Libby Lehman quilts offered in auction
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Libby Lehman quilts offered in auction
She is putting up for auction 50 of her quilts. Some are from her earlier years and some a few years before her stroke.
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/once-in-lifetime-auction-of-quilts-by-rock-star-fabric-artist-innovator-and-author-of-threadplay-300426739.html
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/once-in-lifetime-auction-of-quilts-by-rock-star-fabric-artist-innovator-and-author-of-threadplay-300426739.html
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I can just imagine how much they'd go for. Years ago I went to a class she had, she had one quilt, about a throw size, it had falling leaves on it, (I think) and it was worth around 10,000 at the time. She's awesome and so is her work.
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I took a class from her and it was fun. Her quilts are nice but not tens of thousands of dollars nice to me. LOL I don't think the quilts are being sold to pay for medical bills. She couldn't afford the rehab facility her family wanted her to be in so they asked for donations to pay for it. Quilters donated enough to pay for her treatment.
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That was 4 years ago Onebyone and I don't know that quilters donated enough to pay for all her rehab and associated bills. She only had Medicare. No supplemental. So it must have cost a fortune and I'm sure the rehab has been ongoing and would be very expensive.
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I had the opportunity to take 2 classes from her not only did I learn a lot but she was such a wonderful person that she made those designs seem easy I have her book Threadplay and it is a fun technigue. Thank you for the info as I did not know this.
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