The Scrappy Quilt

 

A cartoon character "Scrappy"

A scrappy quilt

We love to make them and love to look at them....

One would guess the name is fairly recent but....

In 1854 two Richmond, Virginia quiltmakers entered

"scrap quilts" in the fair.

Quilt dated 1854

Pat Nickols Collection Mingei Museum

Blocks dated 1857-1858, Quilt associated

with Emmeline Smith, Rhode Island Project

Already an object of nostalgic by 1888