On Saturday, we--and everyone else in southeastern Pennsylvania--headed out on Route 30 to visit the Amish. We went to Intercourse (you just have to) and visited the People's Museum to see the quilts. Then we looked around the gift shop. There was a lovely piece (squares of wool felt--half inch piled on one inch--and topped with a button) framed, on sale for (hold on to your hats) $895. All it is is squares stitched to a ground fabric through the button--no piecing, no quilting, just a one inch squares topped with a half inch square topped with a button and sewn to a ground fabric. Ten across and ten down, or so. Slapped in a shadow box frame. Eight hundred ninety five dollars.So I went downstairs to the fabric store and bought $22 worth of hand dyed wool felt that you see here. Someone's gonna have one helluva piece of art on the walls!
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Got buttons?
Oooo, yummy wool felt!
The Lancastrians really take advantage of the tourists, don't they?
Honestly, in re to Lee's comment above, if you drive around the county enough you'll find a real Amish quilt being sold for much less. They're still expensive (upward of $300 sometimes), but not as insane as what you find in the tourist traps and the boutique shops.
Good for you! Make your masterpiece and I'm sure it will turn out better than that overpriced tourist trap that was your inspiration.
You go girl!!!
Not Amish, but speaking of crazyness, I was looking through a decorating catalogue and saw this really gorgeous piece of paper art for $550. I was at Big Lots today looking for votive holders for a dinner party and saw something VERY similar to the catalogue piece for $20.00...heck yes I bought it! : )
Have fun making your quilt!
I love the idea of creating your own...may have to make one myself! Definitely better than paying for the one you saw!
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