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Some More Grace Snyder Stuff

The next book club that I am leading is No Time On My Hands by Grace McCance Snyder as told to Nellie Snyder Yost.  While doing some research I stumbled across this series of videos on YouTube.  Enjoy.  I will post the next video tomorrow.

For those of you who attended the first Nebraska Sew-in her quilts were on display at the Quilt Study Center.

Men That Quilt

I absolutely love the Nebraska quilt project book.  It is well done and has won several awards.  One of the best state quilt books out there, and one that I use to judge other state project books.  In the back of the book they include famous Nebraska Quiltmakers.  One of those is Ernest B. Haight of David City, NE.  It is often said by his wife, that one day while quilting a quilt made by her grandmother, Mr. Haight said something about the exactness of her piecing.  She told him that if he thought he could do better, he should, otherwise keep still.  Well he took her upon on that challenge.  Not only did he piece intricate quilts, he developed a system of machine quilting, that even Harriet Hargrave mentions in one of her books. 

In March of 2011 there was a presentation about Mr. Haight and his quiltmaking, which can be seen by clicking here.   If you would like even more information, you can click here for a quick biography by Shelly Burge.  Below are pictures of two of his quilts.

Have a Happy Chanukah from my house to yours!

String Quilts

Wondering how to make your own string blocks.  My friend and fellow string quilt lover Mary Johnson has a great tutorial on her website which you can get to by clicking here.   She also has other fabulous string quilt patterns on her website Mary Quilts.  And because her instructions are so much better than mine, here is some eye candy to look at.

The Last of the String Quilts

I was only going to do two posts about string quilts, but when I saw this quilt, I thought it needed its own post.  Look at how the maker used color and value to achieve and interesting design on the surface of the top.  Just look at what we can do with a bit of strings, and a foundation to sew those strings on.