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I'm still looking for the book and template and hope it isn't one of the ones I have sold in the last 5 years. Some of the ones I did run across brought back memories though. This one by Barbara Johannah was published in 1978. No color pictures, no quilts shown, just techniques. Barbara was ahead of her time and showed us how to make strip piecing and cut it into triangles to make all kinds of wonderful quilts. She also showed drawing the grid for quick triangle blocks, the idea behind triangles on a roll which was developed years later by another person. In the late 1970's there weren't a lot of books available and this was the first on speed methods for piecing, re-cutting and assembling blocks.
The one below was one of the first books on curved strip piecing. It was published in 1988, 21 years ago. Everything new in quilting has been around in a previous time period. Maybe a new book out on the same subject has a little twist to excite us.
I believe in the theory that when you have an earth shattering, ground breaking idea, that someone else (and maybe several someones) somewhere else on earth is having the same idea. It's what new twist you are putting on the idea that might make yours stand out against the others.
The one below was one of the first books on curved strip piecing. It was published in 1988, 21 years ago. Everything new in quilting has been around in a previous time period. Maybe a new book out on the same subject has a little twist to excite us.
I believe in the theory that when you have an earth shattering, ground breaking idea, that someone else (and maybe several someones) somewhere else on earth is having the same idea. It's what new twist you are putting on the idea that might make yours stand out against the others.
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What fun to see the cover of Barbara Johannah's book! I have that one too! Mary Ellen Hopkins was one of my first teachers way back when and she loved that book too and took the strip piecing and fast triangle making to the max! It's hard to Imagine that we were cutting strips with scissors before the rotary cutter. The big deal then was to have a pair of Ginghers scissors as I recall! I also remember that Mary Ellen sold acrylic rulers of various widths when the rotary cutter did first come on the market...Hooray for the progress we have made with all our lovely tools!
ok...i'm catching up on your last 3 postings....so, here are my comments.......'I like the yellow very much....good explanation on contrast and shadings with B/W....I'm sorry-don't you just hate that.....ok, I'm still sorry you can't find your book...good luck..I hope you do'...........
Wanda, I have both the book and the tool. Wanna borrow them?
sarah
"I believe in the theroy when you have an earth shattering, ground idea, that someone else (and maybe several someones) somewhere else on earth is having that same idea. It's what new twist you are putting on the idea that might make it stand out against the others".
It happened to me years ago, I hired an attorney to pursue this person that I felt copied one of my patterns that was out on the market. As YOU stated in todays post and repeated above ~ it was the end of my quest.
J~MT
I love looking through my older quilt books that I've found in second-hand shops and on eBay.
It's almost 40 here today! I have the windows open a bit and we went for a walk wearing fall jackets rather than winter ones. This is wonderful!!!
I have never seen that book. I will need to check and see what quilting books are in our local library - I probably wouldn't check them out but would be nice to see what they are like.
Karen
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I love the cover of the Curved Strip Piecing book. I hope you find your book soon, or that whoever bought the book gets in touch with you.
ooh, I like the idea of that curved strip piecing book...
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