#igquiltfest2024day12 = "Pressing Matters"
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#pressingmatters #pres...
#QuiltBacks for #igquiltfest2024day11
Feast your eyes on details from a few of Esther's handmade quilts, as well as a couple vintage quilts...
Slides: 1st = b...
#upcycling #igquiltfest2024day10
~ Esther's embroidery samples from her factory work back in Minnesota in the early '60s once adorned a baby quilt her mom made...
I remember when Esther was figuring out how to fold the #konacottonsolid half-meter pieces to store & display in baskets & boxes. Still works!
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"Wisdom is the recovery of innocence at the far end of experience; it is the ability to see again what most of us have forgotten how to see."
~ Christian Wima...
A huggable teddy bear & a weighted blanket each became a "Scrappy Finish" full of memories and love.
After her husband, James, passed away, Esther & her daught...
#LessonLearned #igquiltfest2024day7
Esther's original answer to this prompt bears repeating, as it can be applied to so many creative pursuits & life in genera...
Charity Quilts ~ #igquiltfest2024day6
Quilts for good causes were always so important to Esther. She remembers her Amish-Mennonite community making #carequilts...
#igquiltfest2024day5
❓ Why do I quilt?
🕰️ Heritage: Oma Esther learned from her mother and the other Amish women around the quilting bee frame from the time s...
~ quilting in a standing frame ~ sitting in a comfortable, height-adjustable chair that rolls ~ #quiltinginalldirections using ergonomic thimbles like a #roxann...
#igquiltfest2024day3
We've got Berninas & a Janome that have served us well when it comes to #sewingmachines. For Esther's part, she was a Bernina fan all the ...
"But my memories are like a fire in winter ~ whenever I'm cold I can warm my hands at them."
~ Madeleine L'Engle (from *The Joys of Love*)
#sundayslowdown #s...
Esther's daughter, Rose, thinks she was 12 years old when she made her first quilt, a baby quilt embellished with embroidered animals. In good Mennonite fashion...
Who is MillersQuilting? Esther Miller, born Amish, began teaching sewing & quilting in Berlin, Germany, in the 80s & 90s. With the help of her husband and child...
Some beauty comes naturally, while some you have to work for.
Renovations continue on the #handquiltzentrum of #MillersQuilting in the hopes that the lovely o...
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