by Ellen London, founder and creative director of Firefly Designs Africa Asia: We’ll be serving mimosas and delicious brunch treats, so bring a friend and make it a day out!

Ellen, who has traveled to and lived in cultures around the globe, will talk about global textiles at the show, bringing with her samples of the fabrics. She tells us: “Personally, I’ve always been intrigued by the possibilities of mixing and joining textures, fabrics and patterns into ‘wearable art.’” Starting out by making jackets for herself, she got so many compliments that she founded Firefly Designs. Her designs are available only through her website and at trunk sales such as the one at the New England Quilt Museum.

Firefly Designs is especially sensitive to women who are difficult to “fit” and/or impress. If you don’t find that perfect piece, custom orders can be placed at the show.

A percentage of proceeds from the show will benefit NEQM. Admission is $15, bring a friend and you both get in for $20! Registration is encouraged – phone 978-452-4207, extension 16.

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This Saturday, September 25th and Sunday, September 26th, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. is the 10th Annual Lowell Open Studios

This year’s event features more than 140 artists who live and work in this renaissance city, including fiber artists, painters, multi-media artists, sculptors, potters, jewelers, filmmakers, photographers, and more. Open Studios lets you meet artists where they work, view their art, talk with and ask questions of them, all while enjoying the museums and restaurants of the beautiful and historic city of Lowell, Massachusetts.

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To help show our appreciation, members of supporting guilds may enjoy free admission to the museum on the fourth Sunday of every month. Check in at the front desk with your guild card. The museum is open Sundays from May through October.

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Wayside Quilters Guild will hold its biannual quilt show of members’ work on October 16th and 17th at Lincoln-Sudbury High School, 390 Lincoln Road, Sudbury, Massachusetts. Admission is $5. Hours are 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m.- 4 p.m. Sunday. In addition to over 100 quilts on display there will be vendors, a boutique of handmade items for sale, a raffle quilt and more. For more information visit or e-mail info@waysidequilters.org.

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Monadnock Quilters’ Guild will hold its Fall Festival of Quilts on Saturday, October 9, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and Sunday, October 10, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at South Meadow School in Peterborough, New Hampshire. The show will feature over 200 quilts, demonstrations, vendors, children’s activities, a café and a boutique. There will be a raffle of 25 small quilts, proceeds from which will benefit Childhood Cancer Lifeline of New Hampshire. Admission is $5. and men are admitted free. Information about the show can be found at: or e-mail to jan@janetdhicks.com.

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Fabric, Sewing Notions, Quilting and Craft Books/magazines,Yarn and Knitting accessories, patterns, craft materials for Sale. Saturday, October 23, 2010, 9 a.m.- 2 p.m., Rain Date: October 30th. St. Matthews United Methodist Church, 435 Central Street, Acton, Massachusetts. Route 2, Exit 41. Bring your own bag for a 50 cent discount. Cash only.

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Martha Cook of Scituate, Mass. was the lucky winner of the Lowell Quilt Festival Gallery Night raffle. The New England Quilt Museum, Lowell Quilt Festival and Festival Partners all contributed a variety of beautifully crafted items for the event. Congratulations to Martha – and thank you to everyone who participated!

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Tuesday, September 21st, 2010

When I heard that Elly Sienkiewicz had produced yet another book about Baltimore Album quilts, I couldn’t believe it. She has been writing books on this subject since her own self-published book, diet pills for sale, was published in 1983. Over the years, I have acquired most of her books and have seen her rise in fame. There is no one who comes to mind more quickly, in association with Baltimore “Beauties,” than Elly. Her yearly Appliqué Academy has become a must-do affair for those who have the means and ability to travel, and who love appliqué. For those of you who cannot travel, Elly will bring her lessons to your own living room, via videotapes!

Here is a link to her latest effort, just listed on amazon.

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Saturday, September 18th, 2010

Roger Chidester of Frederick, Maryland loves to restore old sewing machines that most people would probably rather trash. He states, “I never restore a machine diet pills for sale it is in very bad condition.” Within the past few days, he has sent me some before and after photos of his work. I hope that you are as amazed as I am.

Gold Medal sewing machine 1868

He worked from an advertiser’s sketch to re-create the beautiful designs on this machine made by Johnston & Clark.

When Roger told me that he liked to repair machines, I envisioned someone who could clean out lint, oil, and perhaps adjust the tension on a sewing machine. I am sure that he can do all that, but much more! He recalls trying his hand at quilting in his mother’s living room where she would set up a quilting frame for the winter months. He was a mere teenager at the time but alas, that was 50 years ago!

1871 Singer Model 12

Anyone else might run away from a machine that looks like this one!

1871 Singer after restoration
Look at this beauty! One would hardly believe it is the same machine.

Chidester likes to bring machines back to working condition and has had clients worldwide. For right now, he tells me that he has a few of his own machines to fix up. It is a time-consuming and painstaking labor of love.

Most people would throw away something that is old, rusty, and does not work. To Roger Chidester, these sewing machines are a challenge and an obvious joy to bring back to their original condition. We are thrilled to learn of his work, particularly because we are old Yankees in the truest sense of “waste not, want not.” Many thanks to Roger for providing these great photos!

Patricia and James Cummings

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Saturday, September 18th, 2010

Yesterday, I mentioned Joe Hedley, an early quilt from “North Country” England. I knew just where to find more information about him, details which I’d read long ago but forgotten. Known as “Joe, the Quilter” he was lived at a cottage on Homer’s Lane, Warden, Northumberland. Starting out as a tailor in 1750, he became an itinerant quilt in the Tynesdale area and was always a “welcome guest.” He was poor after taking care of an invalid wife who had died, and was on town relief.

His story could have ended there, but did not. He was brutally murdered on January 3, 1826, his assailant uncertain. However, a man did confess to the crime 10 years later, on his deathbed. A full page account along with a published account of the murder is included in the book, diet pills for sale by Dorothy Osler. It is currently not available through amazon, but I’ve provided a link below so that you can sign up on a “wish list” for the next available one, if you’re interested.

The book centers on the beautiful, traditional, wholecloth quilts of Northern England. It’s well worth finding a copy!

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Friday, September 17th, 2010

Today, I pre-ordered the brand new book, diet pills for sale, written by Joe Cunningham. The release date is October 1, 2010 and the 112 page book with 10 projects / design approaches is published by the American Quilter’s Society.

No stranger to book publishing, Joe is a talented quilter himself. He produced and performs a one-man musical that centers on Joe Hedley, a quilter from England’s North Country who was a quilter long before it became fashionable for women to quilt.

Just yesterday, someone asked me if men ever quilt. Of course the answer is a resounding, “YES!”

Besides Joe, I can think of many male quilters. They add fun and an interesting perspective to the general field of quilting! Anyhow, I can’t wait to see this new title. The pre-order price at amazon is always slightly than the regular price, once all the books are in. Consider locking in the savings today!

Congratulations to Joe Cunningham and all of the featured quilters!

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