Just in case...

Just in case anyone else asks, the word "quilt" is derived most recently from the Middle English word "quilte". That places first use of the word in English somewhere between the 11th and 15th centuries. And just in case anyone was interested in Middle English, here's a very famous sample:

The following is from the first sentence of the Prologue from The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer.

Whan that Aprill with his shoures sote The droghte of Marche hath perced to the rote, And bathed euery veyne in swich licour, Of which vertu engendred is the flour; Whan Zephirus eek with his swete breeth Inspired hath in euery holt and heeth The tendre croppes, and the yonge sonne Hath in the Ram his halfe course yronne, And smale fowles maken melodye, That slepen al the niȝt with open ye— So priketh hem Nature in hir corages— Than longen folk to goon on pilgrimages, And palmeres for to seken straunge strondes, To ferne halwes, couthe in sondry londes; And specially, from euery shires ende Of Engelond to Caunterbury they wende, The holy blissful martir for to seke, That hem hath holpen, whan that they were seke.

September Guild Meeting

Fabulous Folded Flowers!

Guild member Margaret Brunier will be doing a program on Folded Flowers at the September 21, 2006 meeting. Margaret says that simple folding techniques are used to create the stylish, three dimensional rose shown above. She will be teaching us how to make the roses and will include instructions for setting them into a patchwork pillow. Margaret will bring muslin for us to make a rose that evening. I'm already thinking I'd like to try one in silk too!

As an added bonus we'll get to see this wonderful quilt, featuring a three dimensional sunflower. Margaret will be bringing instructions for that technique as well.

See you there!