Schaffer | Warmth and Beauty

Barbara Schaffer

has participated in a research forum at the Smithsonian Institution with
published proceedings “What’s American about American Quilts?”

Dear Daughter, 2020

44” x 44”, Barbara Schaffer, hand appliqued, machine pieced, hand quilted. I reproduced blocks that were signed and made by New Jersey quiltmakers in 1852. Gay Bomers at Sentimental Stitches drafted blocks from the original quilt and offered them as a block-of-the-month.

Chimney Sweep, 2019

39-1/2” x 39-1/2”, Barbara Schaffer, hand appliqued, machine pieced, hand quilted. A smaller version of one of my favorite quilts in the book Remember Me by Linda Otto Lipsett and recently published in Divided Hearts: A Civil War Friendship Quilt by Barbara Brackman.

Selvage Strings, 2019

60-1/2” x 60-1/2”, machine pieced by Barbara Schaffer, machine quilted by Barbie Vanderfleet-Martin. I participated in a Stringalong with Lori at Humble Quilts blog. It was a great way to use my selvage stash.

Morris Hexathon, 2017

63-1/2” x 56”, Barbara Schaffer, hand pieced, hand quilted. When quilt historian, Barbara Brackman, announced her Morris Hexathon quiltalong in 2016, I decided to join in. The designs focused on English textile designer, William Morris. One block a week for 26 weeks was an achievable goal. Many blocks were fussy-cut.

Scrappy Squares, 2018

56” x 56”, Barbara Schaffer, machine pieced, hand quilted. A medallion-style quilt using a combination of small scraps, orphan star blocks, and a large border print.

Scrappy Squares - detail

Barbara Schaffer

Wilmington, NY

Barbara has been a quiltmaker since 1974 and currently enjoys participating in online sew-alongs, making monthly minis, and blogging. As a traditional quilter, she reproduces antique quilts and loves the challenge of finding ‘just the right fabrics’ to attain the period look. She also enjoys making scrap quilts in an on-going attempt to use up all the small pieces, strips, and selvages that make up a large part of her stash.

Barbara was the founder and president of The Heritage Quilt Project of NJ (1987-2019). She is a co-author of two books: A Passion for Quilts: The Story of Florence Peto 1880-1970, and New Jersey Quilts 1777 to 1950: Contributions to an American Tradition. She has been a longtime member of the American Quilt Study Group and once participated in a research forum at the Smithsonian Institution with published proceedings “What’s

American about American Quilts?” In addition to making quilts, Barbara enjoys the outdoors, old cemeteries, and posting weekly on her blog: Quilts, Gravestones, and Elusive Ancestors.

CONTACT: barbaradschaffer.blogspot.com or bds23@hotmail.com

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Barbara Schaffer

has participated in a research forum at the Smithsonian Institution with
published proceedings “What’s American about American Quilts?”

Barbara Schaffer

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has participated in a research forum at the Smithsonian Institution with published proceedings “What’s American about American Quilts?”

has participated in a research forum at the Smithsonian Institution with
published proceedings “What’s American about American Quilts?”