I had to dig into my email to find the info about the quilt.
it's from Hopewell, VA. Hopewell is a city now but in the 1800's it was just a county. The quilt was made for a little boy who was suppose to have been born in Dec. 1883 but he made a late appearance. Thus, since he was born in Jan. 1884, it has both dates on it. The owner of this quilt was his daughter who passed away a few years ago at around age 90. And the person who I bought this from got it from her estate.
That's the story of the quilt.
I can't hang the quilt because with antiques if you change them you devalue them. But also with textiles, they break down and tear and fade in sunlight or if folded. They have to be carefully "rolled up" and kept in a dark room to preserve the thread strength.
I still pull it out and look at it. Also, I got my daughter a 1900's quilt (it wasn't backed or dated so it's not as valuable as the Civil War quilt which is.) Anyways, the thing about crazy quilts is that it's not only the type of cloth that is involved. If you look along all the seems, you see all different types of embroidery. Sometimes, the crazy quilts have no crazy stitching. But think about it...we have 'coffee clatches' they had sewing-quilting bees. It was the only way these women were allowed out of the house.
I loved looking at the small blown up shots of parts of the quilt in the tinyurl site. You really get a taste of the embroidery and thought and work that went into it. It's just beautiful!
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Here's the link to it. (I can't remember how I log into blogger to post a blog thing.
I had to dig into my email to find the info about the quilt.
it's from Hopewell, VA. Hopewell is a city now but in the 1800's it was just a county. The quilt was made for a little boy who was suppose to have been born in Dec. 1883 but he made a late appearance. Thus, since he was born in Jan. 1884, it has both dates on it. The owner of this quilt was his daughter who passed away a few years ago at around age 90. And the person who I bought this from got it from her estate.
That's the story of the quilt.
I can't hang the quilt because with antiques if you change them you devalue them. But also with textiles, they break down and tear and fade in sunlight or if folded. They have to be carefully "rolled up" and kept in a dark room to preserve the thread strength.
I still pull it out and look at it. Also, I got my daughter a 1900's quilt (it wasn't backed or dated so it's not as valuable as the Civil War quilt which is.) Anyways, the thing about crazy quilts is that it's not only the type of cloth that is involved. If you look along all the seems, you see all different types of embroidery. Sometimes, the crazy quilts have no crazy stitching. But think about it...we have 'coffee clatches' they had sewing-quilting bees. It was the only way these women were allowed out of the house.
I love that quilt. It is very abstract.
Go to www.blogger.com and log in darlin. This blog should show up on your 'dashboard' as soon as you log in.
I loved looking at the small blown up shots of parts of the quilt in the tinyurl site. You really get a taste of the embroidery and thought and work that went into it. It's just beautiful!
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