Crafts
Crafts |
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In honor of stitchers and stitchings that inspire me |
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Learning how to quilt |
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Whimsical, fabulous fun |
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Favorite arts and crafts websites |
Legacies |
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Thousand pyramids quilt, circa 1930, hand-quilted by my maternal great-grandmother Mary Ann "Anna" Rodgers Blanchard of Manhattan, Kansas. She was born in Brighton, Iowa, September 17, 1850. |
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Hand-appliqued rose quilt made by the great-grandmother of my friend Jen Druliner, given to her cousin Connie in 1961. The quilter was born Anna Louise Jebens in Blue Island, Illinois, on July 30, 1882. |
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Madame Alexander doll dresses stitched by the mother of my friend Nancy McClenny when she was a girl. Waldine was born May 13, 1917, in Lucama, North Carolina, and lived there most of her life until moving to Raleigh where she died on September 8, 2010. |
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My mother's Mary Jane doll and the sweet doll clothes stitched by her grandmother Mary Ann Rodgers. |
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My Quilts |
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I learned how to hand-quilt using this Hawaiian breadfruit pattern square. |
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My first machine-quilted project - faster than hand-quilting, but with its own kind of challenges. |
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Exploring a favorite traditional pattern. I call this quilt, "Aquatic Life at Archibald Lake." |
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Costumes |
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Created under the artistic direction of my nephew Sam Sendejas. |
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Paper mache creations. |
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Children's story about Sam, Baby Bear, and a costume. |
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Online Resources |
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Sharp, detailed photos of nearly a thousand antique and art quilts from the museum at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln - my favorite online source of inspiration and ideas. |
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A broad range of online quilting and stitching craft classes - affordable and fun. |
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Amazing mathematical-environmental-handicraft project at the Smithsonian's Museum of Natural History. |
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A lovely, well-organized blog on embroidery stitches and styles by Sarah from Pune, India. |
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