QAAQG Quilt Along Week 9 – Butterflies
“Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow.” […]
QAAQG Quilt Along Week 8 – Squares
“The soul of an artist cannot remain hidden.” Henri Nouwen How are you? Are you hunting eggs today? Well, we have some sort of square eggs in a square for you. Maybe you whipped up some […]
QAAQG Quilt Along Week 7 – Checkerboard
“I have decided to be happy because it is good for my health.” […]
QAAQG Quilt Along Week 6 – Propellers
“Creativity is a natural extension of our enthusiasm.” Earl Nightingale Thanks to an incredibly smart quilt-alonger (it was Pat Weber!), we finally realized that the star blocks look like propellers, which makes so much […]
QAAQG Quilt Along Week 5 – Rail Fence
“Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky.” Rabindranath Tagore How are you? Do you miss an hour of sleep today? Well, it’s spring forward, fall back time again. Here […]
QAAQG Quilt Along Week 4 – Half Square Triangles
By Nico Laudenberg March 7, 2021 Have you told you lately that you love you? How are you? Did you do the center medallion yet? Well, then you are officially a hero! We hope that you are patting your shoulder at least three times a day. We also hope no younger kids grabbed some nice […]
QAAQG Quilt Along Week 3 – Center Medallion
By Nico Laudenberg February 28, 2021 “To practice any art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow. So do it.” Kurt Vonnegut How are […]
Quilt Along (QAL) Week 2 – Cutting Fabric
By Nico Laudenberg Feb 21, 2021 “I give myself permission to just make for the sake of making without any thought to the outcome, which can be surprisingly hard. … What I would tell my younger self is this: There is no “right” way to make art. The only wrong is in not trying, not […]
Quilt Along (QAL) Week 1 – Choosing Fabric
by Nico Laudenberg Feb14, 2021 Take time to do what makes your soul happy How are you? Today’s the day: Let the feast begin! We hope you are all happy and healthy and excited to dive into our adventure. In our weekly postings, we’ll have for you a bunch of information, but we don’t […]
The Beauty of the Baltimore Album Quilt
By Pamela Setla, GAAQG Preservationist, Dec 5, 2019 Imagine a quilt being auctioned by Sotheby’s for $176,000 or one sold by Northeast Auctions for $58,000. These were actual prices paid for a Baltimore Album Quilt, a quilt made during the 1840s. What make these quilts so attractive to both art lovers and quilters? It […]