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Item of Interest
This Archive is Saving Home Sewing History from the Trash
The Consumer Pattern Archive (CoPA) housed in Carothers Library at the University of Rhode Island is the largest of its kind in the world.
CoPA is home to around 60,000 physical and digital patterns dating back to the 1800s, along with books, pamphlets, journals, and other related materials. It is one of the few projects in the world that safeguards these documents, which are fragile, easily forgotten, and born to die.
A labor of love - and the insistence on the part of a small team of historians, costume designers, archivists, and hobbyists - the archive began in the 1990s, and includes a physical stash and digital database of English-language patterns unparalleled in its scope and depth.
This Archive is Saving Home Sewing History from the Trash
The Consumer Pattern Archive (CoPA) housed in Carothers Library at the University of Rhode Island is the largest of its kind in the world.
CoPA is home to around 60,000 physical and digital patterns dating back to the 1800s, along with books, pamphlets, journals, and other related materials. It is one of the few projects in the world that safeguards these documents, which are fragile, easily forgotten, and born to die.
A labor of love - and the insistence on the part of a small team of historians, costume designers, archivists, and hobbyists - the archive began in the 1990s, and includes a physical stash and digital database of English-language patterns unparalleled in its scope and depth.
Boone 2022 Color Challenge - Join Us!
COLOR CHALLENGE
We all had so much fun seeing all the creativity of our customers last year that we decided to continue the color challenge this year. This year is a little different, each month is not just a color but many months are a theme of some sort.
Our challenge is to take a color/theme focus each month and display customer quilts on our gallery walls. So how does this work:
Each month will have a color/theme focus.
- Your quilt will need to have the predominant color/theme of that month's color/theme (don’t worry you can use other too)
- Throw size or larger (At least 40 x 60)
- It could be a quilt you have done recently which has not been in a quilt show or newly completed.
- Bring your quilt to the store the first week of the month for display. When you bring it in, we’ll ask a few questions about your quilt:
- when it was made
- pattern name
- who quilted it
- did you use Accuquilt to cut it?
- Any story behind the quilt?
- Customers all month long will vote on their favorite quilt.
- The winner (most votes) will receive a gift certificate of $50.
January - Silver/White/Blue
February - Anything Hearts... Any color
March - Panels, any color
April - Pastel colors
May - Florals
June - Applique or Beach theme
July - Patriotic
August - Paper piece, any color any size
September - Fall colors
October - Halloween (this month you can include small items that are not necessarily quilts but are theme related…plus quilts are appreciated too!)
November - Grey with any other color(s)
December - Christmas colors or theme
Register today, sign up for your favorite color/theme and month (s) and receive 20% off your fabric purchase in those colors. One coupon for each month you plan to participate.
Click here to print a copy of this information
Please CLICK HERE TO CAST YOUR VOTE
Congratulations to our 2021 winners:
February Susan Payne
March Susan Payne
April : Susan Geldmeier
May : Susan Payne
June: Lois Stewart
July : Holly Hirth
August : Lois Stewart
September: Claudette Jacobs
October: Susan Stell
November: Susan Payne
December: Susan Payne
