Saturday 30 April 2011

Antique Quilts.

Today I want to share with you one of the most beautiful quilts I have in my collection of antique quilts:

I bought it in Houston last year.
I fell in love with the crib quilt and then there was a big quilt with the same patern it was impossible to seperate the quilts.


detail


the big quilt

This Book had a picture and info about the quilt.




Crib Quilts and other small wonders by Thos.K.Woodard & Blanche Greenstein

43 Sunburst
c. 1885 Lehigh County Pennsylvania 39”x 42”.
Thirty-six miniature quilt blocks,
separated by a blue cross and surrounded on
three sides by rows of variable star blocks and
on the fourth side with a birds in air variation,
form the basis for the design.
A bit crudely pieced and quilted,
but imaginative, this is a mate to an almostidentical,
well-worn quilt from the same area,
probably made by the same maker
for two siblings.
Collection of Richard and Rosemarie Machmer,
Now they both are mine.

6 comments:

  1. I can see why you treasure the antique quilt so well. I like the sunburst design blocks used in the quilt.

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  2. They are beautiful. The star block, it is pieced then appliqued to the background, or is every piece appliqued?

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  3. Beautiful quilt! You have a good eye...

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  4. oh my I love these quilts just beautiful. What a wonderful find and how lucky are you to own both of them
    Wow!!! thanks for sharing them with us.
    Kathie

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  5. I was very pleased to find this site. I wanted to thank you for this great read!! I definitely enjoying every little bit of it and I have you bookmarked to check out new stuff you post. Valuable information and excellent design you got here! I would like to thank you for sharing your thoughts and time into the stuff you post!! Thumbs up .

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  6. I was just looking at this book last night! Very beautiful and what treasures for you to own. Thank you for sharing.

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