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June 17, 2022
Mill Girls Quilt from Humble Quilts

When Laurie and I went to New England HERE we picked up 2 oldie fabrics- one was called Mill Girls by Judie Rothermel  and the other was The  Cocheco Mills Collection. We both are making a quilt with the fabric. 
The 2 fabrics are the background of the block below. I pulled fabric for the blocks from the colors in the print from The Mill Girls. 

The border fabric I purchased at Marden's on that same trip. I really wanted to use a directional print and I think it turned out better than I anticipated. I put a 6 ...

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April 14, 2022
New England Quilt Museum Part 2 and Cotton Mills from Humble Quilts

Barb Veddar's quilts were still on exhibit when I was at the museum. Was so good to see some of her collection!

A small section of her Lincoln quilt. 






We found the Boott Mills Museum to be fascinating!
That is in downtown Lowell, MA. 








On our way to Parsonfield we accidently came by the Cocheco Mills! This is in Dover, NH.



So many towns, rivers and areas we saw had quilt lines designed with their names. That was cool to be able to put them together. 

I hope you week is going great!



 

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