I think duvets have a soul. The quilter can the soul that is part of the duvet or duvet it allows the development of his own soul. But I believe duvets have a soul. Why? Because they speak to us our attention capture and duvets. I know that I am a quilter as a part of my personality and be with each of my quilts. I'm sure other Quilters itself also share them with their duvets. When a quilter is dealing with their quilts, duvets develop their personality. When this happens, develops the quilt a soul.
The personality in a quilt can be defined by color or by interest. What do I mean with interest? It is a quilt that demands your interest or your eye captures. It does this by the cause of your stop and take notice. For the purposes of this article, I have chosen "generate an interest in the eye of the Viewer" to define of the soul in a quilt. When I find an interesting quilt the speaks to me on several levels: block design, color options, or even its history. The Jane Stickle quilt "generates an interest in my eye".
What made this quilt so interesting for me? The history of the quilt first caught my attention. I love history and I especially love to read about people who have an impact on their world. MS of Stickle quilt had an impact on me and the World quilt. If you aren't familiar with the Jane Stickle quilt, I recommend that you the book "Dear Jane" by Brenda Papadakis to buy. I think it is a must read.
Reading the book "Dear Jane", I realized that the duvet was found in an attic in St Louis, MO. Louis, MO (my hometown). I was immediately hooked. As I read more I realized that a woman of modest means designed and made of a quilt that is known around the world more than 100 years after the creation. It's probably, thanks to Papadakis MS in the world has every heard of Jane Stickle quilter or the "Dear Jane" quilt, or better yet, belongs to a "best Jane" club. In short, we know very little about Jane Stickle. We know that she was an ordinary woman of modest means. We know that she was married and that we have found no records of her children. And we know that she wasn't a rich woman. I call on her ... a plain Jane. Still she created a quilt that is known all over the world. The duvet makes me question: she was active in its own city quilt guild of quilting bee? They exhibit quilts in local scholarships? What inspired Jane Stickle to make this quilt? She signed the Duvet "Jane Stickle 1863 war time". Why she's sign? At a time, when it is rare for quilts to be signed, Jane Stickle signed and dated her duvet. What meaning has the words "the time of the war" mean? Maybe they made it for a loved one who was at war. Maybe it's made to mind her from the stress of the war.
If I watch this quilt, caught my eye is treatment of each block design. There are 225 blocks in the duvet. One block is not replicated. I do not believe that one of these blocks are found in all other quilts of the period. She did design of each block or taking ideas from other quilts? What was her inspiration? Quilt block patterns were not common In 1863. It's phenomenal to design 225 blocks for one person. The block size for the Jane Stickle quilt is only 4 ½ x 4 ½ inches. Why is she forced to do so many blocks and so small in nature. How such small chunks? MS signed the duvet: 5602 Stickle pieces. The number of pieces is another miracle. As mentioned before, quilts of that era not to include the number of pieces in the duvet. I can only imagine how long it took to cut, assemble and organize 5602 piece. Maybe she had help cutting 5602 pieces. The scissors in the 1860 cannot have the task made easy. Even in 2010, cutting 5602 pieces is a party.
As with humans breathe duvets. They demonstrate character, personality and a soul. They embrace us every time we touch, feel, or they see. The duvet Jane Stickle is only one quilt embracing my soul. You have the soul of a quilt experienced? I hope you.
Darlene Pratte is the owner of an internet fabric company. She loves her creative talents through quilting Express.
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