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1. The sunny yellow and pink White House Steps quilt at right, contributed to The Quilt Index by the Quilt Museum, looks just like today's “wonky log cabin” quilts. What decade was it made?

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2. Lissa Alexander, marketing director at Moda Fabrics pictured at left, is the mother of five and still finds time to sew. She was interviewed in 2011 by Amy Milne for the Quilters’ S.O.S. – Save Our Stories Project. What year did Lissa start ? Visit Moda at QuiltCon in Booth 100! Your answer #2:

3. The Trip Around the World pattern has made a recent comeback. But this pattern has made more than a few trips around the sun. At right is one of the oldest Trip Around the World quilts in The Quilt Index. It was made in (maybe partially in Sweden). What state project documented it?

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1 4. Time for a snack! There are 27 records in the Quilt Index with the pattern Cracker. Josephine Star of Austin, made the Cracker quilt pictured at right for her daughter who donated the quilt to the Texas Memorial Museum in 1985. What was her daughter’s first name?

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5. Quilter Jamie Fingal, pictured at left, gives a new meaning to the phrase “heavy metal.” What sewing notion is featured in her “Metal Measures” quilt, created for the Quilt Alliance's 2010 New from Old contest?

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6. Victoria Findlay Wolfe, one of the founding members of the NYC Mod Quilt Guild, says in her QSOS interview that for her, modern quilting is about keeping all the rules open. In her interview she talks about a quilt she made 15 years ago that mimicked her grandmother’s style of . What is the title of Victoria’s quilt (detail at right)?

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