Wednesday, August 16, 2017

We had a wonderful night going to Lake Bluff guild meeting where Dawn Cook Ronningen was the speaker!
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It was worth the drive!!! Dawn had a presentation on a screen then she showed actual quilts.
So I took pictures to share with you.
Apparently she said that one of the oldest hexagon quilts is from France!

Seen on the way to there!, very cool!

 Here is Dawn, such a nice woman!
 I love that one, dated circa 1850 with some earlier fabrics, see below


 This one is made out of wool



 1930's




 Dawn made this one

 This one, the center was from the 30s, and it was quilted later.


 Close ups of some quilts, this one is the one dated circa 1850



 This one was quite different, it is called stump work and plush work embroidery






 Dawn made this one
 This one too...








This is a French fabric from circa 1830!












Thank you so much to the guild to put up a so wonderful program and to Dawn for sharing her amazing quilts!!!

3 comments:

  1. Nice to see the quilts that Dawn shared. And the nice compliments on her program.

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  2. Lovely quilts. Thanks so much for sharing. Hugs

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  3. My thanks to Village Quilters who hosted me. It allows so many people to see the quilts up close in person. It was nice to finally meet you in person Val!

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