tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20278983.post457170687447108880..comments2023-10-25T05:14:11.978-05:00Comments on MaryQuilts - Making Scrap Quilts From Stash: Ugh...Mary Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07801947879882584734noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20278983.post-15354229033767808802007-08-29T16:51:00.000-05:002007-08-29T16:51:00.000-05:00At least you had the sense to walk away and do som...At least you had the sense to walk away and do something else. I tend to keep at it getting more and more frustrated until I want to scream. THEN I walk away and do something else. Would be much simpler if I knew when to take a break!atethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13563533672161608587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20278983.post-70613240073888629782007-08-29T10:26:00.000-05:002007-08-29T10:26:00.000-05:00Probably won't make you feel any better but I roll...Probably won't make you feel any better but I rolled a quilt last night and saw that a whole bobbin worth of stitching had bad tension and I had to rip it all and will have to re-do it when I can get back to that point. I'll have to finish, unpin the top from the roller and then go back and pray I don't get any puckers. What a hassle, huh?Grannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10720927550545452529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20278983.post-29362875034847997042007-08-29T10:07:00.000-05:002007-08-29T10:07:00.000-05:00I'm not sure about the Chinese Coin quilt, but I d...I'm not sure about the Chinese Coin quilt, but I do have another question. I hope this is OK to ask here. :-\<BR/><BR/>I will be coming to Minneapolis to the Women of Faith conference and I will have the opportunity to go to Mall of America. Are there any quilt shops to visit in the mall?<BR/><BR/>Clueless in North DakotaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20278983.post-49507072572522780852007-08-29T08:53:00.000-05:002007-08-29T08:53:00.000-05:00When you google it, the quilts that pop up seem to...When you google it, the quilts that pop up seem to be mainly Amish/Mennonite, which is very neat. I have a growing basket-full of strips that are destined to be a Chinese Coin. Hope your machine starts behaving itself again.sewprimitive karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04125490235366694521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20278983.post-78965343018017437322007-08-29T08:44:00.000-05:002007-08-29T08:44:00.000-05:00Thanks, Mary ~ I posted pics today on my blog show...Thanks, Mary ~ I posted pics today on my blog showing progress on the coins quilt I'm working on. When I deliver this quilt (birthday gift), I want to include a bit of history on the accompanying card. My biggest question in this case is why 'chinese' coins?Quiltdivajuliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15593385265961892847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20278983.post-36572128408763275332007-08-29T07:14:00.000-05:002007-08-29T07:14:00.000-05:00What great information! Sorry you had a bad day. T...What great information! Sorry you had a bad day. These are necessary occasionall so you can appreciate the good ones!Vicki Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06929340703066037054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20278983.post-42157208746239152532007-08-29T06:29:00.000-05:002007-08-29T06:29:00.000-05:00No idea, but soooooo many quilts are know by sever...No idea, but soooooo many quilts are know by several names... I was browsing throught "Egg Money Quilts" the other day & each of those very traditional quilt patterns have a couple names... I know in the temperance movement that it was "wrong" to call a drunkards path a drunkards path...The Calico Cathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06319271181930512880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20278983.post-14927383146677927252007-08-29T02:27:00.000-05:002007-08-29T02:27:00.000-05:00Hi Mary,the chinese coin quilt has been around for...Hi Mary,<BR/>the chinese coin quilt has been around for a long time!<BR/>according to Barbara Brackman's book Encyclopedia of pieced blocks<BR/>the earliest example is 1850<BR/>there are a few variations of the block ...thus the different names!<BR/>ie roman square when every fourth block is dark,<BR/>chinese coins the blocks are actually different sizes;<BR/>bars when the blocks are all the same size and the veritcal rows in between are the same size...<BR/>etc<BR/>hope this helps!<BR/>think today we classify all of these quilts as chinese coins.<BR/>Kathie in NJAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20278983.post-63496311902545612352007-08-29T01:03:00.000-05:002007-08-29T01:03:00.000-05:00America seems to have a much richer quilt culture ...America seems to have a much richer quilt culture & history than other coutries? I wonder why.meggiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00061112627819270427noreply@blogger.com