An Enchanting Crazy Quilt & It’s History
I discovered today, a most amazing crazy quilt with it’s history, at Fiber Fantasies’, History In An Antique Quilt post. The author purchased the quilt at an estate auction, then went on to research the history of the quilt, the home, and the quiltmaker. She explains:
I was unaware of this home’s history [located in Cedarville, VA] until I began researching some of the antique textiles that I purchased at the estate auction. Who would know that a bag of threads, unfinished textiles, and a few antique quilts would give me the clues to research local history?
(In preceeding blog entries, you can see detailed photos of this antique crazy quilt.)
Since I enjoy researching history and particularly find it fascinating to learn about those who made quilts I have. Sometimes it’s not possible to discover this information, so then I try to research the fabrics.
I have been doing more research about the Trails End Quilters of my ancestry, where my quilting roots began. Trails End was the farm where they lived and quilted and where that crazy quilt of my childhood was located.
Do you have quilts in your heritage you’d like to tell us about?
More Crazy Quilt posts at Quilting & Patchwork:
The Fascination of the American Crazy Quilt
Crazy Quilts from Yard Sale Fabrics
Sharon B’s List of Crazy Quilt Resources
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2 opinions for An Enchanting Crazy Quilt & It’s History
Jen / domestika
Dec 7, 2007 at 10:15 pm
My mother picked up a crazy quilt at an estate auction some years ago, and I’ve been wild about them ever since. I think it has something to do with the way they appear to be so random, and yet are usually as carefully planned as any other successful work… that, and I’m crazy for the embellishments that so often are found on antique crazy quilts of satins and velvets — wonderful stuff!
Mary Emma Allen
Dec 9, 2007 at 7:03 pm
Thanks, Jen, for sharing the story about your mom’s crazy quilt. Aren’t they fascinating? My daughter and I’ve acquired one my mother-in-law gave us. She didn’t know where it came from but thought it was an auction she and her mother-in-law attended years ago. We’ll have to get it out and study it more carefully. Wonder if it will have some identification on it that we hadn’t noticed before.
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