by Blythe Campbell | May 31, 2015 | Appraisals, Blythe's Updates
It’s been a year since I last posted on this site. Time really does fly. In the interim, I found a wonderful quilt appraiser, Beverly Dunivent, who agreed to come to Anchorage last October and, like the miller’s daughter in Rumplestiltskin, kept her in a...
by Blythe Campbell | Apr 13, 2014 | Blythe's Updates, Quilt Challenges, Sleuthing
The Shirtstack quilt was made through a challenge with Michel Landerman and Jeanie Smith. Here are the original instructions for the challenge, issued on May 28, 2009: Hi Ladies, OK, so here come the rules for the challenge. This is very stressful. I think we all...
by Blythe Campbell | Feb 27, 2014 | Blythe's Updates, Sleuthing |
Mom had lots of computer files for a book that began with “50Sens,” but for some reason I thought that was a work in progress. They are actually the files for her last book, The Big Book of Patchwork, which is subtitled “50 Fabulous Quilts from Judy...
by Blythe Campbell | Nov 21, 2013 | Blythe's Updates, Sleuthing
I’ve added some more information to the Handy Andy quilt. Mom notes that it was her fourth quilt, and that the white fabric with light blue flowers was “used for rice bags at BA wedding” – my first wedding, in 1980. It also says it was hand...
by Blythe Campbell | Nov 19, 2013 | Blythe's Updates |
I am not a quilter. The only categories I’ve set up so far on this site are: Traditional Blocks Applique Hand quilted Machine quilted Are there other categories you’d like to see? It’s easy to look through the quilts now, with just a few on the site,...
by Blythe Campbell | Nov 14, 2013 | Blythe's Updates, Judy's Friends and Fans, Sleuthing
I reached Roberta Horton via email. Here’s what she had to say about the Hurricane Hugo quilt: The quilt was the result of an African-American Quilt workshop I taught for the Anchorage quilt guild. Participants were to work with free hand cutting and no drafted...