My 'Remember Me' quilt is currently on loan to The Quilt Collection, hanging at the huge event, Festival of Quilts in Birmingham, UK as part of The Quilt Collection's 'Pattern & Print 1780-1840' exhibition in the summer of 2024. This post expands on the significance of the embroidered quotes included in its frames. I wrote… Continue reading Remember Me: Text and Textile Sources. FOQ 2024.
I just finished stitching a little cot quilt for a friend and colleague's baby. It's been a few years since I stitched for a baby and the experience had me nostalgic and reflecting. My friend is a historian of eighteenth century relationships, and so I knew straightaway that I wanted this quilt to reference Georgian… Continue reading British Baby Quilts in Space and Time 1700-1990.
Hand quilting a wool eighteenth century quilt in a flat frame.
I've been blogging about my making since 2008 and you can access old blogs from 2012 - 2016 by following the link here PlainStitch Old Blog and if you've a mind to go even further back you can see previous quilts I made between 2000-2012 at this site Debs Quilts pre 2012 Enjoy !
Deborah McGuire 