Handmade Art
How A Quilt Maker Became A Famous Artist
Try to imagine what it’s like to grow up on a remote property in a cold climate. Every day is a struggle for survival. You can’t afford to waste a thing. What little money that comes in through your labors is spent on necessities like clothing for your family. You wear those clothes until they are almost completely worn out.
You know the value of your possessions and don’t let anything go to waste. Therefore, when your clothes wear out, you keep the remaining scraps and use them for making things like curtains and bed covers. The bed coverings made from those scraps are called quilts. The first quilt sets were laboriously hand sewn from small scraps of worn out clothes.
A couple of thin pieces of material aren’t going to keep you or your family warm in the winter, but you notice that your geese and ducks are always warm. They fluff out their feathers and are insulated from the cold. You start to collect their feathers and fill your quilts with them. You separate the big feathers from the down and when you’ve got enough down, you make a quilt filled with down. That’s luxury!
Because the winters are so long and cold, you occupy your time by making decorative quilts out of your best bits of cloth. When springtime comes, you take them to the outdoor market in the nearest town and try to sell them to make a little extra money.
On one random day at the market, a wealthy woman from town notices your handiwork. She is so impressed that she commissions you to make a down quilt for her. She will supply you with the cloth, because yours is far too coarse for her. You gratefully accept her offer.
No one can say for sure who made the first luxury quilt set, but it’s a good bet its origin was something like that described above. Even though modern quilts are rarely hand-stitched, there is still a mystique about patchwork quilts. As a matter of fact, a famous quilt artist learned her craft by stitching together quilts in a tiny stone dwelling in her freezing Orkney island home.
Now she lives on a large but still modest farm in the Kentucky hills. She still likes to make patchwork quilts for gifts, but she makes her living stitching together magnificent works of quilt art. These artworks can be found in some of the most prestigious homes and finest galleries in the United States. While she works, her husband is often outside cutting firewood. He uses husqvarna chainsaws instead of hand saws, but the lifestyle is very similar to what she had as a child.
What is the moral to this story? There may not be one, but it’s interesting, isn’t it, how a humble craft learned from necessity can be transformed into art.
How to Make Unique Handmade Arts & Crafts : Using Stickers for Handmade Arts & Crafts
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Embroidered Tutankhamun by KEPierre in old golden paint frame hand made ART UK $7,113,150.00 |
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Unique Handmade 5-foot Miniature Stone Castle with Water Fountain $88,000.00 |
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Unique Sterling Silver Altneu Synagogue In Prague Hand Made $30,000.00 |
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ROMAN ART HANDMADE HAMMERED HEAVY DESIGNER NECKLACE 24K SOLID YELLOW GOLD (22K) $17,400.00 |
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Cognac Diamond Ring 1.78cts Hand Made in 18k Tri-Color Gold…Art Deco Style $12,500.00 |
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Original Mosaic Art “FIDEL CASTRO” – Handmade artist CRISTIAN TIBURCIO $11,000.00 |
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CYBIS PORCELAIN ART HANDMADE FIGURINE MADONNA AND CHILD RARE SIGNED $10,000.00 |
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Copy Gasparo Da Salo Concert Violin Art Design Handmade $7,000.00 |
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Unique Art Deco Handmade Emerald Diamond Ring PLT $6,950.00 |
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JOCK STURGES HAND MADE IN THE DARKROOM 16X20 PHOTOGRAPH $6,000.00 |
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Hand made Antique Art Deco Chinese rug 8.6′ x 11.9′ 1920 $5,899.99 |
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Amazing Chinese HANDMADE Silk Embroidery Art The Birth of Venus Not oil painting $5,999.00 |
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Hand made antique Art deco Chinese rug 9′ x 11.7′ 1920 $5,799.99 |
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OMER 24K SOLID YELLOW GOLD ANCIENT ART MULTI STRAND HANDMADE PEARL BRACELET (22K $5,650.00 |
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HANDMADE ART DECO PLATINUM & 5.92ct DIAMOND CROSS WITH CENTRAL COGNAC DIAMOND $5,550.00 |
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Floral Handmade Rug Mosaic Tiles Stone Art Floor Inlay $4,530.00 |
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Hand made antique Art deco Chinese rug 5.2′ x 8.2′ 1920 $5,299.99 |
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12X18 HANDMADE Art SILK RUG $5,000.00 |
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Art-Deco French Hand Made 18k Yellow Gold Rare Necklace $5,040.00 |
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120″x80″ Floral Rug/Carpet HandMade Marble Mosaic Tile Stone Art Floor Inlay $4,150.00 |
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120″x80″ Floral Rug/Carpet HandMade Marble Mosaic Tile Stone Art Floor Inlay $4,150.00 |
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Hand made art deco Chinese rug 3.6′ x 6.9′ 1920 $4,499.99 |
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HANDMADE ART DECO STYLE HEAVY DUTY WROUGHT IRON CHANDELIER & BLOWN GLASS SHADES $4,500.00 |
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Hand made antique Art deco Chinese rug 8.11′ x 11.2′ 1920 $4,299.99 |
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160 “x 72″Floral Rug/Carpet HandMade Marble MosaicTile Stone Art Floor Inlay $3,650.00 |
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120″x80″MARBLE MOSAIC STONE FLOOR RUG ART TILE HANDMADE $3,650.00 |
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Handmade Wooden Sculpture – Wolf $4,200.00 |
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