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  • Ontario Museum Modern Quilt Exhibit

    Ontario Museum Modern Quilt Exhibit

    Living the retired life of a Grandmother is certainly busy! Especially around Christmastime! But I do have a something to share…

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    One wall of the exhibit “Modern Quilts: Redesigning Traditions.

    Did you know the Ontario (California) Museum of History and Art has a fantastic exhibit of modern quilts. Called Modern Quilts: Redesigning Traditions, the exhibit has more than 60 quilts (including two of mine!). 

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    This one is called Splash! It was published in Annie’s book called Trendy Triangles.
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    This is the Roundabout and was in Annie’s More Jelly Roll Quilts.

    http://www.ontarioca.gov/museum-history-art/exhibits

    Georgeanna Hawley, the guest curator of the exhibit, did a marvelous job gathering lots of examples of modern works.

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    With new interpretations of traditional blocks, fabulous colors, (lots of solid) fabrics, alternate grid forms and great explorations of negative space, the quilts represent much of what is going on with Modern Quilts. 

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    It is my fervent hope that Modern Quilters and Traditional Quilters will come together to celebrate not only this quilt display but also the joys we find in this Craft as well. Georgeanna brought together a fabulous collection to exemplify that we are all Quilters whether we make modern quilts, traditional quilts or (gulp!) both!

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    The display runs thru January 22, 2017. The Museum is just a mile or so down the road from the Ontario Convention Center where Road To California Quilt Show will be held January 19-22, 2017.  But don’t wait til Road to this exhibit!  Make it part of your holiday plans!

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    Be sure to go see this exhibit!

  • Finishing Up The States Of Modern Quilt

    Finishing Up The States Of Modern Quilt

    Ok. You have a choice on how to set your States Of Modern blocks. There have been 48 blocks patterned. So you could set those in a 6 x 8 set for a quilt the finishes about 74 x 96 OR you can add this new American Flag block and have 49 blocks set 7 X 7 for an 85″ x 85″ quilt.
    The American Flag block is the perfect compliment to all our State blocks and is easy to make as well!

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  • The States Of Modern: Wyoming

    The States Of Modern: Wyoming

    Due to its civil-rights history, Wyoming’s state nickname is “The Equality State”, and the official state motto is “Equal Rights”.  On December 10, 1869, territorial Governor John Allen Campbell gave the right to vote to women, making Wyoming the first territory (and then U.S. state) to grant suffrage to women. In addition, Wyoming was also a pioneer in welcoming women into politics. Women first served on juries in Wyoming (Laramie in 1870); Wyoming had the first female court bailiff (Mary Atkinson, Laramie, in 1870); and the first female justice of the peace in the country (Esther Hobart Morris, South Pass City, in 1870). Also, in 1924, Wyoming became the first state to elect a female governor, Nellie Tayloe Ross, who took office in January 1925. Now that’s some HIStory!

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  • The States Of Modern: Wisconsin

    The States Of Modern: Wisconsin

    Wisconsin is known as “America’s Dairyland” because it is one of the nation’s leading dairy producers, particularly famous for cheese.
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  • The States Of Modern: Washington

    The States Of Modern: Washington

    I hope you all had a great Thanksgiving!  And I hope you saw our West Virginia/Virginia block.  I got a little behind, but at this time of year, I hope I can be forgiven.  This week we “visit” the gorgeous state of Washington.

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  • The States Of Modern: Virginia and West Virginia

    The States Of Modern: Virginia and West Virginia

    You saw this coming… didn’t you?  By combining these states into one block, we have a perfect 48 block quilt from our 50 state union.  And West Virgina and Virginia combine perfectly.

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  • The States Of Modern: Vermont

    The States Of Modern: Vermont

    Vermont is known as the Green Mountain State and was the first addition to the Union after the original thirteen colonies.  I love the Vermont motto… Freedom and Unity.  That’s life in a nutshell!

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  • The States Of Modern: Utah, The Beehive State

    The States Of Modern: Utah, The Beehive State

    The name “Utah” is derived from the name of the Ute tribe. It means “people of the mountains” in the Ute language.
    In 1847 Brigham Young led a group of people to the Salt Lake Valley to reestablish in Utah the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints, also know as The Mormons.

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  • States Of Modern: Texas

    States Of Modern: Texas

    How appropriate that Texas is our state this week!  The International Quilt Festival is going on now (Oct 29-Nov 1, 2015).  It is the largest annual quilt show, sale and quiltmaking academy in the world. If you’ve never been, make plans to go!

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  • The States Of Modern: Tennessee: The Volunteer State

    The States Of Modern: Tennessee: The Volunteer State

    Tennessee is known as the “Volunteer State,” a nickname earned during the War of 1812 because of the important role played by the many volunteer soldiers from Tennessee, especially during the Battle of New Orleans.
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