One of the fun things about owning a quilt shop.
August 14, 2009
Working in and owning a quilt shop we occasionally have people come in carrying a quilt in their hands and wanting to try to find out some history about the pattern or the fabrics. Anyway, the other day an older gentleman and his wife came in carrying this quilt. His mother made the quilt and he was going to send it to his son, but he was wanting the name of the pattern to send with it. I did not know, but thought it might be a variation of the dunkard’s path. The good news is I know a quilt history buff. Siobhan came into the shop and I showed her the picture. And here is her response:
Hi Kathy!
I went home and immediately dug into my geek-y pile of quilt history books….I was half right on the name – “Mohawk Trail” is the name most often used though it also goes under several other names like “Chinese Fans.” It was a very popular pattern in the 1930 with several posted in the Quilt Alliance Quilt index (lists most major museum collections.) The pattern was in several magazines and newspapers during the 1930’s. The pattern in the Kansas City Star has the fans piece then pieced in to the curve background like drunkards path.
Looks like his quilt is in nice condition. It would be great if he could put a label on it with his grandmother’s name, where she lived, and the type of quilt so the history doesn’t get lost…
BTW…At this year’s NQA show in the Scrap Quilt category a Modern Mohawk Trail Quilt took third place (nothing to sneeze at!)
Siobhan
The quilt was lovely and when I called the him to tell him what Siobhan had said he was THRILLED. He said he remembered his mother talking about Mohawk Trail and so excited to have this information.
Cool huh?
Fetching Water.
August 13, 2009
Here’s what I have been working on this week. This is “Fetching Water” a Kitambaa Design by Pippa Moore. It is a beautiful quilt. I love her designs. We sell all of them in the shop. This is the second one of her designs I have made. I used some batiks and some vegetable dyed fabric from South America. It was fun to do, and sometimes it is nice to make a smaller quilt and get some almost instant gratification.
Four quilts down twelve to go.
August 10, 2009
A sweet baby quilt, quilted with a floral echo.
One of the many quilts Dell has brought me to finish for her. This one is one of her favorite ones. It was fun to quilt. I can’t wait until she picks it up I want to see her face. I think she will love it. 
This quilt was made by Linda as a donation quilt. It is a beautiful romantic quilt. I think it will appeal to lots of people.
The fourth one you will have to wait and see at a later date, it is a surprise.
*sigh*
August 7, 2009
So, Tallulah barked and the alarm went off. Robert went downstairs and saw some teenagers running away from the building. Then we found the broken windows. It’s good to know that the glass break alarm works. No one was hurt and nothing was stolen.
So, we got to clean up some glass and stuff.
The good news is the they broke a couple of the small windows and NOT one of the big ones. So here’s the fix some plywood and caulking.
Hmmmm.
The Quilting Queue.
August 6, 2009
We have gotten in eight quilts this week to quilt. Amazing!
Gobble Gobble
August 6, 2009
Got one quilt quilted today.
August 2, 2009
Here is a fun music quilt made by Cheryl for her nephew. It is a fun quilt that had some big squares that needed something big in the squares.
Here’s a close up of the large swirl circle and the swirl echos.
Here’s the back of Cheryl’s music quilt. Plain backs are always interesting when they are on a quilt.
Hopefully you are not tired of quilting Mondays.
July 27, 2009
Here’s what I got done this Monday. A smaller version of the purple sampler that Mary Lou pieced. She wanted an all over quilting with Baptist fans. I do enjoying quilting that on sampler quilts. This one was interesting as she wanted it quilted witha dark purple thread.
Christmas in July.
July 25, 2009
Today is July 25th and we thought we would celebrate Christmas in July with a Christmas party, complete with punch, cider, cookies, music, door prizes and discounts. It was lots of fun. The cider filled the shop with a delicious smell and the music made you sing out loud. Marie and I wore Santa hats and Sami was our elf who drew names for the door prizes. It was fun and I am looking forward continuing the tradition next year.
Pungkin Peers.
July 23, 2009
Here’s the new Halloween faric that we recently got in. Marie and Sami made a great little wall hanging using the split rail pattern and the panel as a focus fabric. Pumpkin Man is a class that we are having on September 26th. Just in time for a fun decoration for your festivities.
Here’s a close up of the Studio e fabric, “Pungkin Peers.” It is a really adorable, fun and bright line of fabric.
