Then she incorporates them into many of her small quilts, utilizing a variety of techniques.

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This photo of barn siding offers suggestions for textural ideas you may want to try.

Sometimes you might get ideas from a single photo.  Other times you can try combining a variety of close-ups.  Or you can vary the close photos with distant scenery to give you a fascinating combination.

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Use Textural Photos for Quilt Designs

 “A Blast from the Past” – the Lifestyles Channel’s Promo Day theme – encompasses the upcoming Fourth of July holiday and patriotism.  As I browse through quilt names, I find many that refer to our country’s history or Americana.

Do you know what any of these names mean or refer to in our history, whether patriotic, political, or pioneer?

• Old Tippecanoe
• Union Star
• Mill Wheel
• Water Wheel
• Clay’s Choice
• The Little Giant
• Churn Dash
• Lincoln’s Platform
• Rail Fence
• Log Cabin & Log Cabin Star
• Whig’s Defeat
• “Fifty-Four-Forty-or-Fight”
• White House Steps
• Madison’s Patch
• Kansas Dugout
• Democratic Donkey
• Elephant

For instance, Madison’s Patch refers to President James Madison.  It’s claimed that his wife, Dolly, had a quilt patch named in his honor.

Of course, Log Cabin is reminiscent of the pioneer homes.

Which others can you tell us about?   I’ll describe some more in a future post, along with your answers.

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“A Blast from the Past” Includes Patriotic & Pioneer Quilt Designs