Wow, what a surprise and boy am I thrilled. The quilt I made in 2002 for the historical society in Ranger where my Mom lives has been on display in the Eastland Museum for several months and soon will be hanging on display in the National Ranching Heritage Center in Lubbock, Texas...Feb 23rd thru April 20th. It started out hanging on display at the Ranger Historical Society until late last summer when the curator of the Eastland museum asked if they could show it for a while.
Way to go. I know how much work must have been involved. My grandmother use to make quilts and I am always in awe of quilt makers. Enjoy the success and thanks for sharing. Texas can be proud.
Toni... you never cease to amaze! What a unique quilt. Congratulations aon having it displayed. You did good, lady.
Congratulations, it's absolutely wonderful! I'm a quilt addict, although I can't sew a stitch. Maybe someday.
Many congratulations Toni and definately well deserved. I love your quilt making and only wish I could see them all for myself. We're all soooo proud of you.
Thanks so much for the nice comments. I hope I wasn't bragging too much, but I just had to tell someone and you all were the first ones I thought of. I am really tickled about it being on display in Eastland and now going to Lubbock. My big fear is that someone will look at it and find one of the 'goofs' that I know are there Amazing what you can hide with quilting stitches.
Toni brag all you like - your work is exceptional and you have every reason to be 'tickled pink' about having it on display.
I don't think you're bragging at all, and I hope you'll continue to update us on your quilt's movements. It's lovely, really something to be proud of.
The travelling quilt. Oh so beatiful Toni you have every right to feel proud of your creation. Gosh, I am proud to know you. Thanks for letting us know how "Texas Ranger" quilt is doing its travels. (That is the name my daughter gave your quilt the first time I showed it to her.)
Toni...can I ask you a quilting question? As I said previously, I can't sew a stitch but love quilts. I recently purchased a crazy quilt top and now need to get it finished. The quilt top is already embellished somewhat, mostly zigzag stitches between the fabric pieces. My question is, what is the proper way to finish off this quilt? It needs a backing and batting, and I'd love to have some of the details brought in when it's quilted (like a spider web, et. al.). Is this something that a quilter with a longarm machine will be able to do for me (we do have several guilds in our area)? I know that these machines can be set up to do different types of embroidery. Thanks in advance...
Kasey, Do you have any idea how old the quilt top is? If it is old, which a local quilt guild could help you determine, then you do not want to do anything to it. That would destroy the value, both monetarily and historically. If it is relatively new and just not finished by it's maker, then you could find someone who would add more embroidery stitches to it. Crazy Quilts generally do not require a backing and batting. The pieces are stitched together on a foundation of either muslin or paper, the embroidery stitches are added along the seam lines for decoration and the add strength to them. Sometimes there will also be embroidery designs on the fabric pieces, possibly even cute figures cut from another fabric and appliqued on. If yours has no foundation fabric, the maker could have used newspaper that they tore off later. The longarm quilting machines will quilt but not do embroidery stitches. They usually do straight across, up/down or diagonal stitching for the lowest fee. An overall spider web design would be pricey but again the members of the quilt guild could give you a better idea about that and who to contact. They could probably help you find someone who would add the embroidery stitches too. In the 1800's and earlier, Crazy Quilts were made from remnants of velvet, silks, brocades...all leftovers from ball gowns. The edges were bound with grosgrain ribbon or one of the thinner shiny fabrics, polished cotton or somesuch. The fabrics were too heavy to quilt and since there was usually a foundation fabric there was no fear of the pieces raveling. Also, most were made as decorative bed toppings for the guest bedroom and were not used as a regular quilt to keep warm.
Toni, your quilt is absolutely beautiful. Congrats on the popularity of it. It sure does deserve the notoriety,,, just beautiful.
Thanks for the great info, Toni. I haven't received the quilt top yet (I purchased it on ebay and it should be arriving shortly), so will wait to see the exact details. It was sold as a "quilt top" so I assumed I would have to provide the backing and batting. It is made up of velvets and silks, and I know some of the silk patches are worn. I've always wanted a crazy quilt, even though I know I'm incapable of providing the personal detailing on it that I'd like to see on the finished product.
