Plantation Quilts

[Lazy Bayou]

I still have three quilts made by my GGrandmother in excellent condition. Anyone still have any left?

http://www.textilemuseum.huec.lsu.edu/quiltsofcaneriverplantvspg2.html

 

[ole]

Do anything you can to keep them that way.

 

[Nathanb1]

I do, including one that's an unusual fabric--wool scraps backed with flannel, from Men's suits (it's my favorite).

 

[RobertP]

I still have three quilts made by my GGrandmother in excellent condition. Anyone still have any left?

http://www.textilemuseum.huec.lsu.edu/quiltsofcaneriverplantvspg2.html

Lazy B, this one was made by my gggrandmother during the CW; it's always been called Confederate Star. It's not in the best condition and that's another CW story.

 

[RobertP]

LazyB, this is another of my ggrandmother's, called the 'railroad quilt' by my grandmother. I think it's a variation of New York Beauty or Mountain Road. In wonderful condition.

 

[Lazy Bayou]

RobertP:

Beautiful quilts. I have mine stored in a place that stores women's fur coats. They are in beautiful condition. I have had a couple of her other quilts but they were used by her family who lived in an uninsulated dog-trot house with cedar shakes for shingles. They are still in use by my children but not in the best of shape.

 

[donna]

Those are beautiful quilts. Thanks for sharing.

 

[Lnwlf]

My sister has one mom and grama made in the 1930's and I believe one grama and g-grama made in the 1910's. They were crazy quilts . Since clothing was made from feed sacks and flower sacks, the remnants were sewn into quilts. They were not worried about designs and such, just the ability to make a quilt to stay warm with. They were still pretty though. Some of our older ladies at church get together every Wednesday morning to quilt and gab so it is not a lost art yet, but I fear it is a dieing one. Thanks for the pictures! They are really pretty and you are fortunate to have them!