I had planned to add a section on quilts of the rural deep south in the summer of 2007.  Many of the quilts were featured in the May 07 issue of Quilter's Newsletter Magazine in my article "Way Down Yonder: Quilts of the Deep South."   Obviously, I didn't get it done.  Another plan gone awry.  A benefit of the magazine article is that a major publisher has asked me to do an entire book on this style of quilt.  I'm not sure how well that will go.  If I can't make time to update a website, writing a book doesn't look so simple.  But I'll get it done.  Some day, some way.  I'll let you know when you can buy it on Amazon!!       Here are some photos to whet your appetite.

This is an early 20th century Snowflake (for lack of a better word) quilt made in southern North Carolina.

Center section of a Touching Stars quilt.  Don't you love it when you can completely ignore every rule of accurate piecing and still get that sucker to lie flat? This was from a die-cut kit.  Bless her heart.

This is "Hugo."  It's a pinwheel quilt, the seller thinks it "may be" from near Virginia Beach.    It is very unusual for a turn of the 19th century quilt, in that it is made of consistent fabric as opposed to scraps, and it is a fairly difficult pattern of curves, as opposed to a simple geometric pattern.  What a great quilt!!

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