The Storied Stitching Podcast

Episode 10: Cabbage patch kids & one patch blocks?


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What's this episode really about?

We'll start with the complex definition of the word patch. 

It's ancient history deriving from the French. 

And then it's many iterations over the centuries. 

 

Naturally, I will insert some of my own stories into these varying definitions over time that I found deeply disturbing and humorous…paradox rules its lengthy meanings. 

Then, we will expand upon “patch” in relationship to quilting.  

Specifically, we will dive into Patchwork and the one patch block design. I will discuss Barbara Brackman’s latest encyclopedia of pieced quilt patterns ----  and the difficulty of attribution and pinpointing quilt block designs.

Why? Over the centuries, women improvised, creating their own variations and names of quilt blocks. 

 

Just to give you an idea of how massive this enterprise was for Brackman, her latest book is 500 pages and contains some 4,000 quilt blocks! 

That's a lot of female design ingenuity for sure!

And likely many designs remain undocumented and lost to history…

Finally, we discuss the challenges I found in trying to decipher which quilt block I thought I adopted for a piece I made! 

Brackman is right,  when it comes to quilt blocks it's better to be fluid than rigid!

So join us and get ready to be patched and blocked during this podcast episode!



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The Storied Stitching PodcastBy Dr. Laura E. Sapelly