20th Century Quilts Lecture

"The Thrifty Wife" c. 1900, Wisconsin

Yesterday, I visited the Tualatin Valley Quilt Guild to do a lecture on 20th Century Quilts. It was my first time doing this particular lecture, and I brought a big pile of quilts - lots of eye candy! I started with three quilts that just arrived hours before the lecture. The quilts came from Deborah Ursell in Texas, and I'll tell you more about those in my next blog, after I've taken pictures.

The chronological timeline of quilts started around 1900 and quickly progressed through the 30s, on to the 70s, and ended with a quilt made in 1995. Toward the beginning, I showed the two Amish quilts from Esprit together, even though one was a little out of order with the chronology. They go together. During the lecture, I spoke about some of the genres we saw throughout the century, and the history, but emphasized that these were not typical examples. Nothing I collect is really ordinary.

So, here are pictures of 14 of the 17 the quilts I showed, roughly in order of appearance. :)

Amish Nine-Patch On Point Crib Quilt
c. 1900, Ohio

Amish Tumbling Blocks Trundle Quilt, c. 1940
Lidian Hostetler, Wayne County, Ohio

American Legion Auxiliary Inscribed Fundraising Quilt, 1931
Salem, Oregon

Signature Friendship Crazy Block Quilt
with Sunbursts, c. 1935, Wichita, Kansas

Double Wedding Ring, c. 1935, Oregon

Barn Raising Log Cabin, c. 1935, Ohio

"Babies in Tubs" c. 1950, United States

Trailing Leaves Kit Quilt, c. 1965, Frieda Ruder Moser
Dalton, Ohio

"Bible Story" 1979, by Lucy Mingo, Gee's Bend, Alabama

Bicentennial Flag Quilt, 1976, Florida

Houses, c. 1970, Texas

"Night Flight" 1982, Andrea Leong Scadden, aka Andrea Balosky
Seattle, Washington

"Jerry's Garden" 1995 by Andrea Balosky, Camp Sherman, Oregon

Wow, I guess I brought a lot of quilts, but I didn't hear any complaints. I thoroughly enjoyed visiting the Tualatin Valley Quilt Guild. We had a lot of fun, and I'll happily return any time they want me. There was even a small girl at the meeting, Sage, who couldn't have been any older than 7 or 8, but was probably younger - and she's already quilting! She seemed to enjoy herself. Well, I did tell her at the beginning that it was gonna be cool. Afterwards, she came to look at the pineapple fabric in Lucy Mingo's quilt. A girl with a good eye for fabric!!

So, stay tuned for the other three quilts from Texas in my next blog. I had blogged about them recently, but will be taking some new pictures. Hope you enjoyed these 20th century quilts!