Patchwork anyone?

You might be interested to have a look at International Museum for Textile Folk Art ... in my home town :wink:

(We visited with some A2K-friends earlier this year: some hundred patchwork subjects from all over the world and as early as 17th century)

Hey, great....
I am from around Stuttgart, but I'll check out where exactly this is.
Sometimes we are up near Kassel to go diving in Edersee...

Maybe I can combine that with a visit there one day!

40 mins from Kassel - Edersee a bit more (on the A44)

That should be possible, I guess...

Are there really NO patchworkers here at all?
Hard to believe, I thought it was THE American craft!

Hi

Im into sewing but cant say Ive ever done patchwork.
Ive ehard they are worth a fortune due to the work put in them but arnt sold for anywhere near that amount.

I am making one for a friend for christmas at the moment.
Only machine sewing, but even so, I am estimating that I will spend about $200 in materials and 50 hours of work.

Even with an hourly rate of just $5 that would be way more than I would want to spend on a quilt.

Just imagine that the real ones are handmade....
(Or at least hand-quilted)

There are a couple of blogs re patchwork/quilting online and additionally some sites send newsletters.