Rabu, 22 September 2010

News of Arnold

I've been posting about my latest Moda collection Arnold's Attic, which is based on antique fabrics my penpal Arnold Savage has been sending me for years.


Pat Nickols wrote to say she'd talked to Arnold and he was, "So pleased with the way the fabric turned out. 'A good reproduction,' he said."
Yay! He's a tough audience.


When Arnold was younger he was a professional cello player in Chicago.
He was also an accomplished figure skater in his youth.
I found this label the other day in my big box of "Stuff from Arnold."

But she also said he'd recently had a heart attack. Pat sends Arnold's nephew's description of the attack:
"Arnold had quite a scare, suffering a heart attack and spending quite a bit of time in and out of the hospital. Happily, he has been home now for a few weeks and is doing quite well, given what he’s been through. Fortunately, Arnold’s handyman Nick has been living with him for a little more than a year, helping keep up the property and taking care of Arnold – which has been a blessing. Without Nick at the house when Arnold suffered his heart attack, I fear you would have received a much different message from me, as he was able to get Arnold quickly to the hospital. Arnold is still active in the local  historical society, and is as sharp as ever."



 So Yay! again. I'm so glad to hear he's doing well. I recently sent him copies of Quilters Newsletter and QuiltMania with ads for the fabric in them. He'll love that.

If you'd like to drop Arnold a note email me (BBrackman@sunflower.com) and I'll send you his address. He doesn't have email so snail mail will do nicely.


Here's more stuff from the box:  fragments of quilts, fabric and blocks. He wrote:

The significance of these pices is now lost...Aunt Mary could be my great-grandma....She knew how to doctor with herbs and was called 'Aunt Mary' by everyone out of respect."

Above is the document print for the Madonna print from Arnold's Attic. It's named for his mother Mary Madonna.

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"Madonna" in Avon Brown
Arnold's Attic from Moda

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