In 1993, I was in my early 30's. I was doing my Masters, walking around with a portable chemo pack, working, and trying to do all of those things while caring for two young children as a single mom. Although even before that time, I had a vague notion that "some day" I woud make a quilt - in 1993, quilts were not even on my radar.
Not so, Eleanor Burns!
In 1993, she and her Laura Ashley dress were very busy promoting her Quilt In A Day program! (Lookit that cute little Sunbonnet Sue one in the background) And how much do I love the french braid on the woman in the foreground - brings back memories!
I've spoken before about my friend who works with a company that provides costumes for shows and who then gives me the scraps; but with the latest load she's given me, she also included some old quilting magazines she had. I'll be featuring some of the items in these magazines over the next little while - this week, it's a Summer 1993 edition of Canada's Quilts, a magazine I don't think even exists any more!
In that edition, their focus was on male quilters. So, may I introduce to you:
Barry Moss. At the point this article was done, Barry Moss had been quilting about 5 years. Today, he teaches fiber art techniques in Canada, Wales and England, and will be teaching a minatures class in just a couple of weeks in Arnprior, Ontario.
Next, we had:
Graham Crowe. Unfortunately, Mr. Crowe doesn't have a web presence, but I was able to find a mention of a "one of a kind hand-made quilt" he made from (coincidentally - see above!) the scraps of the costumes from the 2010 theatre season of The Grand Theatre in London - which sold at a benefit auction for the theatre for $5,175. Sadly, there were no pictures of the quilt available.
And lastly, may I introduce Art O'Keefe:
I wasn't able to find a breath of anything about this husband and wife team, originally from Fraser Valley, BC (and founding members of the Fraser Valley Guild); who, at the time of the article were living in Oliver, BC. Vera made the tops, and Art hand quilted them.
Given their ages at the time of the article, they may have passed on by now; but when they got their start in 1968, I was just a wee lass, falling asleep on my uncle's lap during that historic moon walk! Someone gave them a 7lb roll of cotton scraps from a shirt factory in Hawaii, and Vera thought she'd make a log cabin quilt out of the pieces. After that, there was no stopping this dynamic duo.
So, were you quilting in 1993?
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