Monday, July 04, 2011

My History with the Log Cabin Quilt


Yesterday I mentioned my first quilt was a Log Cabin and I thought I might be able to find a picture of it as a comparison to what I am currently making.  The dates are when these quilts were made, but this display was part of my one person exhibit at The Hoosier Dome in the mid 90's. I am not kidding.
Now it is called the RCA Dome
Don't get too impressed. It was like the most uninteresting show I have ever been in. Not even my husband showed up for it. It was at Quilt America, a usually not very well attended quilt show where Laura and I often vended.

I had about 20 pieces in my exhibit and not one of them was what I call a thrilling piece. But I took pictures, and so there you have them. The Log Cabin was made from calicos I got from Sears, Kresge ( the precursor to K-Mart) and Zayre (now defunct). There were no quilt stores where I lived back in 1981 which I am shocked to learn was 30 years ago.  Yipes!
Back to the present...I didn't get to sew until mid-afternoon yesterday so my production was low, but I did have a blast from my past with Funny Girl on the movie channel."Funny Girl" Barbra Streisand 1968 Columbia I knew all the words to all the songs Barbra sang. 1968...I had been married to Mr #1 for a year when that film came out and of course we were wild about Barbra.
You know you're getting old when stuff like that happens.

7 comments:

  1. I miss Zayre! LOL...yes, I Know about the reminders that I am "getting older"

    I like your new work much better!

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  2. The Hoosier Dome/RCA Dome is now defunct, too. It was demolished a couple of years back and replaced with the Lucas Oil Stadium.

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  3. Funny girl. Love it. Can you believe that we used to love blue, rose and cream? My how we have changed.

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  4. I love the new blocks!!! When I was quilting I loved "building" the Log Cabin blocks...picking the next strip, sewing, slicing, pressing. Instant gratification!! Of course, your's are so "Melody" and so unique...just gorgeous.

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  5. Your quilts from the past look great. I don't have anything near as impressive from way back when. When I look at your work now it's amazing the change....I never did go for dusty rose.

    Love those new log cabins!!!

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  6. I actually worked at Kresge in high school...but, back to the present, I love the new log cabins you just displayed. They really draw me into the center of each, and I don't know how you achieved that. I guess that's why YOU're the artist!!

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  7. We are all in the process of becoming, not just the kids. The ones that do not evolve are boring! You, Missy, are exciting as Heck!!!!!

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