Apologies

I am sorry I have been silent, but my Dell laptop got sick and I have had a hard time getting the problem solved.  The Dell tech is supposed to come on Monday to install a new hard drive.  I bought the laptop in April of this year- guess I got a lemon!   I came to Verizon where I bought this ipad a year ago,but have not used much. After waiting an hour I was assigned a helper who got me started on how to blog and I decided to sit here and write this in case I have another question.  I do!

I hope to be back on line on Monday evening.  Check back early on Tuesday.  Love, Del

Revisiting a Libby Lehman quilt from 1995 12-14-14

When I first started collecting in 1985, I didn't buy that many quilts.  Maybe three or four a year.  I wasn't accustomed to spending money in that way and I wasn't sure exactly what I was doing.  During this time I purchased several quilts that were mistakes for one reason or another.  But sometimes I would be so captured by a quilt I would just buy it immediately.  This quilt by Libby Lehman was one of those quilts that spoke to me and I needed to take it home.  She showed it as part of a program she presented at a guild meeting.  I approached her after the meeting and asked if it was for sale and I wrote her a check and took the quilt home.  When I looked at it on my wall I realized it was a simple one-patch construction.  What Libby does with her stitching is create on-point layers that give an impression of depth.  

"Silent Partners"  Libby Lehman - Texas  1995  35"square
Hand-dyed cotton fabric, rayon, cotton and metallic threads.


This is one of my favorite quilts in the Collection; besides being beautiful and fascinating, I think of it as the quilt that really made me a collector of quilts.


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