I was unaware of this home’s history [located in Cedarville, VA] until I began researching some of the antique textiles that I purchased at the estate auction. Who would know that a bag of threads, unfinished textiles, and a few antique quilts would give me the clues to research local history?

(In preceeding blog entries, you can see detailed photos of this antique crazy quilt.)

Since I enjoy researching history and particularly find it fascinating to learn about those who made quilts I have.  Sometimes it’s not possible to discover this information, so then I try to research the fabrics.

I have been doing more research about the Trails End Quilters of my ancestry, where my quilting roots began.  Trails End was the farm where they lived and quilted and where that crazy quilt of my childhood was located.

Do you have quilts in your heritage you’d like to tell us about?

More Crazy Quilt posts at Quilting & Patchwork:

The Fascination of the American Crazy Quilt

Crazy Quilts from Yard Sale Fabrics

Sharon B’s List of Crazy Quilt Resources

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An Enchanting Crazy Quilt & It’s History

Heather, at A Creative Journal, has written an informative post, Making Your Own Journal Covers.  She gives close to a dozen resources where you’ll find tutorials and information about materials to use.

One I found particularly interesting  is How to Crazy Quilt which Heather found at DIYnamite: let’s create.

(And thanks, Heather, for giving me credit for inspiring you to write about journal covers!)

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Make a Quilted Journal Cover

On Beth’s blog, you’ll see a photo of her first stitch results.  The challenge information is found on the Take a Stitch Turesay Challenge, Sharon Boggon’s blog. 

It’s fascinating what you can do, and what each fiber artist does (see the participants on Sharon’s blog) create with various stitches.  

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Participating in the “Take a Stitch Tuesday” Quilting Challenge