Thursday, May 8, 2014

another great gift

This week I received another wonderful gift out of the blue- a fun and funky reversible crib quilt. It came from Toni Mitt in Wisconsin, and was originally donated to a rummage sale, but was not sold. Lucky me! Toni saw that I liked quilts made in the second half of the 20th century, and offered to send it to me as a gift.


There is a nice mix of fabrics, mostly 50s and 60s, possibly some 70s, too. The quilt is improvisationally pieced and oddly shaped, two things I really love. It is about 40" x 50" and has a few condition issues, but was obviously used and loved. It reminds me very much of the improvisational quilts made in the south. Thank you, Toni, for such a great gift!

front and back, or is that back and front?


3 comments:

  1. This is one of those quilts- I want one right now and if I can't have one, I want to make one today :)
    It found a good home and in perfect hands!

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    1. It looks like she kept adding until it became long enough to fold it in half. Is that true about the front and back?

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    2. Could be, but I do not even know who made it, so it would be hard to say. Glad you enjoyed it!

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