Monday, January 08, 2007
First Week Update and Where is my Camera?
We have a missing camera somewhere in either this house or the studio. I am so frustrated, I could scream.
Anyway...On the quilt front. I am working on a quilt to sell at Kutztown Festival. Why sell quilts? Well, generally I don't. I donate many, but don't actually create to sell. However, I've always wanted to do Kutztown Festival. So, I will give it a try. The pattern is called Perkiomen Valley. It is a variation of split 9-patch. During the 1st half of the 20th century, there was a bit of a fad in the area I grew up in (Perkiomen Valley/Collegeville), where many of the ladies were making these split 9's. Another name for the design is called "Road to Collegeville". So, I've always wanted to make one of these buggers, just to say I did it. There are 100 blocks of nine patches each. I am using up light and dark fabrics I have on hand. A conglomeration of batiks, traditional, tone on tones, yada, yada. I've been cutting 3" squares of lights and darks, and piecing together the light/dark half square triangles.
If I had my camera, I could show you the 2 ways I do it (the half squares, that is).
Of special note here...if you ever get to see a trunk show by Gerald Roy, make sure you do it. He has a wonderful collection of Perkiomen Valley quilts and tops in the Pilgrim/Roy Collection. I tried to buy a Perkiomen Valley top in Ebay a couple of months ago. I stopped bidding at $450 (Sheesh! For a top!)
Anyway...On the quilt front. I am working on a quilt to sell at Kutztown Festival. Why sell quilts? Well, generally I don't. I donate many, but don't actually create to sell. However, I've always wanted to do Kutztown Festival. So, I will give it a try. The pattern is called Perkiomen Valley. It is a variation of split 9-patch. During the 1st half of the 20th century, there was a bit of a fad in the area I grew up in (Perkiomen Valley/Collegeville), where many of the ladies were making these split 9's. Another name for the design is called "Road to Collegeville". So, I've always wanted to make one of these buggers, just to say I did it. There are 100 blocks of nine patches each. I am using up light and dark fabrics I have on hand. A conglomeration of batiks, traditional, tone on tones, yada, yada. I've been cutting 3" squares of lights and darks, and piecing together the light/dark half square triangles.
If I had my camera, I could show you the 2 ways I do it (the half squares, that is).
Of special note here...if you ever get to see a trunk show by Gerald Roy, make sure you do it. He has a wonderful collection of Perkiomen Valley quilts and tops in the Pilgrim/Roy Collection. I tried to buy a Perkiomen Valley top in Ebay a couple of months ago. I stopped bidding at $450 (Sheesh! For a top!)
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Aha! I have actually been to Collegeville. A friend of mine used to be a professor at Ursinus College and back in the early 1990s, I visited that part of the world for a few days between Christmas and New Year. It was very picturesque.
Hope you find your camera. I was scrambling to find my mobile phone last night but at least I could call myself and hear it ringing.
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Hope you find your camera. I was scrambling to find my mobile phone last night but at least I could call myself and hear it ringing.
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