March 19. Hop over to Alison Dale's blog for today's Oh, Scrap! Giveaway of an eBook.
https://alisonsexpressions.com/
Surrounded by Lissa Alexander
I'll announce the winner of yesterday's giveaway here on March 26th.
1859 State Fair record from Pennsylvania
Mrs. E. M. Killough won a diploma for a Scrap Quilt.
Note at the bottom an "Assortment of Fancy Quilts"
from the Pennsylvania Asylum.
Meanwhile here's a little history of scrap quilts from the book's preface.
Scrap Quilt dated 1842. Property of Elizabeth Neffs,
Shenandoah, Virginia
Collection of the Shenandoah Historical Society Museum
Best White Quilt
Best Fancy Quilt
Best Scrap Quilt
Best Patch (Applique) Quilt
Scrap quilt dated 1845 from the Pat Nickols collection
at the Mingei Museum
Were scrap quilts considered less valuable than Fancy quilts or Applique? There seems to have been argument---some of it rather heated.
Quilt dated 1874 by Abbie C. ??
An 1883 farm magazine divided the world into opposite camps.
On one side: those that "dote on bed quilts, spend all their spare time cutting and putting together pieces, beg quantities of calico scraps from the neighbors..."
Abbie C. S.......
The other group " denounce pieced quilts and declare that....star and angles make a hideous bed-covering"
Quilt dated 1881
The editor advocated a middle ground. Don't bother the neighbors and keep busy but not obsessed.
(Warning for the obsessed: See 1859 fair entry by Pennsylvania Asylum residents above.)
In 1852 Mrs. S. Rankin entered a Rag Bag Quilt in a Maryland fair.
I like the name Scrap Quilt better.
Stair Steps by Lissa Alexander
Here's the rest of the Blog Hop Schedule
March 20 Mellissa Corey
http://www.happyquiltingmelissa.com/
March 21 Carrie Nelson
http://blog.modafabrics.com/
March 22 Sherri McConnell
http://www.aquiltinglife.com/
March 23 Fat Quarter Shop
https://blog.fatquartershop.com/
March 24 Teresa Silva
http://quiltingismybliss.com/index.html/
March 25 Jane Davidson
https://quiltjane.com/blog/
March 26 Martingale Publishing & Winners Announced
http://blog.shopmartingale.com/
http://www.happyquiltingmelissa.com/
March 21 Carrie Nelson
http://blog.modafabrics.com/
March 22 Sherri McConnell
http://www.aquiltinglife.com/
March 23 Fat Quarter Shop
https://blog.fatquartershop.com/
March 24 Teresa Silva
http://quiltingismybliss.com/index.html/
March 25 Jane Davidson
https://quiltjane.com/blog/
March 26 Martingale Publishing & Winners Announced
http://blog.shopmartingale.com/
'Busy but not obsessed' I try for a 'controlled' obsession.
ReplyDeleteI like the care taken with signatures on the antique quilts.
And I've got to have a hard copy of that book the photos are beautiful.
I like scrap quilt much better than rag bag quilt. I remember our rag bag from my younger days, a lot of it was not suitable for quilts like terry cloth, t-shirts and socks.
ReplyDeleteI love Scrap quilts! String quilts are my favorite.
ReplyDeleteI love the old signatures on the quilts - so beautiful! Handwriting is such a disappearing art! mumbird3(at)gmail(dot)com
ReplyDeleteThanks for the history! One of the things I love best about quilts are their stories!
ReplyDeleteLove all the quilts.
ReplyDeleteScrap quilts really tell interesting stories. There is always something different to discover in the fabrics too. Thanks for sharing the stories
ReplyDeleteI've always been a scrap quilter. I love having a somewhat controlled color palette so that that each quilt has a different "feeling".
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