JPK Huson 1863
Brev. Brig. Gen'l
- Joined
- Feb 14, 2012
- Location
- Central Pennsylvania
I thought I put some African American quilts here yesterday? Where on earth did they go?
??? @18thVirginia posted a slave quilt here, as well as in her own thread. Did you post them on @18thVirginia's thread???I thought I put some African American quilts here yesterday? Where on earth did they go?
Not a problem, Huson, promise. And you know it's everyone's thread, I just happened to be the one who got it going.My Keeper is trying to make up for cluttering up your nice thread...
" Couples Quilt ", Virginia African Americans Mary Jane Bateson and Mariah Chapman, her niece, pieced this together from scraps. SO cool. Wish we knew if these were people they knew!
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We love quilts and would be delighted to have you post a photo of your family quilt. Additionally, please feel free to add any Civil War era quilts to our collection. Thanks for your post, Allie.Bumping this because QUILTS! Is anyone else here a quilter?
I lack the personal discipline to finish full-sized quilts, but I do have a dollhouse, and so I like making quilts of different eras in miniature.
My family has an old, possibly antebellum, quilt. Unfortunately one of the fabrics used was a silk, and it has shattered. It's my belief that this quilt was probably pieced about 1885 rather than antebellum, but it does contain Civil War era fabrics, and since it's a functional bed quilt rather than a pretty quilt, it's idiosyncratic and therefore hard to date. It was also tragically "restored" using synthetic fuchsia taffeta during the 70s when people didn't know any better and taste had decided to take a nice long nap. If it were sold it would be a cutter. But since my great-great-grandmother made it with her sister, I'm very fond of it. It's primarily wool in different shades of what seems to have been a non-colorfast homemade red dyed homespun, various cotton flannels, and black lightweight silk. I used to know the name of the pattern. But it's basically hourglasses.
Oh I like doll quilts the best, and they're so rare! Gonna make this one I believe. I wonder if I can find or print similar fabrics in the right scale. The thing that's best about doll quilts is often they were a way for children to learn to quilt, so they tend to be simple and easy to duplicate in miniature.View attachment 61582
Doll quilt
LeMoyne Star
c. 1820-1840
Jonathan Holstein Collection
International Quilt Study Center and Museum
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Oh I like doll quilts the best, and they're so rare! Gonna make this one I believe. I wonder if I can find or print similar fabrics in the right scale. The thing that's best about doll quilts is often they were a way for children to learn to quilt, so they tend to be simple and easy to duplicate in miniature.
I added a bit more info from the source and provided a link that I forgot to post. There should be another doll quilt in this thread. I'll scroll back to find it.I'd bet that's made of leftover dress fabric.
I can't quite see but it looks like it might be Bible verses or something similar rather than names.Does the second one have names on it, JPK? A signed quilt is always considered a precious thing.