This Old Quilt

02/15/2022

This video has stirred up some controversy in the old and antique quilt community. It raises awareness about a growing trend to cut up quilts for use in new projects like the quilted chore coat. In doing so it asks important questions, though I don’t agree with Mary Fons’ view on preservation, conservation thinking, and repair on all accounts. These are some of the things we’ll be discussing in Ann Wasserman’s quilt repair and preservation virtual workshop that runs for six weeks on Zoom. There’s still time to register, I believe.

People who cut up vintage quilts to make chore coats and other quilt clothes and accessories must stop. Quilts are irreplaceable objects. They are records of...

08/20/2019

A serenade to the universe in wool and silk.

12/20/2018

04/07/2018

Public lecture by Ann Wasserman (author of "Preserving Our Quilt Legacy: Giving Antique Quilts the Special Care They Deserve") on quilts as texts in southwest Chicagoland on April 21, 2018 at 1pm— Morris Area Public Library.

Upcoming lecture.....by me! At the Morris Area Public Library, 604 Liberty St., Morris, IL. April 21 at 1:00pm. It's a freebie! (I do get paid, thanks to a generous donor. 😉) South of Chicago friends and friends of friends - hope to see you there!

04/11/2017

Quilts tell stories!

09/02/2016

Many people ask in quilt forums what they can do to secure and finish old quilts, so I've been experimenting with recording my work in progress. Here is a chopped…

06/07/2016

What a surprise to find a Ladies Art Company Pineapple No. 2 on eBay this morning! I once restored one for a dealer and took a pattern from it, to be published someday. I've verified it in a catalog as early as 1898, but it probably began in sampler quilts much earlier. I love pieced then appliquéd designs!

in Antiques, Linens & Textiles (Pre-1930), Quilts

05/19/2016

We have a few quilts with older quilts or reused materials inside. Do you?

03/26/2016

The most unusual colors from Harvard's storied pigment library include beetle extracts, poisonous metals, and human mummies.

01/01/2016

In hindsight, 2015 was a pretty productive year! Restoring old and antique quilts for clients near and far, re-homing quintessential finds, machine quilting quilts— including three long-standing UFOs and a big brother/little brother quilt set for family. I rented time on two long arms in an attempt to answer the ‘long arm question.’ And more on support for a three year oral history project with quiltmakers after the jump!

10/01/2015

Reworking an historic Rail through the Mountains or New York Beauty quilt into a contemporary paper pieced pattern with Kaffe Fasset milifiore and fall Moda solids!