tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7270328419517591210.post7158828815273800521..comments2024-02-03T06:46:13.585-07:00Comments on manhandled threads: old treasures. new joy.Joe Madlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00689856999523884499noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7270328419517591210.post-52814730420084085932012-12-02T05:55:03.013-07:002012-12-02T05:55:03.013-07:00i'll pull the quilt back out and see what is t...i'll pull the quilt back out and see what is there to photograph...Joe Madlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00689856999523884499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7270328419517591210.post-17935078388093156602012-12-01T21:31:16.533-07:002012-12-01T21:31:16.533-07:00Joe~ My GGG grandfather was John A. Russell co-fou...Joe~ My GGG grandfather was John A. Russell co-founder of the company. If you have any other pics I would love to see them. <br /><br />KerryAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05240294096764887827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7270328419517591210.post-59150007282597333812011-02-11T05:38:59.207-07:002011-02-11T05:38:59.207-07:00Oh My Gosh what a precious precious find .....yes ...Oh My Gosh what a precious precious find .....yes i probably would not be able to unpick and reuse it seems to have a history and story of its own sewn into its seams .....lucky you ....although I suspect it was waiting for you to find it ....artymesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04798834736698500712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7270328419517591210.post-63769159926044526012011-02-08T10:11:07.234-07:002011-02-08T10:11:07.234-07:00I think you are right to live with these treasures...I think you are right to live with these treasures for a while before perhaps working with them. I have done this with pieces of old Japanese cloth and allowed the communication to begin at its own pace. I think of this as collaborating with an unknown artist - and a rich and rewarding experience it is.<br /><br />Came to you via Jude (who else?) Wonderful work you do...Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17188002198879523397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7270328419517591210.post-19472105373059101012011-01-24T22:52:38.986-07:002011-01-24T22:52:38.986-07:00How lucky are you! The U.S, seems to have a lot mo...How lucky are you! The U.S, seems to have a lot more old stuff in such shops than we get in Australia. I have found some lovely old embroideries but no silk of any kind in any form, I am so envious. I have so much on my Jude pile it is starting to reach to the ceiling, I guess things will calm down eventually.Robyn Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18284133848190456690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7270328419517591210.post-34224723617731461662011-01-22T23:35:36.566-07:002011-01-22T23:35:36.566-07:00i found the r&m bag here in billings, mt. the...i found the r&m bag here in billings, mt. there are a lot of transplants from north dakota around these parts! :)Joe Madlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00689856999523884499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7270328419517591210.post-88800836095115872112011-01-22T17:40:30.737-07:002011-01-22T17:40:30.737-07:00Joe-
I was intrigued by the Russel & Miller ba...Joe-<br />I was intrigued by the Russel & Miller bag, since I live in Fargo, ND. Thanks for the history lesson.<br />Where did you find the quilt? That is, what part of the country? I don't need to know the exact shop!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7270328419517591210.post-36940119847973289632011-01-21T20:05:42.780-07:002011-01-21T20:05:42.780-07:00I've just found your wonderful blog through Ju...I've just found your wonderful blog through Jude's tonight, and I have to say that I really enjoy hearing a male voice in the world of slow cloth!! Thanks for sharing your marvelous find!Heather Woollovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12791330032093043536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7270328419517591210.post-50079713903487920162011-01-21T12:24:30.213-07:002011-01-21T12:24:30.213-07:00This is one of the nicest stories I have read all ...This is one of the nicest stories I have read all week on my favorite blogs! I'm so happy for you, and a bit envious, and I can't imagine how satisfied and happy you feel to hold these treasures in your hands. I don't think I could mess with the quilt with the wonderful foundation either. What a blessing!<br /><br />;~) DebiHeartwideopenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05960012544570566313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7270328419517591210.post-60268892554132003972011-01-20T22:59:56.168-07:002011-01-20T22:59:56.168-07:00they are flour sacks, along with embroidered napki...they are flour sacks, along with embroidered napkins or table cloths, and the bird cloth, which i have no idea what it is... the flour sacks are from the russell & miller milling company. this is what i have been able to find out about the company:<br /><br />"In 1879, a milling pioneer named Hiram Walker built a small water-powered mill on the Sheyenne River at Valley City. In 1882, John Russell invited his son-in-law, Arthur Miller, to form a partnership in operating the mill acquired from Walker. In 1886 Russell and Miller took the first step in a series of expansions which would eventually make the company the fourth largest milling firm in the nation. This was the purchase of a second mill at Jamestown, North Dakota. Subsequently, the partnership was incorporated as the Russell & Miller Milling Company. The brand name "Occident" meaning "out of the West" was selected because milling operations were situated in what was then the extreme western area of wheat production. As the company's milling capacity grew, its allied interest progressed. Increased milling meant more need for grain and thus, proper storage facilities. The Russell & Miller Milling Company built its first grain elevators in the years between 1882 and 1892. By 1906 Russell-Miller's capacity was 8,000 hundred-weights (cwts). It had experienced fires both in Jamestown and Valley City, rebuilding those mills and constructing a new mill at Minot, North Dakota. In 1907 the company's headquarters were moved to Minneapolis where it built a major mill to take advantage of the tremendous stock of select wheat. This move further assured the high quality of "Occident" flour." -from digital horizonsJoe Madlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00689856999523884499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7270328419517591210.post-32397443956657188182011-01-20T22:33:02.083-07:002011-01-20T22:33:02.083-07:00Beautiful find! and it seems in good shape.Beautiful find! and it seems in good shape.Hermhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10789211601887196792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7270328419517591210.post-50834928239664523982011-01-20T22:13:53.543-07:002011-01-20T22:13:53.543-07:00Joe, what wonderful colors, am going to start payi...Joe, what wonderful colors, am going to start paying better attention to the bedding at goodwill! Is that North Dakota piece a feedsack or what? I grew up there, used to drive to Montana to go to bars cuz the drinking age was 18 there! And then drive back to ND. Crazy.Peggyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18071261854957363637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7270328419517591210.post-83994179113307698832011-01-20T16:47:16.324-07:002011-01-20T16:47:16.324-07:00Oh! Lucky, Lucky Joe. Color me green my dear. Can&...Oh! Lucky, Lucky Joe. Color me green my dear. Can't wait to see what you do with found treasures.Gillihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03113010167532483810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7270328419517591210.post-37490959288450810742011-01-20T14:28:12.016-07:002011-01-20T14:28:12.016-07:00Congratulations!!! Wonderful finds.
I believe tha...Congratulations!!! Wonderful finds. <br />I believe that treasures like these wait for the right people to discover them. I have a friend that is always finding and being given something that she will treasure...some call it luck, but it seems to be more than that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7270328419517591210.post-49626200604332345552011-01-20T13:59:22.167-07:002011-01-20T13:59:22.167-07:00great find. looks like a 'crazy quilt' was...great find. looks like a 'crazy quilt' was planned given the feather stitching on some of the pieces. are those 'feed sacks' that were used for the backing?deanna7treeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02707505639796548961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7270328419517591210.post-76351452496653931712011-01-20T13:57:41.207-07:002011-01-20T13:57:41.207-07:00sigh....envy.sigh....envy.helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00281502711087571516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7270328419517591210.post-34065317830423072422011-01-20T12:50:40.807-07:002011-01-20T12:50:40.807-07:00I am so excited for you! The thrill of the hunt an...I am so excited for you! The thrill of the hunt and the serendipity of being at the right place at the right time. Vintage fabric that has aged, has its own story, and now in a new home, still has to simmer. It has to tell you what it wants to become and relax its threads. What better reward for working a double shift, than thoughts of the possibilities waiting at home. Cheers.Jeanniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11367949314724875797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7270328419517591210.post-83709039561363680452011-01-20T09:57:17.006-07:002011-01-20T09:57:17.006-07:00oh, grace...and its terrible to have to work a dou...oh, grace...and its terrible to have to work a double shift today! it's like having to leave a new puppy at home right after adopting her!Joe Madlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00689856999523884499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7270328419517591210.post-29951937283283467782011-01-20T09:55:03.099-07:002011-01-20T09:55:03.099-07:00perhaps, penny, I might be able to bring myself to...perhaps, penny, I might be able to bring myself to play with the one with the plain back. i don't think i can bring myself,to mess with the one with the wonderfully diversely re-sourced backing....<br /><br />namaste'Joe Madlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00689856999523884499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7270328419517591210.post-28754392102668062522011-01-20T09:52:13.667-07:002011-01-20T09:52:13.667-07:00i find myself doing that, too, marie. wondering. f...i find myself doing that, too, marie. wondering. feeling a tenuous, if imaginary connection to its original facilitator. sensing what the cloth's environment may have been like. what the intentions surrounding its unfoldment were. it brings a depth to the relationship, I think.<br /><br />namaste'Joe Madlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00689856999523884499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7270328419517591210.post-43793776824348975292011-01-20T09:22:45.995-07:002011-01-20T09:22:45.995-07:00ooohhhh ~ its these moments that feel so so
full....ooohhhh ~ its these moments that feel so so<br />full...enough for a lifetime.<br />this is just so Beauty Full.grace Forrest~Maestashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15853978388902544613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7270328419517591210.post-71297971667946965862011-01-20T04:40:31.290-07:002011-01-20T04:40:31.290-07:00Oh me, oh my, what a find.... and what perfect tim...Oh me, oh my, what a find.... and what perfect timing too. Surely you will want to add to it's story by the end of Jude's class.Penny Berenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15806619078160825540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7270328419517591210.post-69541864158054810632011-01-20T03:42:17.642-07:002011-01-20T03:42:17.642-07:00Fabulous finds! I love your description of how you...Fabulous finds! I love your description of how you felt as you were<br />going through the store and got home with your new treasures.<br />I recently found an enitre king size quilt for a mere 5.99.<br />The fabrics were not what I would pick and were not as beautiful as yours <br />but, I was thrilled to find it none the less. I try to imagine the hands that<br />stitched the quilt and what the person was/is like.<br />Can't wait to see what you create in Jude's class : )<br /><3Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14759831735033471810noreply@blogger.com