 A chapter of the Greater Hartford Quilt Guild 
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Our monthly workshop is Wednesday, December 12th
We will meet Wednesday, December 19th, at HB Stowe School on Post Office Road,
doors open at 6:30pm and the meeting will begin at 7:00pm.
Pot Luck Supper, bring hot or cold food along with desserts. Raffle: Cynthia Ostrout and Vicky Altenhein
The quilts for the Meals on Wheels clients are nearly done - in just one month! Thanks so much to all who assisted in layering, quilting, binding, etc. We have a few lap quilts for the Alzheimer's patients at Parkway Pavilion, and they will be delivered soon. We need plenty of blocks for the Quilts of Valor projects. Thanks so much to all who have made blocks - they came out very well, and we are assembling them for tops. Keep the blocks coming - there is no hurry on this project, so get your holiday stuff done first, then when you want an easy time at your machine, put a few of the red, white or blue blocks together. Don't forget to cut that center strip about 9 inches long for easier assembly. Thanks, Cyndy
Sat. & Sun. Jan. 26th & 27th
April 4-6 (Fri.-Sun.)
My Wife, The Quilter
Did you ever wonder where some of the different quilt variations started? Well here are a few of those for you.Feed Sacks - Feed sacks were used instead of fabric in a lot of quilts made during the Great Depression of the 1930's. Amish Quilts - Amish people migrated from Switzerland and Germany to the US in the early 1700's. Their trademark quilts are made in bright and somber, solid colors. Their patterns are usually large medallions that are heavily quilted, with elaborate feathered scrolls and cables. Crazy Quilt - Crazy Quilts peaked in popularity during the Victorian Era. They were made of pieces of fabric, any kind pretty much, randomly sewn together. Usually tied, often bits of ribbon or lace were added with fancy embroidery stitches. Linsey-Woolsey - One of the earliest fabrics used in American quilts was linsey-woolsey. This was a strong durable fabric that consisted of a linen warp and wool weft. The name of the fabric came from the village of Linsey in Sussex, England. Hawaiian Quilts - Quilting came to Hawaii in 1820 via missionaries from New England. Most Hawaiian quilts are made from whole pieces of solid colored fabric. Large appliquéd patterns are placed over a neutral colored background, with the designs being inspired by the natural beauty of Hawaii. Humility Block - The humility block was a block that was pieced incorrectly on purpose, and placed in the lower, right hand section of the quilt. The reasoning behind this being that only God was perfect, so mere mortals should not try to make a perfect quilt. Cheater Cloth - Cheater cloth is exactly as the name states. Cloth with a quilt block pattern printed on it, instead of a quilt pattern made by different pieces of cloth, cut and sewn together. This fabric was around in the 1850's, with the first imitation being chintz patches. In the early 1900's, patterns such as Charm Quilts and Log Cabin became available in a cheater cloth variety. Sears offered cheater cloth in patterns such as Grandmother's Flower Garden and Dresden Plate in the 1930's. Log Cabin - In the US, the Log Cabin quilt became popular in the mid-nineteenth century. The Log Cabin pattern consists of strips of fabric, sewn around a square fabric center. The center square was traditionally red, to denote the fire on the hearth of the cabin. By carefully placing light and dark fabrics, different patterns were formed. These were known as Barn Raising, Court House Steps and Straight Furrow. Log Cabin quilts were usually tied back then, since it was hard to quilt through the many seams. Drunkards Path - The Drunkards Path was seen in the later part of the 19th century. As the Temperance movement grew, many women expressed their affiliation the the group in these quilts. The colors also represented the Temperance movement with pieced fabrics of blue and white.
Where did Christmas trees and lights come from?Legend has it that, in the 16th century, Martin Luther, the Protestant reformer, was probably the first to put candles on his tree. Supposedly, Luther was walking home one evening and saw twinkling stars through a fir tree. He put candles in his tree to reflect what he had seen.
Embroidery Sewing Machine
If you have news or events, Classified Ads or other information you would like to submit for publication, please Email it to Vicky, or mail it to Vicky Altenhein, 3 Elizabeth St., Enfield, CT 06082, or call 745-4956. The deadline for newsletter submittals is the first Wednesday of the month. (Jan. 2)
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