Many of us are familiar with the work of Ruby Short McKim. She was a famous quilt designer in the first half of the 20th century. Like you, I was somewhat acquainted with her work. I sure did know her book, One Hundred and One Patchwork Patterns: it was the first book I used for quilting when I attempted to use templates way back in the early 1970s.
I also knew of her embroidery patterns that used hard angled illustrations. But it wasn't until a few years ago that I really began to seriously study her work. At the time, the centennial of the publication of McKim's first quilt pattern approached and I decided to research her more completely.
Now there's a lot of sites on the internet that talk about Ruby's history, my favorite biography appears here on the Quilters Hall of Fame. I wanted my program on this interesting designer to be different than just showing old quilts and talking about her life. I decided (for the first time ever) to remake some of her pieces as a tribute because in fact, Ruby McKim's designs are still worth doing.
Perhaps you will decide that you would like to make one or more of the pieces I show on the blog. Many of McKim's patterns are available at the McKim Studio website here.
Have a safe and happy day!
So, I found your blog through another blog. Thank you for the link to the McKim site, I had no idea you could purchase her patterns. Stitch'n'Sew Quilts magazine published some of these years ago but I didn't save them. Thank you so much. Is there another way to follow our blog besides Bloglovin, which is defunct, correct? Thank you so much!
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