Bicentennial Americana Group Sampler

Bicentennial Americana Sampler, 1976, Oklahoma, 80" x 102"

I was poking around recently on the Buckboard Antique Quilts website, and came across something I absolutely had to have- a Bicentennial quilt! This quilt is a group sampler made by Extension Homemaker Clubs in Oklahoma, and it's got a lot of things going for it. There are inscriptions and dates, there is the Bicentennial star logo, American flags, eagles, an America-shaped USA patch, and the Liberty Bell in several places.

I've only seen these three pictures from the website, so I'm really excited to see it in person. The Bicentennial is really one of those crucial points in quilt history, and much of what we're seeing today that's new can be traced to the quiltmaking revival of the last half of the 20th century.