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Jerold Thompson’s mother made the blocks for this quilt from patterns published by The World-Herald in the 1930s. The blocks were in pieces until recently. thompsons Lloyd and Alice Thompson ...
KOUTS | A presentation on quilts of the 1930s will be topic of a presentation at the next meeting of Kankakee Valley Historical Society.
This quilt in the traditional Dresden Plate pattern was completed over three generations. Jennie Parish pieced the blocks and her Happy Hour Club friends signed them in the mid-1930s.
Object Details maker unknown Description (Brief) Doll sized quilt with a red fabric border and made of four two inch squares across and seven two inch square length wise. Quilt not filled. Alternated ...
The Civil War-era work, on display at Vermont’s Bennington Museum for only a limited time each year, beginning on Labor Day, ...
Quilt top (unfinished) pieced with hexagons in “Grandmother’s Flower Garden” pattern. Pink and white solids frame hexagons pieced from many different printed and plain cotton fabrics, some flour or ...
A rare collection of antique quilts will be on display at Wellington Farm Park near Grayling. The exhibit features quilts from the Great Depression era. Volunteer opportunities are available.