tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20258280336210894632024-03-05T18:02:19.765-05:00Pepper at the Quilt StudioRandom musings on the world at large through the eyes of a quiltmaker. My motto: Make the quilt and then paint the bedroom!Pepper Coryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07840312463631790831noreply@blogger.comBlogger163125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2025828033621089463.post-23718229234683169042021-03-08T13:23:00.001-05:002021-03-08T14:57:27.735-05:00The Big Stitch Story, #1<p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv9D3cJM2ejpMb66gLKhhGZlOaYT9dOKVosuWdTIMaMcPQtb37AeB9hyphenhyphenqQsvXb98lekveCvbB72cp_pXSYDe06Lp1-LMNKBCar2-tZYnCHd7WLjCnLw1cpwkJSbhNfOURtljtqUkuMIPaJ/s640/Big+Stitch+sample+to+Judy.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv9D3cJM2ejpMb66gLKhhGZlOaYT9dOKVosuWdTIMaMcPQtb37AeB9hyphenhyphenqQsvXb98lekveCvbB72cp_pXSYDe06Lp1-LMNKBCar2-tZYnCHd7WLjCnLw1cpwkJSbhNfOURtljtqUkuMIPaJ/s320/Big+Stitch+sample+to+Judy.jpg" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Big Stitch quilting is exactly what its label reads: quilting stitches that are purposefully larger than average quilting where you try to make tiny stitches. In addition, Big Stitch is often done in heavier thread that is a contrasting color. </span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">But where did Big Stitch come from? Who named it and brought the technique forward as a 'real' species of stitching? Sit back and read the Big Stitch story as I've been able to reconstruct it. Because the subject of Big Stitching is deep, I've divided the blog into two postings. The first is today's and the second is March 20-National Quilting Day. </span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"></span></span></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7Uv8-ho7aakk5OdKO6ui7Xhexb9CSRLWM69aQ4V82PFrrjGur6DGI6wBjSwYtf3V0qMswoMM4hMUOY13T85mNfJDopfvj3rToJT0tYq-y9FYUb7hXAmVPnVc9k8-3wQoSGnZL-UDuzr2g/s750/Jean+Ray+Laury+early+quilt.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="553" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7Uv8-ho7aakk5OdKO6ui7Xhexb9CSRLWM69aQ4V82PFrrjGur6DGI6wBjSwYtf3V0qMswoMM4hMUOY13T85mNfJDopfvj3rToJT0tYq-y9FYUb7hXAmVPnVc9k8-3wQoSGnZL-UDuzr2g/s320/Jean+Ray+Laury+early+quilt.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Early Sampler quilt by Laury</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">In the
1960s textile artists like Jean Ray Laury, who worked in felt early on, set the
stage for later Big Stitch enthusiasts. One of her earlier quilts shows how she used Big Stitch in her work to embellish applique motifs.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span>Jean Dubois published </span><b>Wool Quilts
</b><span>in 1985 and some individual quilt artists, such as Roberta </span><span>Horton and Judy
Hopkins, were starting to emulate the aesthetic of old-timey scrap quilts and
occasionally used thicker thread and larger stitches in their work. But the
</span><b>Quilter’s Newsletter </b><span>magazine article on Big Stitch in 1995, written by Jo Glover (Walters) really got
the ball rolling. </span></span><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE9GGj6f0TEjBebcw5gI2eQoWDf5awrRxC8auJKnTnAV8Jwz3DY5WuJjVCY2oEJT0uoYXFOq4Bo0qTyBcmcv77gZiS8rno9sC1MzK2eSahVF5i6BEY413AwspYGgKVH-sU_R7_nXU2o-Iz/s584/jo+glover.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="411" data-original-width="584" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE9GGj6f0TEjBebcw5gI2eQoWDf5awrRxC8auJKnTnAV8Jwz3DY5WuJjVCY2oEJT0uoYXFOq4Bo0qTyBcmcv77gZiS8rno9sC1MzK2eSahVF5i6BEY413AwspYGgKVH-sU_R7_nXU2o-Iz/s320/jo+glover.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Jo is a self-taught artist who had studied and worked in
England. She made wool quilts and had been inspired by old Welsh wool quilts. Jo determined that her own hand quilting
could be both big and beautiful. She coined the term Big Stitch and it stuck.
She advised using #8 perle cotton and a larger quilting needle and keeping the
tension light as you quilted. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Jo advised that you choose simple and open designs to Big Stitch and to not be afraid to superimposed curved quilting designs over a pieced
block.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></p><p>
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3cWsr0kXX7dyQCRymwzZ3mVchiRCSpGfNVY8pvKowfIRh3eNvvLoh7Hkj0etYl3Uy5yTlRsLbNhD49j5gbW0V9gfaabGbLNPjUROgzVJaJt5i40yqrsFxF1Jk4so6HCKIhSyZ1caEQujv/s2048/47+Jo+Glover.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3cWsr0kXX7dyQCRymwzZ3mVchiRCSpGfNVY8pvKowfIRh3eNvvLoh7Hkj0etYl3Uy5yTlRsLbNhD49j5gbW0V9gfaabGbLNPjUROgzVJaJt5i40yqrsFxF1Jk4so6HCKIhSyZ1caEQujv/s320/47+Jo+Glover.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><p style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">T</span></span><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">he highest hurdle in the acceptance of Big Stitch was quilters’ own
prejudices and Jo challenged that too. When she entered a show sponsored by the
National Quilting Association, the judges came smack up against Big Stitch in Jo's quilts for
the first time. After a huddled conference, the judges decided in Jo’s favor. </span></span></span></p><p style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Their verdict: when the stitching was deliberately large and bold and added to
the quilt’s overall beauty, Big Stitch would be accepted as a quilt stitch
technique even in competition. </span></span></p><p><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">After
learning Big Stitch from Jo, Billie Lauder wrote a small book on the subject.
Then Jo was a guest artist on the TV program <b>Simply Quilts</b> and Big Stitch was off to a great start in the quilting world.</span></span></p><p><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Part of Jo's defense of larger-size stitches argued that even some antique quilts displayed these stitches. And she was right. Big Stitch had even deeper roots than the work of 20th century artists.</span></span></p><p><span style="line-height: 115%;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMsxhJrGfCnPIVH48cTnv8o3-8bK3jd_2SNMmWcR-oKtob0gPL-b2Pc0L3flp_lTJSZeSeGPr38M_Hl9z6WTSjSrE_7ECRbzp_XxjXKNwWCPfuRQGkXKcVm8MS8m2V224vedqkDQtXehZ0/s2048/Big+Stitch+quilt+on+fence+cropped.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1733" data-original-width="2048" height="271" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMsxhJrGfCnPIVH48cTnv8o3-8bK3jd_2SNMmWcR-oKtob0gPL-b2Pc0L3flp_lTJSZeSeGPr38M_Hl9z6WTSjSrE_7ECRbzp_XxjXKNwWCPfuRQGkXKcVm8MS8m2V224vedqkDQtXehZ0/w320-h271/Big+Stitch+quilt+on+fence+cropped.jpg" title="Southern wool quilt from personal collection" width="320" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5eJLM3IBFUR_NVglwt-PFE-HgleKNNu5yH7z8OdyH2c9VpcRFdnPdbsTUMNLyMWUi5hRyFAtvq3UlcuuncVvv4YnEFBUjlOik1glJzHGwkEzM6jtQ3hoSg-aqCMvR4UJPksJlZ9Nd4ijg/s2048/big+stitch+quilt+lapped+over.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1564" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5eJLM3IBFUR_NVglwt-PFE-HgleKNNu5yH7z8OdyH2c9VpcRFdnPdbsTUMNLyMWUi5hRyFAtvq3UlcuuncVvv4YnEFBUjlOik1glJzHGwkEzM6jtQ3hoSg-aqCMvR4UJPksJlZ9Nd4ijg/s320/big+stitch+quilt+lapped+over.jpg" /></a></span></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><u>American Southern Quilts</u></span></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;">Southern
rural scrap quilts often show larger-than-average quilting stitches. Traditional old-timey Appalachian quilters, who quilt laying down large hand stitches, have told me that they’re proud they can
hand-quilt a quilt in days rather than weeks. So at least some of the history
of Big Stitch can be traced to poverty and plain living where fancy stitching
and fine handwork had no place and you needed to get that quilt done!</span></span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Note: in the 1890s, crazy quilting, a craft
where showing your stitches was almost a national mania, may have contributed
to the show-n-tell style of Big Stitch quilting.</span></span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><u style="font-size: large;"><br /></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><u>Early 20th Century Quilt Writers</u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium; line-height: 115%;"></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">By the
1920s, quilting had made it into print. Quilt authors, while they loved to talk
about fine tiny stitches in older quilts, also realized that their readership
might not have the skill to produce noteworthy work. The point was to encourage
their readers to quilt at whatever level. </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><br /><br /></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeo53ImPPlF1YEVhS5bb06lM0_YhruQXUaHYc0gXfv8tO1-VHKY4j-w_kXxXONXMwzRsvoc22SYYQDBGdjudISw1spI_9bSd2Onv1e7na8RM5QzM9DZ6oF65uBNY6Po_CZVEdDbcoS7uB2/s461/101+edited.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="461" data-original-width="359" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeo53ImPPlF1YEVhS5bb06lM0_YhruQXUaHYc0gXfv8tO1-VHKY4j-w_kXxXONXMwzRsvoc22SYYQDBGdjudISw1spI_9bSd2Onv1e7na8RM5QzM9DZ6oF65uBNY6Po_CZVEdDbcoS7uB2/s320/101+edited.jpg" /></a>Ruby Short McKim, author and newspaper writer (who later ran McKim Studios mail order business) wrote the best-selling book on quilting titled <b>One Hundred and One Patchwork Patterns</b> in 1931.</span></span></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="text-align: center;">Ms. McKim wrote sympathetically, "-it is difficult to take small, even stitches, through three thicknesses, especially as one of these is a rather heavy cotton." Ms. McKim encouraged, inadvertently, a Big Stitch quilting style through her writing. </span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">McKim's support of larger quilt stitching was also implied when she appeared in public. When she and her husband Arthur set up a display of her book <b>101 Patchwork Patterns </b>in a
department store for a book signing event, sample quilts which McKim had commissioned
formed a colorful backdrop. Rather than tiny almost-invisible quilting
stitches, McKim’s sample quilts (made on her orders) often displayed stitches
in contrasting colored thread and a tad larger-than-aver</span>age stitch size. The
quilting showed purposefully. To the viewer encountering quilts for the first
time, McKim’s quilts were stitched just right.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBCvvaFe7QQ2lVNKS5YsuyjZ7p7aUTMCKBF2pY-Q4kOaS3Z8yPRaVo0JSbQdtl6eojb8-YMUeFm6cS0Hu75JNTrdjqW_Imdy1as_vPFLcxzAex3FqvcHSoKdX5k3YJMwLbm7zij48_WOsq/s414/Pepper+with+Big+Stitch.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="414" data-original-width="317" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBCvvaFe7QQ2lVNKS5YsuyjZ7p7aUTMCKBF2pY-Q4kOaS3Z8yPRaVo0JSbQdtl6eojb8-YMUeFm6cS0Hu75JNTrdjqW_Imdy1as_vPFLcxzAex3FqvcHSoKdX5k3YJMwLbm7zij48_WOsq/s320/Pepper+with+Big+Stitch.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><br /></span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">In The Big Stitch Story #2 (March 20) I'll discuss other influences on Big Stitch Quilting and its revival today.</span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"></span></span><p></p></span><p></p></div>Pepper Coryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07840312463631790831noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2025828033621089463.post-5943197387294765132020-12-09T17:37:00.005-05:002020-12-09T20:05:45.200-05:00The Poo-bah Says<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMn4YTFtg1dsmwdaFV5ghzecxf99gi131f0aFeHXczCmxWwaOFbDfpgZwaQhIctdoTorj9QgK-ai3x1x4RXzbNSgzYF8zZdF5AQgvzlamdO5hyGDtDh3ACZa8KhsoZ7WtuiAWN2jAypkoB/s620/pantone+2016.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="413" data-original-width="620" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMn4YTFtg1dsmwdaFV5ghzecxf99gi131f0aFeHXczCmxWwaOFbDfpgZwaQhIctdoTorj9QgK-ai3x1x4RXzbNSgzYF8zZdF5AQgvzlamdO5hyGDtDh3ACZa8KhsoZ7WtuiAWN2jAypkoB/s320/pantone+2016.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Okay--the last time that Pantone, the grand-poobah of color trends, predicted a two-fer of baby pink/sky blue as the colors of the year (2016) the less than lovely combo became the butt of bloggers' jokes. </span></p><p></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Today Pantone came out with another double-header but this time, I think, they've come much closer to a trend that many people will actually like. Pantone says that <i>Illuminating </i>13-0647 (a lighter yellow with citrus undertones) and <i>Ultimate Grey</i> 17-5104 (medium grey) are its choices for color(s) of the year 2021.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguHLxuYMzgnSAn0hoxWHIxvb6lLmKjfyB4FlY7DtOe5lOvSHHAgBjPDNb2CYsVo_oLzbUPajhBPJsQX3-0K0QoQba643PWuaKXjqfTOOzHDsxPOADOEoRJhIjAIqy5X5qP0M1Bb1Hmp87N/s246/pantone+yellow+and+grey.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="140" data-original-width="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguHLxuYMzgnSAn0hoxWHIxvb6lLmKjfyB4FlY7DtOe5lOvSHHAgBjPDNb2CYsVo_oLzbUPajhBPJsQX3-0K0QoQba643PWuaKXjqfTOOzHDsxPOADOEoRJhIjAIqy5X5qP0M1Bb1Hmp87N/s0/pantone+yellow+and+grey.jpg" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Pantone cites research that yellow is almost always described as a 'cheerful color' and that grey represents resilience. Lord know we need both of those in the coming year!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Funny thing, I was hoping that in 2021 we'd be able to rework our 1941/1970 kitchen. The same since we bought the house 20+ years ago--white spattered linoleum, painted white cabinets down and cheap wood cabinets up. In hopes of the rework, I'd been perusing and pinning pictures of retro kitchens in a yellow and grey color scheme.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7-Z1oapfos6_ZYc_6jeH8AFoxKYPZfe8PZH5UNSKHRmFrytTBuNeRQg6ZdFl5QnUqMXr3CkUC98zrgbMsmrE6flSvaDhWHol1Cv4COjX6jfUdmdz0vJY0C2sIpxVFVjyDwFMxaN-8AoZL/s770/1959-Yellow-Admiral-kitchen-1-770x662.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="662" data-original-width="770" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7-Z1oapfos6_ZYc_6jeH8AFoxKYPZfe8PZH5UNSKHRmFrytTBuNeRQg6ZdFl5QnUqMXr3CkUC98zrgbMsmrE6flSvaDhWHol1Cv4COjX6jfUdmdz0vJY0C2sIpxVFVjyDwFMxaN-8AoZL/s320/1959-Yellow-Admiral-kitchen-1-770x662.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">This 1959 Admiral kitchen featuring yellow cabinets, a chessboard floor, and a lady in heels doing the dishes--cheerfully.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPiE7tvkWtS7yVzu3qQko28RTZ1E1W4JDN82fC5huAVP0W_7ShT7OQxe92L8v-0tzG5mAgNxxyjioQlEEorhzDCg3prUnYEzjm5lInegBUSjQV5UDtWXoTzYxyi8TKeY8-ds_VwiL0q-f5/s1600/Kitchen-in-red-and-yellow-1960s+Hopper-esque+drone.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1091" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPiE7tvkWtS7yVzu3qQko28RTZ1E1W4JDN82fC5huAVP0W_7ShT7OQxe92L8v-0tzG5mAgNxxyjioQlEEorhzDCg3prUnYEzjm5lInegBUSjQV5UDtWXoTzYxyi8TKeY8-ds_VwiL0q-f5/s320/Kitchen-in-red-and-yellow-1960s+Hopper-esque+drone.jpg" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">The addition of red here makes all that yellow just sing (but I'm sure Rod would veto the red). Can't help but wonder how Hopper was able to get the drone to snap this one. Lonely little toaster!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkOSF9BH2r10Osu8Yiv4lnfZw7wTAoACK1fdWxLzGwVgLLGe1IANGv01H8aB2ABe4Kqn7j1oXNar7mEPNzFb7GigLiaXiXcq68D5HicrbBVymfeiEUF5hWUKujegK0BpGsLurM3JATOlNV/s770/Vintage-yellow-kitchen-cabinets-from-1958-770x739.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="739" data-original-width="770" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkOSF9BH2r10Osu8Yiv4lnfZw7wTAoACK1fdWxLzGwVgLLGe1IANGv01H8aB2ABe4Kqn7j1oXNar7mEPNzFb7GigLiaXiXcq68D5HicrbBVymfeiEUF5hWUKujegK0BpGsLurM3JATOlNV/s320/Vintage-yellow-kitchen-cabinets-from-1958-770x739.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">This 1959 retro beauty would be fine with a modern dishwasher added. Thinking though that there's a lot of mopping under cabinets I might want to avoid. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Heck, I could move right in to this one since I have all the matching anodized aluminum barware already!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Okay Pantone, you picked an excellent combo for Color of the Year 2021 this time. Good thing that Peppered Cottons has you covered!</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj26aZgFSUNmJrPhVH9uSVF1_x8hWMsvcfg2NMI-QVyGQNKt02Y0gwVaU71qhnWa-uy0GQr2i5HVRzqeW8f_3d8UOkV8Ke5M2gS4uR5zoHQBYheCNb1ZQIrkf2CFgSnmH-oxk7ENi4aoM8q/s500/Lemon+Ice+24.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" height="192" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj26aZgFSUNmJrPhVH9uSVF1_x8hWMsvcfg2NMI-QVyGQNKt02Y0gwVaU71qhnWa-uy0GQr2i5HVRzqeW8f_3d8UOkV8Ke5M2gS4uR5zoHQBYheCNb1ZQIrkf2CFgSnmH-oxk7ENi4aoM8q/w232-h192/Lemon+Ice+24.jpg" width="232" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Lemon Ice #24 is a lovely yellow.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6RYIS1ZSm1bLJN8YKiONS66fcTygVM_93hi0uvLOabaxIDqNNrVWl9DVa1zUxD-bf2wXyulr7yTYrMeuEuT6Udmv1SI8lRwuDI0b3LolsHN7mhIup1oCwqLb23EHhOWpZEE0sflMLMTEV/s400/fog.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="400" height="187" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6RYIS1ZSm1bLJN8YKiONS66fcTygVM_93hi0uvLOabaxIDqNNrVWl9DVa1zUxD-bf2wXyulr7yTYrMeuEuT6Udmv1SI8lRwuDI0b3LolsHN7mhIup1oCwqLb23EHhOWpZEE0sflMLMTEV/w171-h187/fog.jpg" width="171" /></a></div> <p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">As far as greys go, take your pick. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Fog 47</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwkGbwPUf04jMyhwufWgJr_sEeOnkXr_GR8Rfo6va_zqr9DFRZuIcuuGTH4kNUECvi-T0Vkxiyvh3TNx8TsUuEFl-JW07g9Fa9B1lAoLnf7cJH5uui9m-OEhUNqNcp2m2UyQTHaXkEQXrQ/s500/Granite+10.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwkGbwPUf04jMyhwufWgJr_sEeOnkXr_GR8Rfo6va_zqr9DFRZuIcuuGTH4kNUECvi-T0Vkxiyvh3TNx8TsUuEFl-JW07g9Fa9B1lAoLnf7cJH5uui9m-OEhUNqNcp2m2UyQTHaXkEQXrQ/w169-h180/Granite+10.jpg" width="169" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Granite 10</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEgaxRRjsXfHR9Y9CtJbdT5T7vuFfeyvRmvErZLywW49GlDEexiTBMPpJHj7amIoJ9YXaaMi0m0mm1sYvJl1Qxd_M3PuBwZGQyybdKG6pmWjJMuiK8Ik66AZTJn40iho_u6jbsW-IhZ3OZ/s432/tweed+37.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="432" data-original-width="432" height="159" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEgaxRRjsXfHR9Y9CtJbdT5T7vuFfeyvRmvErZLywW49GlDEexiTBMPpJHj7amIoJ9YXaaMi0m0mm1sYvJl1Qxd_M3PuBwZGQyybdKG6pmWjJMuiK8Ik66AZTJn40iho_u6jbsW-IhZ3OZ/w169-h159/tweed+37.jpg" width="169" /></a></div><p><br /></p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> </span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Tweed 37</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGlTVUhvr2grmArw5KRAgFBq4red8SKsVmzJIiud8y38hLqa-Sw1hsVL4wSqhEt8_sx2XDr-1YLvG_p13Ag8wqkGFwLXBa15qULxOLde8FRXyQMt-qUfMGXFVZWzdm2Ugx04NjM2jIiBBG/s500/aluminum+60.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" height="158" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGlTVUhvr2grmArw5KRAgFBq4red8SKsVmzJIiud8y38hLqa-Sw1hsVL4wSqhEt8_sx2XDr-1YLvG_p13Ag8wqkGFwLXBa15qULxOLde8FRXyQMt-qUfMGXFVZWzdm2Ugx04NjM2jIiBBG/w169-h158/aluminum+60.jpg" width="169" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">and Aluminum 60.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"></span></p>Pepper Coryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07840312463631790831noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2025828033621089463.post-48559970066086898062020-11-05T17:03:00.002-05:002020-11-06T13:14:16.133-05:00Some Quilts Gone to Other People<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaA0mB59T0a8RSnbA24HXB-00NkxmNHcebnrmkN6nlwd0aEYDyzCZFIaY1J5zlqcPE_5mZP0KUb21WeAZ6a7XL_AIafQtEtH_Qmus50gZ6i6DiQNrDKJt6i5kvMjSIr3M7c7d7SzmoSj1J/s2048/scrappy+Chinese+Coins.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1649" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaA0mB59T0a8RSnbA24HXB-00NkxmNHcebnrmkN6nlwd0aEYDyzCZFIaY1J5zlqcPE_5mZP0KUb21WeAZ6a7XL_AIafQtEtH_Qmus50gZ6i6DiQNrDKJt6i5kvMjSIr3M7c7d7SzmoSj1J/s320/scrappy+Chinese+Coins.JPG" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>I've certainly made enough quilts for myself but some that bring me the greatest joy are ones that now belong to other people. I no longer sell my own work. It's just too tedious to explain the pricing: "This quilt has $300 worth of material in it-" or "My estimate is 250 hours of work-." I'm always feeling defensive and justifying what I charge. Thus, no more selling for me. Now I give away my quilts.</span><p></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2021" data-original-width="2048" height="302" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk55mmbdIW3y96DUKoNtTek5pEeKYtY3V2P_RJhnhhFnJ2-E24s0yUw_WVg-zgRNui8eWKCKrr_1wu3lt0BTBIZlGk64YMaRty8ATjwu2Ot4m-pQyM4TPVdIyUXyvciXoUKd2Z8LXENZWe/w320-h302/Josie%2527s+Star+cropped.JPG" width="320" /></div><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The people who get them are generally friends and family. I give these quilts away with a happy heart. For weddings, to comfort when the </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">recipient's sick, or as a thank-you for some kindness. </span></span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">I used to have a store and sold both new and old quilts, plus fabric and sewing notions. Even 30 years ago, I had to defend my prices. </span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Having stepped back from the question of what my quilt is</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> worth, I find I breathe easier. </span></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCViYAiCzGhVL9WaZtylSxgz3lZGNsQYMW11MDDUhlmxtwd4L3UP4I_K5PlLrbDy4528ilW7OxmkxXF4nWvHCaNIRDggZMRsWxhg94cGwWNrYCMmY4HNMpX1oSeRsTUzp5tgr0j0G3svhr/s2048/log+cabin+gone+to+jean.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1999" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCViYAiCzGhVL9WaZtylSxgz3lZGNsQYMW11MDDUhlmxtwd4L3UP4I_K5PlLrbDy4528ilW7OxmkxXF4nWvHCaNIRDggZMRsWxhg94cGwWNrYCMmY4HNMpX1oSeRsTUzp5tgr0j0G3svhr/s320/log+cabin+gone+to+jean.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p> <span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">'Star to the 4th Power.'</span></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">A Log Cabin variation in autumnal shades.</span><p></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Little crazy quilt for a charity auction.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK_SbLlaRYBm3hpLXsbTJieww67ds9VXd6UJHV3aDfghaisuDr_IL1vJmKKQEnYmRta2J5eX7l7LTpKD2ryFGWJAvqZRZE1cxFO9XYV7rZ6IOJ-UZ4cN9x941KAb8-2LDdm6II3JeXLuVY/s600/Crazy+2.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="597" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK_SbLlaRYBm3hpLXsbTJieww67ds9VXd6UJHV3aDfghaisuDr_IL1vJmKKQEnYmRta2J5eX7l7LTpKD2ryFGWJAvqZRZE1cxFO9XYV7rZ6IOJ-UZ4cN9x941KAb8-2LDdm6II3JeXLuVY/s320/Crazy+2.jpg" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmNKhPOBmriSxHVZ60wY1VllUDP9YcKAZSNHwFJzrNShz8yxIvCe8bA2hvMvFxNE589S1KlXBhQ2vv8t5UGlmPN2Apa0KcDXQyuUi_XyBU5jIQKkuYp-P_jFhO2FEe9y6TfM_dx3J4IQ3y/s2048/1+overall.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmNKhPOBmriSxHVZ60wY1VllUDP9YcKAZSNHwFJzrNShz8yxIvCe8bA2hvMvFxNE589S1KlXBhQ2vv8t5UGlmPN2Apa0KcDXQyuUi_XyBU5jIQKkuYp-P_jFhO2FEe9y6TfM_dx3J4IQ3y/s320/1+overall.JPG" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Blue crazy quilt (only half bound) photographed in the tile floor hall of my old studio.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIWn5usEjxFuPHykN-C5sFspMMt2uYFXowoM7bA0qUzPNXoJUAp64Z7xA3FKSN0o6cjmfe8N3eZvi8D7fmmFwvIJfIq8ONIW0mKlhKRdQcTALToeLFquhQWnqgJ5v0VUBepVRJB8MeMUtY/s2048/overall+Rebecca%2527s+quilt.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIWn5usEjxFuPHykN-C5sFspMMt2uYFXowoM7bA0qUzPNXoJUAp64Z7xA3FKSN0o6cjmfe8N3eZvi8D7fmmFwvIJfIq8ONIW0mKlhKRdQcTALToeLFquhQWnqgJ5v0VUBepVRJB8MeMUtY/s320/overall+Rebecca%2527s+quilt.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">A queen-size Log Cabin with pink and brown prints from the line I did for Michael Miller called 'Carolina Heirloom Roses.'</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOoCftvh83xNw08x9YTDzKU_9MURlojLzpAUy3tH9w1xh246DL8UohXgxTXBgaq8Mop2iZXYsUq59E_h0v3bjNc9C5tM5cSskY_zjIN20BDyeTjXEsIYPFXl18lQ6lkq8g6-0z4SawnrCg/s2048/If+Parrots+Could+Talk.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOoCftvh83xNw08x9YTDzKU_9MURlojLzpAUy3tH9w1xh246DL8UohXgxTXBgaq8Mop2iZXYsUq59E_h0v3bjNc9C5tM5cSskY_zjIN20BDyeTjXEsIYPFXl18lQ6lkq8g6-0z4SawnrCg/s320/If+Parrots+Could+Talk.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">If Parrots Designed Quilts (probably the busiest quilt I've ever made)</span><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtxV6roQelVxEqhBQA4zIhiBi4Z4ae2vpvr3J21dimx_JVxo7A29siOGM94hK169N7Umh6iMSDSZMCsXApghgz9F4j_aOExR3zTrkRXMDT-N1qEYC01-GAR5YIxpzkOZEz21pHPjrYyB1v/s2048/megan%2527s+quilt.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; 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font-size: medium;">The 'Big Ass Sampler' in which our clan tartan features prominently. </span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjep5QQOz7Iih1W45O5sw3WSZcW-zj4sTSlGZ4XI3q-XBD3yjfLyB_JKXnZ_VYArXssbEKfJslhmm1w5TndIocAeZPA8Y7TrXUrSKNT6yIwPO-12iT3QVP4mPwws4KJlKbM8X07ACKAsVA4/s2048/big+ass+paw+of+approval.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1369" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjep5QQOz7Iih1W45O5sw3WSZcW-zj4sTSlGZ4XI3q-XBD3yjfLyB_JKXnZ_VYArXssbEKfJslhmm1w5TndIocAeZPA8Y7TrXUrSKNT6yIwPO-12iT3QVP4mPwws4KJlKbM8X07ACKAsVA4/s320/big+ass+paw+of+approval.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Of course the quilt has to pass the feline paw of approval.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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While the title of this blog post was a tag line in my youth (and denoted you'd recently dabbled in a mind-blowing psychedelic), as a sane and sober 60-something, I still utter the same line. But it might not be about super-bright flashing colors. Not this time.<br />
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But "Oh Wow! Look at the colors!" was exactly what I said when my sample bolts of new Peppered Cottons landed on my doorstep a week ago. And then today, a box from my friend Sandi Irish included the sample quilt made from those colors and I fell in love all over again.<br />
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OK-Merlot #53 is a very rich deep brown-tinged red. Yes, just like the wine. It seems right that the color is encased in Murano glass.<br />
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And #68 Key Lime is a calm yellow green. This lamp is by the Italian firm Stillnova.<br />
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We needed an orange-kissed red and we got it! Meet #70 Tomato. Modeled by one of my favorite chalkware lamps, the African lady who carries the most astounding shade on her head.<br />
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When it came to #27 Gingko Gold, there were many choices but this anodized aluminum Danish pendant lamp was the favorite.<br />
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While there are two tones of blue in this lamp, the shade, as in #61 Tide Pool blue, grabs my attention.<br />
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Another blue but this one is between denim and grey. An industrial<br />
pendant light models #87 Storm Cloud well.<br />
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The subtle color of unbleached linen is always a favorite since it goes with every other color. Here's #7 Flax in a table lamp by Alladin.<br />
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This bold design just springs out at you. It is the famous Praying Mantis floor lamp by the French firm Rispal. It uses walnut wood----#33 Walnut as it's named on the Peppered Cottons color card.<br />
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This next one makes me laugh--there must have been a million versions of this prowling panther TV lamp in the '50s. But here it makes a nice stand-in for #18 Milk Chocolate.<br />
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Finally, when you think there can't be another shade of grey we haven't seen in fabric, meet #10 Granite, a deep grey with blue undertones.<br />
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Here's the new Peppered Cottons as a group. They're now up on the StudioE website, tucked in with all the other Peppered Cottons. Go here to see them all together <a href="https://studioefabrics.net/fabric-lines/basics/peppered-cottons-1/">Peppered Cottons</a> .<br />
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I designed a small quilt using the ten new colors plus #09 White Sugar. It's name is Nine Patch Swing. My friend Sandi Irish sewed and quilted the quilt this Spring.<br />
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The directions for the quilt are on the StudioE website and they're free! Click here for <a href="https://studioefabrics.net/peppered-cottons-quilt-new-patch-swing/">Nine Patch Swing Directions</a> . <br />
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Pepper Coryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07840312463631790831noreply@blogger.com82tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2025828033621089463.post-90520229868350236522020-05-18T16:55:00.000-04:002020-05-18T18:09:42.659-04:00BIG News! Five More Colors of Peppered Cottons in Wide Backs!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: medium;">Although StudioE and I discussed more colors in the 108" size Peppered Cottons, I didn't think these new fabrics would be possible until late 2020 due to the global slowdown from the Covid-19 virus. But, happy days, it seems the new 108s couldn't wait...I am ecstatic to announce new colors of Peppered Cottons 108" width will be here in July! Stores can order them now and get them in their shops by August.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: medium;">There are five new additions to the Peppered Cottons 108" wide category. All the 108s are super for quilt backings (that's 3 yards wide!), for using in patchwork especially when the directions call for cutting long borders, for wholecloth quilts, and for garment making.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: medium;">The new colors are some of my absolute favorites. The timeless blue chambray called Bluebell (#17X ) looks just like the classic men's American workshirt. It blends with any blue color scheme. Guys will like it because it seems somehow familiar.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: medium;">Then there's the straight-on strong medium blue called Blue Jay (#41X). This shade has been a best-seller since the first edition of Peppered Cottons. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: medium;">Then another classic neutral called Oyster (#35X) is a white with delicate gray hints. This would be a super background for applique and a backing where colored quilting thread would show well. Decorators will also love this for drapes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: medium;">Finally the #5 new color is Paprika (#32X). It's a lovely warm mix of red and orange threads and has been a customer favorite since it joined the Peppered Cottons line.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">More than 400 years ago, the Festival of Broken Needles (Hari-Kuyo or 'memorial to the needle') came into being in Japan. The event has both Buddhist and Shinto origins since modern-day Buddhism has integrated the animistic aspects of Shinto belief. Buddhism honors all creation, living or inanimate. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Animism</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> is the belief that all things have a soul or spirit. </span><br />
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For anyone who talks to their dog or cat or feels the impulse to hug a tree, Animism is not a stretch. But the Japanese combination of Buddhism and Shinto belief goes a step further and considers that even inanimate objects might have a soul or spirit and should be honored. That said, we sewers are very fond of our favorite tools and once a year--this year on February 8--Japanese sewers in Tokyo will gather to honor their broken needles and bent pins.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">The first part of the ceremony is solemn as the tiny broken needles and pins are reverently stuck into cakes of bean curd in the courtyards of Buddhist temples. The cakes are later taken away and the pins and needles recycled. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Two months later (February 8) Huri-Kuyo is celebrated further east in the district around Tokyo, the modern capitol.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I think the Festival of Broken Needles is a fine idea. And I'm wondering when we'll add 'dull and nicked rotary cutter blades' to the mix. </span><br />
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Pepper Coryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07840312463631790831noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2025828033621089463.post-87034006080362948562020-01-28T15:17:00.000-05:002020-01-29T11:58:51.458-05:00Here Come de Judge<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Keeping this blog post light today. Now to explain its title: <u>Here Come de Judge</u> was a reoccurring skit on Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In, a TV comedy that only lasted for six years (1968-73) but shaped a whole generation's sense of humor. There wouldn't be a Saturday Night Live without Laugh-In. I leave your research on Laugh-In to you and YouTube. Start here <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEK8vZlzR1tPg2WOlZ59r8w">Laugh-In on Youtube</a> . </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Here Come de Judge, a tossed-off line at first, caught on with the American public and turned up on T-shirts, license plates, and sweats. And as more college students got arrested in anti-war demonstrations, de Judge was omnipresent in young consciousness. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I truly believe the reason my family finally got a color TV was because Laugh-In celebrated color. And in particular actress Goldie Hawn, that gorgeous blond in the bikini decorated with sayings in body paint, who </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Last week I got to be de Judge, along with John Flynn and Pat Harrison, of 273 quilts entered for the quilt competition in Road to California, a huge quilt show/competition/retail circus and learning experience for my beloved craft of quilting. And lest any non-quilter reader thinks, "Oh that's nice, Granny got a ribbon for her blanket!" you need to understand, this judging thing is serious stuff. It took our team of three two days, every quilt got written comments, and prizes varied from $500 for a third place winner up to the Best of Show that lands a $10,000 </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">check</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">To really get your head around what these winning quilts are, go here </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://online.roadtocalifornia.com/awardwinners.php?con=31">Road to CA Winners 2020</a> .</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">first quilt that shows up is the Best in Show. We all agreed that Marilyn Badgers' </span><u style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Christmas in Saint Andrews </u><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">was magnificent and lingered over its many glittering details and stood in awe of the breath-taking guts it takes to work with plaids. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I thought this wonderful quilt (titled <u>Carolinas</u>) by Terry Sargent Peart truly deserved the Best of Color award. And Laugh-In would have loved it!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It's no stroll in the garden to get your quilt into the Road competition. You need to follow the rules and enter your quilt into the correct category. No kits allowed, no pre-printed panels, etc. etc. Originality is appreciated and workmanship must be excellent. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I was knackered after two days of judging but had an aha! moment when this quilt was shown. Here's my judge's choice. I could look at this quilt for days.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">What's funny is that I know Karen and would never imagine she'd make an Asian-influenced masterpiece. When we judge, it's all blind. Only the name of the quilt is called out-no other info.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I am in love with this quilt--wish I'd made it!</span><br />
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Pepper Coryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07840312463631790831noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2025828033621089463.post-43909892390379546542020-01-05T13:10:00.003-05:002020-01-05T13:24:47.565-05:00My Choice for Color of the Year 2020<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: large;">It's great that Pantone names its Color of the Year. You can read December's blog post here for info on that. But I've been thinking a little closer to home. Why can't I personally choose a favorite color for 2020?</span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpvTeDaMmqxkN8Hs7gsNiLpQFisFsyskEiiXCEzyTZ83V7onsGU0CAQb7r_ChsTIg1GVSSNIJOYqLmVIrbtgTCBLyGqbtz_txvXxndvrb71A5u5zv0lAbDEX1itfxclzF2MIbzog5SoYbT/s1600/Green+Tea+PC44-22.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="400" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpvTeDaMmqxkN8Hs7gsNiLpQFisFsyskEiiXCEzyTZ83V7onsGU0CAQb7r_ChsTIg1GVSSNIJOYqLmVIrbtgTCBLyGqbtz_txvXxndvrb71A5u5zv0lAbDEX1itfxclzF2MIbzog5SoYbT/s200/Green+Tea+PC44-22.jpg" width="200" /></a><span style="font-size: large;">For about eight years (can it be that long?) I've been designing </span><span style="font-size: large;">Peppered Cottons (shot cottons) for StudioE Fabrics. We've been through about 80 shades so far. Use this link to see the present palette of Peppered Cottons.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Several colors of Peppered Cottons, introduced back when, are still selling well and thus have proved themselves favorites with the fabric-buying public. Among that top rank is Green Tea, #44. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">As soon as I saw the swatch from the mill, I knew its name had to be Green Tea. Note: depending on your computer monitor, the shade may look more yellow or more green than what the fabric truly looks like in person.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I regard Green Tea as a staple and found that I'm always sticking it into compositions somewhere. Here it turned up as thin strips in a string-pieced Bars quilt I sent to a friend recovering from an accident.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Green Tea looks great beside hot pink, black and white. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;"> It inspired me to make an apron I still wear. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I'm working on projects right now that use Green Tea and I was so glad StudioE Fabrics also decided to issue it as a wide fabric (108")! Now I can back quilts using this favorite color without having to seam lengths of fabric!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">One of my favorite uses of Green Tea was in the quilt called Flower Market that I made for Fresh Quilts magazine. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Yep, Green Tea #44 is a keeper and is my pick for 2020 Color of the Year!</span></div>
Pepper Coryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07840312463631790831noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2025828033621089463.post-37787805684160554832019-12-04T23:39:00.006-05:002019-12-04T23:44:38.527-05:00Congratulations! It's a Blue!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Pantone just released their Color of the Year for 2020 and to no one's great surprise, it was a shade of blue. I knew it, I knew it, I knew it! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Whether it will be referred to as indigo or deep water or Ceylon sapphire, Classic Blue, Pantone 1904052, is a medium dark blue. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Pantone's <span style="background-color: white; letter-spacing: 0.5px;">Laurie Pressman gave the world the spiel on the 2020 choice. </span><span style="background-color: white; letter-spacing: 0.5px;">“It’s a reassuring blue, full of calm and confidence. It builds connection.” She used adjectives like constancy, trustworthiness, and dependability "...</span><span style="background-color: white; letter-spacing: 0.5px;">traits that are valued in the fast-paced, high-stress situations of the current world." </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; letter-spacing: 0.5px;">Another quote from Pantone: </span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">"We are living in a time that requires trust and faith. It is this kind of c</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">onstancy and confidence that is expressed by PANTONE 19-4052 Classic Blue.” </span></span><br />
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</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #999999;"><span style="font-size: large;">Wait, did Pantone just comment on our rocky political climate? As in, "Stay the course, stay calm everybody-" Maybe. There will always be someone who twigs to the fact that a 'blue state' is a state that's voted Democratic on the election day map but </span><span style="font-size: large;">don't read too much into that. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.5px;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large; letter-spacing: 0.5px;"><span style="color: #999999;">I've noticed that Pantone's description of their yearly shade has improved and while still voluble, it's not as strange and woowoo as in former years.</span> </span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.5px;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; letter-spacing: 0.5px;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.5px;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "times new roman";"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.5px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #999999; letter-spacing: normal;">But I'm a true blue fan and it's primarily the reason years ago that Rod and I began collecting Japanese prints. </span><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="color: #999999;">Here's one that hangs on the wall of our living room right now.</span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-size: large;">A masterpiece wholecloth quilt from the Jen Jones museum in Wales UK (swoon)</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-size: large;">And my alltime favorite blue picture---- an indigo dyer's hands. From Cambodia. </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-size: large;">With all these wonderful blue images, I'm feeling calmer already. </span></span><br />
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Pepper Coryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07840312463631790831noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2025828033621089463.post-20448533370286533142019-07-10T08:49:00.001-04:002019-10-17T20:34:49.180-04:00Decoding Houston Quilt Festival Classes (for quilters)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">In late October/early November, the biggest convention of the year comes to the </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston, Texas. No, it's not ComiCon or even a Microsoft gathering--it's when quilters from all over the world fly into Houston to gather together. They take classes, buy material---tons of it---award prizes for fabulous work (the Best of Show gets a $10,000 check!) and stay up till the wee hours comparing fabric finds and demonstrating to their buddies what they learned that day in class. And they eat. Downtown Houston restaurants are jammed with wide-eyed hungry women lugging large bags. They want a nice meal and a sit-down and are willing to pay for the privilege. And they tip. And call Uber drivers 'Dear.' </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This is my tribe. Call it a gathering of the clans, a coven or simply a huge party but come late October I'll be winging my way down to humid Houston to meet my peeps.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This year it's a bit different if you want to sign up for classes at Festival. Quilts Inc., the entity that organizes Quilt Festival, has not always taken to the digital road with enthusiasm but mark this year: <b>all the registrations and class sign-ups are happening online</b>. And it opens July 15th. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">If in the past you've been disappointed you didn't get into a particular class, now's the time to read the class catalog online and put a check by what you want to take. And sit by your computer, charge card in hand, and get ready to sign up. You have a better chance this year of getting the class you want than ever before.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Go read the class catalog here <a href="http://www.quilts.com/quilt-festival-houston-classes-and-events-monday.html">http://www.quilts.com/quilt-festival-houston-classes-and-events-monday.html</a> . Click on the days you want to take classes and there you go. And now for the advertisement: I'm teaching the first two days of Quilt Festival, Monday October 28th and Tuesday October 29th. My classes are all hand work and I provide the kits. You have very little to do except show up. I opted for half-day classes since so many people want to taste a technique before plunging in. You can still get a lot done in three hours!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Speaking of showing up--if you're staying in a hotel near the convention center, good for you--with only a little planning you can get to class on time. If you're driving in, plan on the trip taking twice as long as usual. These are work days and Houston always has downtown traffic. And you have to park and walk into the convention center, go up to the third floor (all classes are on the third floor) and find the classroom. In addition to anything you're asked to bring to a class, always pack a light jacket or sweater. "It's Houston for pity's sake!" you say. Yep, and the convention center has the AC cranked. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">When you look at a class, note its number and any letters after the title and before the instructor's name. Here's what those letters mean: </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">For instance, my first class is <u>#134 Welcome to Sashiko</u> and the numbers are </span>E,D,H, PJ. <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">This means </span>E<span style="font-weight: normal;">very skill level, there is some </span>D<span style="font-weight: normal;">esign work, it's a </span>H<span style="font-weight: normal;">and Sewing class and it's </span>P<span style="font-weight: normal;">roject-oriented. After the description of the class, you'll see the price ($45) and something called Mat Fee--which means the kit I provide ($25) and the total to take the class ($70). The last line in italics is what you need to bring (some scissors and a thimble). </span></span></span></h2>
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Pepper Coryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07840312463631790831noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2025828033621089463.post-44586435440307694992018-12-05T20:55:00.005-05:002018-12-05T21:19:29.535-05:00Pantone's Got a Winner<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhawaiugpRS0jMjrAIxwGo-RrR8p1e7yyX7kVxTBSeZP2b5GqzJ9S-fB-wzdy7ikXLVMxqTfZEpFy-TSEJrCrPfSlBIj5tgHTFQNeY8BWb_iJXPO9w7s6tHiUdnYxjKLpojQxLoOFER_vCk/s1600/pantone+2016.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="413" data-original-width="620" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhawaiugpRS0jMjrAIxwGo-RrR8p1e7yyX7kVxTBSeZP2b5GqzJ9S-fB-wzdy7ikXLVMxqTfZEpFy-TSEJrCrPfSlBIj5tgHTFQNeY8BWb_iJXPO9w7s6tHiUdnYxjKLpojQxLoOFER_vCk/s320/pantone+2016.jpg" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> I always look forward to the Pantone Company announcing their Color of the Year. Usually I poke fun at Pantone since their marketing verbiage is often over-the-top. Witness 2016's choice of two colors when it was obvious that they simply couldn't make up their minds and, like a fussy aunt who can't decide on a blanket color for an upcoming baby shower, decided to feature both classic pastel shades. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> Color bloggers called Pantone out then and I wrote a snarky blog post about it. You can read that one here </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://peppercory.blogspot.com/2015/12/pantone-blew-it.html" target="_blank">Pantone Blew It</a> . </span><br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMdbf3PcaAJI5rslRWqag_lz7YFKAJ2fxIzn8ZXy-f5AH0QVaWcg8ksE7WZpyKooqJG9MX3WiS3iDiafME7B7XvKMdhpPB4wocFm1M-Pu31KjbW9_tdMpqRHW_u_4sOCf9mf47S78Oy-3H/s1600/2018+color+of+the+year+Living+Coral.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMdbf3PcaAJI5rslRWqag_lz7YFKAJ2fxIzn8ZXy-f5AH0QVaWcg8ksE7WZpyKooqJG9MX3WiS3iDiafME7B7XvKMdhpPB4wocFm1M-Pu31KjbW9_tdMpqRHW_u_4sOCf9mf47S78Oy-3H/s320/2018+color+of+the+year+Living+Coral.jpg" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> But 2019 is a different story and I can get my heart, mind, and eyes behind this one. Pantone has named a pretty medium-shade pink with orange undertones --tagged Living Coral (16-1546)--as 2019's Color of the Year. And I am very happy about this one. Living Coral is definitely a 'girlie color' but it goes with lots of things. And it reminds us of a natural phenomenon we may lose in our world: the pulsing colors of tropical corals, those incredible clumps of tiny polyps (that we didn't know were animals for years) but whom we now understand are the harbingers of pollution problems in our oceans. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Corals, in spite of their rock-like exoskeletons, are delicate creatures. When </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">damaged by violent contact with boat propellers or over-harvested or poisoned by pollutants in the water, corals easily die out and are years coming back and sometimes never do. </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">In spite of some people not believing in climate change or in our pressing need to clean up our environmental act, corals tell the truth. If you'd like to make a banner advocating cleaning up our oceans, Pantone's 2019 Color of the Year can fill the bill.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> As a quilter, I always wonder when and if Pantone ever pays any attention to the millions of people who buy fabrics and sew quilts. In celebration of Living Coral, this evening I think I might start choosing some go-with's for a new quilt. I have no farther to look than my own stash. This Fall StudioE Fabrics issued a new shot cotton fabric in a color called Atomic Tangerine (#69 in the Peppered Cottons family). It's a little sunnier than Living Coral but obviously they're cousins! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">For your enjoyment, here are some of the photos Pantone supplied that served as inspiration for Living Coral.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">On my Christmas list: a trip to the tropics (Bahama would be nice this time of year-) to further explore the shades of Living Coral.</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span><br />
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Pepper Coryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07840312463631790831noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2025828033621089463.post-52176386670911581662018-08-11T17:27:00.001-04:002018-08-14T15:03:22.925-04:00That Blue and Its Friends-New Peppered Cotton Colors!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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The name of this print is <i>At Close of Day </i>and was first done as an oil painting by the American artist Maxfield Parrish and then reproduced in a calendar for Brown & Bigelow, a publishing company from Minneapolis. It perfectly captures the shades of blue Parrish often used in his work. I am a sucker for Parrish blue. In this round of Peppered Cottons, we made a blue+purple combination that could have stepped right out of this painting.<br />
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Meet Parrish Blue (No. 67), a shot cotton composed of a strong cornflower blue plus purple. Perfect for all your dawns and twilights! The reason Parrish achieved such glowing shades of blue was that he first painted the complete canvas in glowing blue pigment and then started adding all other details. No other artist has done blue with quite the same depth.<br />
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We also added a new grey--though this grey looks quite a bit more textured than our other greys. Called Tweed (No. 37) it is a straight-up combination weave of darkest black and whitest white.<br />
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This is a shade I've wanted for a long time. The character of this grey is subtle but sophisticated.<br />
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Just when you think there can't be any more shades of grey....<br />
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The shade to the right is Miami (No. 58), a playful combination of bright pink and bright aqua that reflects the beautiful Art Deco neon signs of downtown Miami.<br />
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(the Miami art is by Eduardo Kranjcec)<br />
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While we're doing retro, how about a nod to the atomic '50s--here's Atomic Tangerine (No.69) a shrimpy cross-weave of bright pink and yellow.</div>
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This color was daring even in the '50's. I wouldn't refuse a spin in this '57 Thunderbird!<br />
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And in the '60s my first prom dress (more demure even than the gown pictured here) was Atomic Tangerine--though the label said 'Princess Coral.'<br />
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Did you know that the #1 favorite ice cream flavor is, still, after all these years,<br />
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While we're talking ice cream, here's Lemon Ice (No. 24) a shade that's subtle and way too cool!<br />
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Lemon Ice combines white and a sharp citrus yellow. Looks great with any shade of grey or blue by the way.<br />
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Our customers had been telling, "We need more pinks!" so in response to their requests, two of the new Peppered Cottons are lovely pinks. Meet Carnation (No.59) and her darker cousin, Cinnamon Pink (No.65). Carnation is a white/sweet pink combo.<br />
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Did you know that in the Victorian language of flowers a pink carnation symbolized gratitude? <br />
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Right about now's a good time to say 'thank you' to everyone who buys and uses Peppered Cottons!<br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Would you be willing to make one quilt block for a sampler quilt? There would be only four rules: #1) the block when it's mailed to me should measure 16 1/2" square so that it will sew to 16". The #2 caveat: use only Peppered Cottons in the block. The #3 rule) make sure the style of the block 'looks like you.' Tie it to some class you teach, book you're written or pattern you sell. Finally #4) Get it to me on time! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">To my delight, almost every one I wrote to responded. Then the blocks started coming in and by October 2017, I was ready to unveil the concept of the Peppered Cottons Sampler to the world. At Fall Quilt Market, in a Schoolhouse presentation, I displayed the blocks each as separate matted works of art and introduced the designers individually. I explained the concept of this quilt was something called Reciprocal Marketing. Simply speaking, it meant that the designers all got publicity for themselves and their work while StudioE got a beautiful quilt to display to show off the Peppered Cottons line.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">The block pictured left is Featherberry by Robin Koehler.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I was the 'glue' that held this project together. I did the correspondence, cut and sent the fabrics and then received the blocks and prepared them for their Fall Market debut by having custom-cut matting made and then mounting each with thin batting behind the project and posterboard backs. At this point each block could have been hung as an individual work of art. </span>Here's a link to that Schoolhouse where the blocks were shown as individual works <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXeqY27YV7w">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXeqY27YV7w</a> .<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">After Market, I took the blocks out of their mountings and carefully ironed and set them aside as I designed the perfect 'set' for them. The word 'set' in quilt lingo means two things: the quilt's block arrangement and it's eventual size. I went through a large pad of graph paper as I experimented with the challenge of displaying twelve beautiful 16" square blocks that were all different colors and styles. And sewed, ripped, sewed again two different times. Then I realized I'd hung the blocks on my design wall in a natural and quite traditional arrangement and that it worked! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Falling back on my North Carolina roots, I sewed triple-strip sashing units (1" wide by 16" long) united by common cornerstone blocks 3" square. The sashing strips were of different colors (just like the blocks) but a calm neutral (Pepper #44-31) anchored the strip sets and appeared as all the cornerstone blocks. Interesting that although Pepper is one of the top-selling colors in the Peppered Cottons line, none of the designers had used it as a major player in their blocks. Thank goodness I had this quiet color to work with! </span></span><br />
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In January/February 2018, I put together the sampler quilt. In March the quilt top went to Laurie Mayo, an extraordinary longarm quilter in Emerald Isle, North Carolina. Then I breathed a sigh of relief as I knew Laurie would do an excellent job. We talked several times about quilting styles, thread color, and placement of designs. On the tray you see all the different colors of threads Laurie used to quilt the sampler.<br />
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By the end of April the Peppered Cottons Sampler quilt was ready. All that remained to do was to hand-sew the binding down. Rod and I took the Sampler into the back yard to photograph it against his shed as I had no wall big enough to accommodate the piece.<br />
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It's natural when viewing a Sampler quilt to choose your favorite block. If you do, the text following the picture has all the information you need to contact the block's maker and see more of her work and to purchase her patterns and books.<br />
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From left to right starting at the top row: Crazy Quilt by <span style="font-family: inherit;">Valerie
Bothell of the Facebook page Joyful Embellishments <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/335708879954649">https://www.facebook.com/groups/335708879954649</a> . Author of the book <u>Joyful Daily Stitching</u>. Center block: Pieced star by Bonnie
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Delaney, <a href="http://kathydelney.com/">http://<span style="line-height: 115%;">kathydelaney</span>.com</a> . Author of several books, teacher, and quilt judge. </span><br />
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Second row left to right: Featherberry <span style="font-family: inherit;">by Robin
Koehler of <u>Nestlings by Robin </u> <a href="http://www.nestlingsbyrobin.com/">http://www.nestlingsbyrobin.com</a> . Center block: </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Kelly
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Third row left to right: Antique Vase pattern by </span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Allison
Aller of Allie’s in Stitches </span><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><a href="http://alliesinstitches.blogspot.com/.%20">http://alliesinstitches.blogspot.com/.</a> Author of </span></span></span><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><u>Stained
Glass Quilts Reimagined</u>. Center block: Janice Pope </span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">of <u>Anything But Boring Designs </u><a href="http://anythingbutboring.com/">http://anythingbutboring.com/</a>. Right block: Ginko Love by </span>Robin Koehler of <u>Nestlings by Robin </u> <a href="http://www.nestlingsbyrobin.com/">http://www.nestlingsbyrobin.com</a> .<br />
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Fourth row left to right: <span style="font-family: inherit;">Gyleen
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Dresden Quilt Workshop</u>. Right block: Barbara Black </span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">of My Joyful Journey: My Life as a Quiltmaker and Quilt Teacher, </span><span style="line-height: 115%;"><a href="http://bbquiltmaker.blogspot.com/"><span style="line-height: 115%;">http://bbquiltmaker.blogspot.com</span></a></span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> /. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">To all my quilting friends who contributed to this beautiful quilt, my deep and sincere thanks. As we do in the South, I'd have you all over for supper! </span></span><br />
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Pepper Coryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07840312463631790831noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2025828033621089463.post-91431575530571077502017-12-04T15:39:00.000-05:002017-12-04T15:41:18.490-05:00Stringing Along in December<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This coming week I fly to Dallas and get to speak to the Dallas Quilt Guild and teach two workshops. The Saturday workshop is the Downhome String Star and remains one of my favorite patterns. Although I'm sure some Northern or Midwestern quilters made this pattern, it seems that Southerners embraced it and, as they say around here, "You can't throw a cat here in North Carolina and not hit a String Star quilt." They're everywhere and come in all different sizes and configurations. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">One of the first quilts I bought when I moved to NC was found in a junk shop in Vanceboro NC. The owner confided it had been made by a black quiltmaker with the last name of Reels and as we examined, it was also clear that someone had turned the quilt over and used it as a painting drop cloth. The white drops of paint on the dark backing were permanent. Because of its age, I have never tried to get the paint drops out. By now, I figure they're part of the quilt's history.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The brown and orange String Star quilt was bought in an online auction and hails from the state of Georgia and was likely made in the 1920s. This String Star is a large four-point star and a simpler version to make. The blocks are huge (18" square) and I admire the maker's bold choice of background colors. This is the one I'm teaching in Dallas.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Then it's time to #3) head to the sewing machine. After removing the bobbin and thread, we use the sewing machine needle and "sew" (really perforate) all the paper patterns (keeping them in a stack) along the traced lines. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">With the four quarters done, we #4) crazy-patch in a casual manner over the central star point. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Then trim and head back to the sewing machine to add background triangles. Once all the quarters are done they #5) get sewn together in a big block. Mine is a Christmas combo of red stars over a white-and-green checkerboard background. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Although there's a lot of Christmas-theme fabric out there, my stash includes a healthy supply of reds and greens so I didn't have to shop. And that's what this technique is about: sewing over paper enables you to use fabrics of different weights plus use up your scraps to create a <span style="background-color: white;">graphic</span> overall pattern. There's just enough order to satisfy my designing brain while I revel in the multitude of pattern and different shades. Kind of The Builder meets Ms. Attention Deficit Quilter. Very satisfying work for a cold December afternoon.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I have made a rather large quilt in this pattern--multi-color jewel-tone Stars on top of a black-and-white checkerboard. I am still hand quilting it. I will drag it to Dallas and demonstrate Big Stitch quilting at the class. Might as well get in a few stitches!</span><br />
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Sometimes the stars line up. Nothing else can explain all the cool pictures from students I've gotten recently. In classes I try to reassure students-"I don't care when/how it's finished but please send me a picture of whatever you make as a result of this class." Sometimes months/years pass before I see any pictures. But recently there's been a plethora of student pictures and they do my heart good. I swear these pics arrive just when I need them--a rainy day, a rote-work-all-day at the studio, or a "I haven't an idea what to do-" day. The picture comes in and bing! I can take my thumb out of my mouth and move. They have no idea how important these communications are.<br />
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<b>Florida House</b> by Beth Copeland. From a class called Plaids and Plains--2016 Houston Quilt Festival.<br />
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Danielle Pellitier's <b>Math Quilt </b>from a Two Block design class yonks ago in New Hampshire.<br />
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Vicki Fox's <b>String Star</b> quilt top--ten years old but now bordered and ready to quilt!<br />
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Ellen Ault's <b>Sea Foam </b>quilt from a Big Hexie class two years ago.<br />
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Julia Renken's orange <b>Two Block </b>quilt from a class ten years ago.<br />
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Michelle Owens' <b>Drunkard's Path </b>quilt from (I think) a class in Vermont five years ago.<br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">What do you think of when you hear or read the name Pantone? Nowadays most of us assume Pantone is a fashion/trend dictator that identifies color trends. Pantone</span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> is a business that has morphed from a modest printing business in
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">And thus to the most recent display of color trends on show: New York Fashion Week started September 7th and goes through next week. Pantone's already on it. Today they issued a ten-color mini-palette of colors they say will be popular Fall/Winter 2017 and even into Spring 2018. Here 'tis:</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Since quilters love color and might want to see if they can emulate the Pantone Fall palette in their quilts, here's my version of those shades and I call it Pantone Punk'd. From the Peppered Cottons line meet Flame 06, Aubergine 34, Cottage Rose 06, Tobacco 85, Ink 45, Charcoal 14, Marine Blue 11, Bright Kiwi 64, Blue Jay 41, and Rust 96.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">OH boy--this bored model with a desecrated blue-and-white Ocean Waves quilt cunningly equipped with Glen plaid sleeves</span>. <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">(I wish there was a font for sarcasm.)</span><br />
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Pepper Coryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07840312463631790831noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2025828033621089463.post-62720014009958951072017-05-14T13:07:00.000-04:002017-05-14T13:07:48.505-04:00Sentimental Work<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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In March I had the opportunity to showcase some of my work while filming segments for the <a href="http://www.quiltingdaily.com/quiltingartstv" target="_blank">Quilting Arts</a> program that airs on PBS. Everything I shared on the program had some connection to Japan. <br />
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My husband and I have collected Japanese woodblock prints for 30 years but unfortunately I've never been to Japan in person. That trip is on my bucket list. In the meantime, I continue to <i>sashiko</i> (Japanese-style hand quilting), make <i>furoshiki </i>(wrapping cloths), and now have added the concept of <i>kintsugi </i>to my repertoire.<br />
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<i>Kintsugi</i> is not usually a term applied to the textile arts but it perfectly describes what's going on now right now within my brain's creative ferment. <i>Kintsugi</i> actually means 'mended with gold' and is more often associated with pottery. The story is that a shogun of Japan broke his favorite tea cup and sent it back to the potter for repair. But the repaired cup was ugly with metal staples so the cup was then sent to a jeweler who repaired the cup with layers of lacquer mixed with gold dust. The repaired cup with gold veins outlining the breaks was a work of art. The shogun loved it and thus <i>kintsugi </i>became popular especially with cups used in the tea ceremony.<br />
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On a philosophical level, <i>kintsugi </i>came to mean appreciating the beauty of that which is broken and mended. You embrace the repaired-mended and celebrate its new form. It applies to my work in the following way: I never throw away my work however small. Little blocks from sewing demonstrations, small pieces that are handed around in classes so student can view the work and of course UFO's (unfinished objects) of every size--I save them all. They will eventually find their way into<i> kintsugi </i>work.<br />
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The quilt titled Kintsugi #I came about when I pillaged the sample drawer and started grouping some pieces I thought could live together in a quilt. The blocks lay on the grey carpet of the storage room for a couple of weeks and I would walk in, move a few things, and leave again. There was lots of space between the blocks but I knew they could be united harmoniously by the right fabric--just as gold holds together the cracks in a <i>kintsugi </i>cup. I found the perfect fabric--a shot cotton from my stash. It was a two-color weave of bright yellow with black (Char Gold #12 in the Peppered Cottons line) and was the perfect k<i>intsugi</i> fabric. The overall effect is a bright mustard color but it changes slightly depending on the angle of viewing the quilt. I love that about shot cottons in general--they are solids that change. Cool.<br />
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The longarm quilting is by my friend Laurie Mayo.<br />
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Got another <i>kintsugi </i>work in progress and this one's apropos for Mother's Day. The quilt top design is an off-center medallion. In this case a Provencal napkin reworked with an embroidered spider web in the middle. Framing the napkin are tiny Pinwheel blocks donated by my friend Bonnie Bus. Why an embroidered web? Spiders were some of my Mother's totem animals and she never allowed us to squash them.<br />
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All the strip patchwork is my mother's work and I've been hoarding it since I unpacked my luggage after her funeral in 2002. Her strip quilting technique was rather casual but I will confess: just before cutting the blocks, I prayed and said, "Forgive me Mom-" as I sliced them with a rotary cutter.<br />
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The mod print linen is from my high school graduation dress. The colors of Edmunds High School (Sumter, SC) were purple and white.<br />
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I think Mom's <i>kintsugi </i>quilt will eventually get another border.<br />
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Meanwhile it's Mother's Day again--always bittersweet if your own mom is no longer with you. The picture is Mom and I in 1952. It's our passport picture, the one taken before our family left for Germany.<br />
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Happy Mother's Day to all the Moms--those still with us and those who've gone ahead.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">A big honking plaid quilt I showed a month ago on Facebook is now finished and has been living on my bed (I test all my quilts) since returning from Houston 11/6. Although a large quilt (80" sq) it is surprisingly light due to the Hobbs wool batting. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">The blocks are large (16" sq) and thus the whole quilt measures 80", a full-queen size. The Compass-type pattern is <i>Slashed Star of the West </i>and the alternate an unknown pattern. Some people identified the alternate as a Victorian pattern called <i>Vestibule</i> and others swear it's simply part of <i>Storm at Sea</i>. In any case, it came from another plaid quilt, a relic of a top I bought on ebay. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ever since returning from Houston, I've been moving back in and re-discovering tons of stuff as I re-fold and get quilts back on the shelf. </span><br />
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Pepper Coryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07840312463631790831noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2025828033621089463.post-42597672963146963222016-06-30T17:54:00.000-04:002016-06-30T17:54:43.300-04:00Love Affair with Plaids<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Except that I hated the whole jumbled, fuzzy mess and wanted to spin fine thread and, even more retrogressively, yearned to weave overshot as in mid-19th century coverlets. I did finally own a loom and spinning wheel but the wheel gathered dust as I began to weave the world's longest rag rug. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">In a tiny apartment, the stomping noise of the treadles and the metallic clash of the heddles mitigated against working whenever my husband was home. I tried to soften the noise by hanging the heddles with leather strips stretched in water but the craft was always at odds with the living space. I finished the rug (about 14 feet long) but in the process of being around fiber enthusiasts, I'd met a few quilters. Now there was a craft I might enjoy--small bits fashioned a little at a time, embellished with lady-like stitches and eventually resulting in a useful and lovely quilt. Then I met a quilt at a garage sale and fell head over heels in love.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The quilt was all blues, white, grey and brown and most of it composed of chambray, black-on-white prints, and soft muted plaids. It had been sewn by a woman and her young son in WWI as they awaited word of their MIA soldier husband/father. The fabrics were mainly from his shirts. The pattern was Bow Tie. Good news: the man did finally come home to his family and they used the quilt for years.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Psst-the picture here is one of my own recent Bow Tie blocks-the antique quilt is long gone.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The fact is that I've never gotten plaids out of my system. There is something so straight-forward and honest about a woven plaid. Unlike those who took clothes sewing as part of their home economics classes in high school, I never agonized about plaids (or stripes either for that matter) matching. I have no nightmares of a critical teacher telling me to rip out a seam and make the plaids match! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I'll get to let my plaid flag fly this coming August when I go to teach at John C. Campbell Folk School in Brasstown, North Carolina. Not coincidentally, it's Scottish Week at the Folk School so plaid freaks will feel right at home--some of the pipers won't get out of their kilts all week. If you want to experiment with plaids and other pretties in your quilting, this is your best week to attend Folk School! The description of the class is the online catalog is pretty brief and sadly there's no eye candy to tempt the potential student. <a href="https://classes.folkschool.org/class_details.aspx?pk=18746">https://classes.folkschool.org/class_details.aspx?pk=18746</a> I've included a gallery of possible projects that you might want to work on if you are tempted to 'go tartan' and join us.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">A single Carolina Lily block against a plaid background makes a small wall hanging. You'd be done with this in two days.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Maybe bring all those 'orphan blocks' you don't know what to do with and make a truly great spit-in-their-eye sampler quilt. Nothing like plaid sashing and alternate blocks to distract from disparate designs.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The two patterns in the class description are Carolina Lily and string-pieced Star. Stars can have any number of points and I am open to helping you draft the plaid star of your dreams since I always bring graph paper and drafting tools to the class. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This one is four point and crazy-patched over tracing paper.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">And mid-week we'll take time out to learn to do the traditional Folded Manx Roof Tile block (otherwise known as the Log Cabin quilt).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">If it bothers you to mix plaids and prints, you could take a more subtle, modern approach to the project. Here's a small quilt top (excuse the camera strap at the bottom) of Bow Tie blocks.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The J.C. Campbell class is called In Praise of Plaids and begins Sunday August 28th and runs through Saturday September 3. Yes, a whole week to patch, sew, and experiment with plaids. Be still my heart! Go call the Folk School at 1-800-365-5724.</span><br />
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Pepper Coryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07840312463631790831noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2025828033621089463.post-11708105387963191422016-05-14T17:14:00.000-04:002016-05-14T17:27:44.338-04:00Piet would be so proud!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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The line of shot cottons we designed called Peppered Cottons has sold well for the company. Explaining just a bit here: 'shot' means that the warp (lengthwise threads on the loom) are one color while the weft (the thread carried from side-to-side by the shuttle) is another. The blending of two colors can produce fabrics that are either subtle or occasionally startling.<br />
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If the colors in a woven shot cotton are related, such as royal blue plus turquoise, when woven together they create an intense medium blue. The new shade coordinates with both true blue prints and all the aquas and turquoise-related colors.<br />
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Sometimes the blending of colors creates shades that are quite delicious and rare. Seen here: Grellow (yellow woven with grey) that shows as a light strange off-shade of green.<br />
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But sometimes a quiltmaker hungers for a pure color, an intense and strong shade, and it's difficult to achieve that effect in a true shot (bi-color) weave. Red, in particular, is a color people love. When they want a real red in a quilt, they don't mean Cherry Red or Burgundy Red. They mean RED. Sometimes only a pure color will do. Enter yarn-dyed true colors. Yarn-dyed means that the fabric is not first woven and then dyed red (the usual steps in solid color production). Rather the very threads, before being even warped on the loom, are dyed red. The red dye deeply permeates the very fibers of<br />
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While formerly Flame was our only true color in the Peppered Cottons lineup, at this Spring Quilt Market, we're introducing twelve new colors and four of them are true shades.<br />
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Meet Deep Space, a black that's blacker-than-black and its opposite--White Sugar. Sorry that the white looks like a hole in the blog--it's just super-white! And adding to the basic color wheel here's True Royal and Buttercup, a truly happy strong yellow. Then I realized those true colors are the palette of many of Piet Mondrian's masterpieces.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Composition in red, blue, and yellow (1930) by Piet Mondrian.</td></tr>
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So if you've been wanting to do a Mondrian tribute quilt, we've got your colors!<br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Marie Kondo has really ripped it. The author of <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 15.6px;"><u><b>The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up</b></u> has given me and my friends a total inferiority complex. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 15.6px;">Not only do I not arrange and pet my socks correctly, I am emotionally bonded with my "quilt stuff" and find it excrutiatingly difficult to divest myself of fabrics, notions, and books I might need some day. Nowhere in Ms. Kondo's best-seller is there any advice for the sewer/crafter who naturally collects tools and notions for his/her eventual work. We are, simply, outside her norm. And that's fine with me.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; line-height: 15.6px;">And from time to time, the fabrics are neatened, patted in place, sorted and stacked. I try to do this once every 2-3 years. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I planned that the corner with Mom's rocking chair would be my little piece of hand-quilting zen territory. Instead it's turned into the staging area for quilts going in-and-out of huge bags as I pack/unpack from teaching trips. This is truly as neat as it gets.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> At least in picture #2 you can see the chair. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Meanwhile I ponder why my art is so messy in its making. The quilts I sew are mostly patchwork and arranged in blocks. Perhaps my lifelong obsession with quilting is my feeble attempt at controlling the world around me. The only way I know to present order, beauty, and warmth at the same time.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">To paraphrase the bumper sticker: shit happens, art happens, quilts happen. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's Christmas Eve (December 24) and the red, white, and green bug bit late. I found some pictures of one of the first vintage quilts I bought 20 years ago when I moved to North Carolina. After about a month in residence, Rod and I attended an auction of unclaimed storage locks. Quilts were listed so I was eager to see what my new home state had to offer. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The quilts came up last at the auction, after the furniture and before the rugs. I ended up buying four of them but he red, white, and green North Carolina Lily pictured here was the prize since it showed beautifully and had no visible holes or defects. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This wall hanging is one of mine. Still a top (unquilted) it features my favorite orange, beloved plaids (a shirt I cut up) and some embellishment around the edges of the flowers in Big Stitch. Lacking only handles on either side of the flower pot, this pattern is exactly the same as the antique quilt above.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A few photos stolen from Ebay postings show other different exotic versions. I hope the people who won them love these quilts as much as I do!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Wild and individualistic Lily version here. I admire the quiltmaker who chose these colors:strong lavender and yellow background, and red stems!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A Lily quilt in colors dating it between 1880-1920 and made right here in North Carolina. Even the triple-sashing and tiny Nine Patches are typical of our state. from the collection of my friend Lynn Gorges.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And the latest Lily was bought from a friend whose father found the quilt in a trunk, thrown at the side of the road in East Detroit waiting for the garbage guys. Fortunately he opened the trunk and knew his quiltmaker daughter would love it. She finished it (it needed binding) and posted it on a Facebook group about vintage quilts. We both feel this is not a Michigan quilt but rather a Southern import. Since there were lots of Southerners who moved to the Detroit area during and after WWII to work in the auto plants, our conjecture makes sense. It's wild, got some large stitches, and has fabrics that are NOT cotton. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This past week I've been working strictly in plaids and plains. You might think the two groups are too limiting for a bred-in-the-bone scrap quilter. Not so. My Christmas exchange block for our guild holiday swap a couple of years ago to the right.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Translation for non-fabric readers: 'plaids' covers a lot: woven plaids (also called tartans), homespuns (usually small-scale and look like 19th century shirting fabrics-think Little House on the Prairie), checks and ginghams, and printed plaids. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Likewise 'plains' means solid color fabrics but includes chambreys (colors woven with alternate white thread--think Oxfordcloth like men's dress shirts) and shot cottons (where different colors for the warp and weft produce a shade different from its components). The shade at left is Garnet from my Peppered Cottons line--a shot cotton of bright royal blue plus deep red.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I went leafing through old photos and realized I use plaids all the time. So here's a small sampling of blocks and quilts that show this personal predilection for plaids. Say that fast five times-</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">A big honking multi-color silk plaid, cut on the bias, made an interesting Log Cabin block and showcased Big Stitch quilting.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">A <i>shimaco </i>or 'stripe book sample' over-stitched sashiko-style shows a variety of interesting cotton plaids from India.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">And then there are touches of plaids used because they, artistically, break up prints with too similar a scale. Note the bright blue plaids surrounding the "compass points" of Cheddar. I have no more of most of these fabrics and I regret that this wheel block will have to stand alone. It also illustrates my fave use of batiks (the vague blue leaves in the background border)--best used next to another quite-different print (the rust/black print plus solid-color Cheddar). Batiks by themselves can be muddy. Gorgeous mud but muddy...I loved this blue batik so much I bought what was left on the bolt.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This lovely plaid and plains quilt was made by my friend Janice Pope. Janice keeps busy as a rep (fabric salesperson) for StudioE Fabrics and has her own pattern business called <a href="http://www.anythingbutboring.com/" target="_blank">Anything But Boring</a> . Go check it out!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The solid colors are Peppered Cottons shot cotton shades and the checks/stripes/big plaids are from Peppered Plaids, a now out-of-production line I did for StudioE Fabrics. In the fabric business, we call such lines 'vintage' to imply that they are rare and not to be re-ordered. Fabric store owners are used to hearing about lines going out of production. Lesson to all of us who work with and buy fabric: buy it when you see it because it probably won't be there tomorrow and the shop can't get it again.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">And then there's this antique quilt from Virginia I sleep under every night with its little baskets pieced of tiny plaids and checks. Aside: Mr. December (Joey Velcro as a kitten) was a feral when we got him but decided to stay when he discovered the wealth of soft things in the house. Almost as good as boxes for feline bait.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Plaids creep into anything scrappy I make, including this teddy bear quilt. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Bought on ebay: a totally charming plaid scrappy quilt top that smelled so bad it hit the bath tub as soon as it was out of the box. It has holes, some of the threads are rotten, and I totally love it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This picture, stolen from the internet, is one of the best plaid blocks-ever! I have been contemplating devoting a whole quilt to this plaid madness in 2016. Patterns like this keep me up nights. </span></div>
Pepper Coryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07840312463631790831noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2025828033621089463.post-75995851627794368492015-12-03T08:39:00.000-05:002015-12-03T12:13:30.866-05:00Pantone Blew It<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Usually in this blog I write about quilts, teaching, and occasionally family stuff. One topic I visit during December is the Pantone pronouncement of their Color of the Year. See last year's post (12/4/14) about the color Marsala (reddish-brown). At that time Pantone had just entered into a financial partnership with the makeup company Sephora and it was painfully obvious that Marsala was a shade of blush/lipstick/eye shadow.<br />
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This year I'm afraid Pantone's petticoats are showing with their 2016 pick and their color picks are even less applicable to the average consumer. The color company hedged its bets and picked two shades--oh no--the first time that's ever happened! The partnership here: maybe Pampers? No offence intended: babies are my favorite kind of people but smart moms have long since ditched the pink-vs-blue nursery color scheme.<br />
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The pink wedding dress reminds me painfully of the toilet paper dolly found in many 1950s bathrooms.<br />
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The blue, called Serenity, is likewise a weak choice but I can see how it was brought in to prop up the Pink. See the two-tone Pantone mug left--sure to be a big hit at the next baby shower you attend.<br />
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These colors have very little to do with my world (quilts and fabrics) and unless you're a slave to fashion, you won't rush out and paint your bedroom Rose Quartz and Serenity Blue or go shopping for new duds in these colors for fear of ending up looking vaguely like these 18th and 19th century paintings.<br />
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Pepper Coryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07840312463631790831noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2025828033621089463.post-38598113607195953902015-09-01T19:50:00.000-04:002015-09-01T23:17:24.930-04:00Pennies for Your Thoughts<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: black;">Here goes--pennies for your thoughts?</span><br />
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You know how sometimes you just want to make a simple quilt? No points, no matching, just put fabrics together and sew? That was the impulse that made me begin a Chinese Coins scrap quilt this Spring. I looked through some favorite picture books of Amish quilts (the source I go to when I want to think about pure color) and saw several great Chinese Coins quilts. Wondering about the origin of that strange name, I asked collectors of vintage quilts for opinions. Most thought the Chinese Coins pattern was an off-shoot of a traditional Bars quilt and cited visual images of vintage sewing baskets from China decorated with coins and tassels as possible inspiration. Another surmised that traditional Chinese currency, stacked and roped together after counting, provided a plausible explanation for the name Chinese Coins. See more samples of vintage sewing baskets here<a href="http://www.chinesesewingbaskets.com/" target="_blank"> Chinese Sewing Baskets </a><br />
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But I have another idea. While on the trail of the stacked coins theory, the image of an abacus came to mind. An ancient computation device, the abacus was used in China and other Asian countries and brought to the US with emigrants. Might a quiltmaker have seen a shopkeeper using the sliding beads of his abacus to calculate purchases and associated the image with 'chinese coins?'<br />
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The antique Amish quilt pictured here is from Arthur, Illinois. Its name is Chinese Coins and it was made in the early 20th century. Picture courtesy of <a href="http://shop.thequiltcomplex.com/2008/12/amish-chinese-coins.html" target="_blank">The Quilt Complex</a> .<br />
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I decided to make my Chinese Coins quilt based on one of my favorite pale colors of Peppered Cottons. The aqua fabric between the bars of strips is called <a href="http://www.studioefabrics.com/shop/product/sea-glass-01/" target="_blank">Seaglass </a>. This shade of Peppered Cotton is woven with a bright turquoise warp and a pale cocoa brown weft that makes for a cool and slightly greyed-green-aqua. All the prints are slices of StudioE, Blank Quilting, and Henry Glass fabrics.<br />
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The size of my Chinese Coins quilt is informal. I stretched a tape measure from my chin to my feet and got 53" as the length of my strips. The pieced strips were then trimmed to 7 and 1/2" wide and the aqua strips cut 3 and 1/2". The top and bottom borders were cut 5 1/2". When complete the quilt's overall measurements were 48" wide by 63" long. I wanted the quilt as a recliner quilt for winter TV watching and so it was measured to me. <br />
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The back of the quilt is a <a href="http://www.studioefabrics.com/shop/product/2834-67/" target="_blank">Peppered Plaid </a>in the colorway I called 'Aquarium.' With its bold aquas and greens, the large plaid made a stunning back. My friend, longarm quilter Laurie Mayo, machine-quilted Chinese Coins for me--simple stitched lines on the print bars but a wild vine, with every sort of leaf imaginable, twines up the aqua strips between the prints. The binding is a bias-cut strip of the matching check<br />
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I love this quilt, simple as it is. The prints seem almost luminous against the quiet Seaglass.<br />
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