JewishQuilter.com
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Welcome to all! I
hope this page will become a useful resource.
The focus: How to use today's most exciting quilting techniques to
create
spiritually meaningful, beautiful, and fun quilted Judaica.
Topic of the season: Shabbat.
Shabbat, the weekly Sabbath, is like a great big deep breath; a "palace in
time," a place for awareness of the sacred. Not to mention the
ancient connotations of nature, family, and love (Not sure where
soccer comes in, but in our house, alas, it does). And it also
involves really great braided bread, called challah. The two
challah covers below celebrate all of the above.
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Hot
off the sewing machine!
'Log Cabin
Challah Cover'
2003
(Pattern testers
are needed for a similar project---see bottom of this page if you're
interested in making one).
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SThe Seventh Day
2002
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PASSOVER, Part
1: Quilted Matzoh
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Geese Fly from a Narrow Place
(a matzoh cover).
2002
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Kippot
(aka yarmulke's, headcoverings, skullcaps, beanies, little hats.).
Lightening Bubble Star
1998
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Passover, Part 2: Beyond Quilted Matzoh
(detail) Spilled Wine 2
1999 |
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Group Projects
(including Bar and Bat Mitzvah)
Ben's Manga
(a bar mitzvah quilt, signed at the party)
2001
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HUPPOT AND OTHER WEDDING
KEEPSAKES
'Fire and Ice,'
1997
You can see photographs of three (!) of my more recent huppot ---along with
some seriously astonishing huppot made by quilters from around the country---in the July/August 2003 issue of Quilters Newsletter
Magazine (Yes, I'm plotzing)..
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OTHER STUFF
Hebrew
Calligraphy
2002 |
SIX-POINTED STARS
Sue Feinberg's Hanukah Stack'n'Whack |
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MEMORIAL QUILTS
Rebecca's Quilt |
QUILTS FROM CLOTHING
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GALLERY |
ABOUT THE
AUTHOR AND SITE |
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RESOURCES & LINKS
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My cousin Nina, who teaches
Jewish studies, gave me my all-time favorite bumper sticker:
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I hope this page
will serve as as creative stimulation and resource. All original designs appearing here are copyright (c)
Cathy Perlmutter 1995-2003, unless otherwise stated. Text or images
may not be reproduced for distribution without permission.
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HELP WANTED!
(no money, too much fun)
QUILTERS: I'd love to include your quilted Judaica on this
webpage, for the Gallery section. or (simpler for me), links to your webpage
in my resources sections. Email me!
PATTERN TESTERS: I'm developing some patterns for my
book about Judaic quilting. If you're interested in making a challah cover,
similar to the 'Log Cabin' Challah Cover' at the top left of this page,
please email me with a note telling a little about your quilting experience
(none okay, but you should be comfortable using a sewing machine).
Email me for details at ajwcjp@aol.com |