TANQP! No law says you absolutely must label everything. Not every
> quilt is an heirloom for the ages, with future generations cursing the
> anonymous quilter who failed to name and date his/her work.
>
> IMO a little nametag won't do the main job of a label, which as you
> say sometimes includes a dedication. If you want something really
> unobtrusive, you could always quilt in the information. For
> dedications, though, I would make a really glorious label and put it
> right in the middle of the "back".
> Roberta in D
Roberta,
Did you just refute yourself?
No, not every quilt is an heirloom for the ages. Not every piece of art is a masterpiece, BUT (imagine that "BUT" to be in much larger letters, cuz it's a really BIG BUT [BUT *NOT* a big BUTT; that would make me the BUTT of a joke!])...
Where was I?... Oh, yeah...
Not every work is a masterpiece, but so what? Artists, craftsmen, musicians, writers, designers of all kinds typically sign *all* their works regardless of what they, their critics, or the public think, or may think, of them. It's what artists (i.e. creative people) do. For many/most, a signature is sufficient. Some include what amounts to the beginning of a provenance. Architects erect a friggin' cast bronze plaque! Craftsmen (e.g. The Roycrofters
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Paul Revere, etc.) have used "trade marks" (
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So my thinking is, why shouldn't, or wouldn't, *every* quilter sign/ label (in some way) *every* quilt they fashion?
Don't want to use your real name (for whatever reason)? Okay, that's what pen names/stage names/professional names are for.
IT'S A SMALL WORLD - From:
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When the wardrobe department was looking for a coat for Frank Morgan (Professor Marvel / The Wizard), they decided they wanted one that looked like it had once been elegant but had since "gone to seed". They visited a second-hand store and purchased an entire rack of coats, from which Morgan, the head of the wardrobe department, and director Victor Fleming chose one they felt gave off the perfect appearance of "shabby gentility". One day, while he was on set in the coat, Morgan idly turned out one of the pockets and discovered a label indicating that the coat had been made for L. Frank Baum. Mary Mayer, a unit publicist for the film, contacted the tailor and Baum's widow, who both verified that the coat had at one time been owned by the author of the original "Wizard of Oz" books. After the filming was completed, the coat was presented to Mrs. Baum.
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This story is true.
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If that label hadn't been there, no one would ever have known, and the coat may likely have been discarded instead of being returned to Mrs. Baum. I've read a lot of these kind of coincidence stories. Sure, they're uncommon - even rare - but they happen. Spoze a hundred years from now a descendent/relative happens to come across a quilt in a second-hand store. Would they know it was made by you? Spoze you came across one that was signed by your great grandmother... Would you care if it wasn't a masterpiece? If a connection can be made, it's important to us (as humans) to feel connections like that (yes, I'm thinking about Capt. Picard hugging the Phoenix fuselage in "Generations").
That quilt just might turn out to be "an heirloom for the ages, with future generations cursing the anonymous quilter who failed to name and date his/her work" - or at least wishing they had...
Label/Sign those quilts!
Doc
On Sat, 3 Jul 2010 05:05:13 -0700 (PDT), Sartorresartus
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Nel,
I know you told me about your handle, its meaning, etc.,
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written as one word like that, my mind still interprets it assome kind of dinosaur or something that rhymes with "psoriasis". Yup,Doc's mind is a very strange place indeed, and I (and Mrs. Doc, andDoc's friends) wouldn't have it any other way...