Civil War Schnibble

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04-19-2011, 05:32 PM

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MoMiMi

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Love those Civil War prints - your project is great.

04-19-2011, 05:45 PM

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Jates

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Very nice!! That would look good in my sewing room too! ;)

04-19-2011, 05:46 PM

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dixiebelle162002

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very nice

04-19-2011, 05:48 PM

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kreinhart742

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lovely quilt

04-19-2011, 06:19 PM

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Blue Bell

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Love your Civil War tribute.

04-19-2011, 06:24 PM

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jdiane318

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I have the Schnibbles book too, and love it. Not only shows you big quilts, but also has little quilt to make as well. Bowtie's are my all-time favorite block. thanks for sharing, wonderful work.

04-19-2011, 07:28 PM

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jmabby

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I always have liked Civil War fabric, nice quilt

04-19-2011, 07:36 PM

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Jan in VA

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Quote:

Originally Posted by tinliz

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jan in VA

Why is it called "schnibbles"? Jan in VA

Went online and found this.

Schnibble: noun A scrap of fabric; a leftover bit of cloth; a small piece.

Yeah, I knew that, but, to me, even though this is a small quilt, the pieces don't seem like a "scrap", or a "leftover bit".

Seems to me that there used to be a book, or maybe a technique where tiny pieces of fabric -- little fiingernail size -- were used to make mosaic-like, torn-piece fabric "paintings" where the pieces were fused and/or thread painted down. Anybody else remember what I'm talking about?

By the definition here, it appears *any* miniture quilt could be called a schnibble.

Not trying to argue, just tgrying to understand and learn.

Jan in VA