from the scrap bag

Rail Fence made in Oregon with Hawaiian scraps
cottons, c. 1985-1995, 68" x 85"

A pair of quilts arrived last week from a seller in central Oregon. Both of them are Rail Fence, made some time in the last 30 years.

Rail Fence made in Oregon with Hawaiian scraps
cottons, c. 1985-1995, 66" x 83"

Interestingly, the finishes do not match, even though the quilts came from the same home. One is hand quilted and has a narrow, applied cotton binding. The other is machine quilted and has an inch-wide applied polyester double knit binding.

Both quilts include strips of Hawaiian print fabric, but I do not believe they were made there. The other day, when talking to Sandi Hazlewood on the Crafty Planner podcast, she told a story about a vacation to Hawaii, when she bought a bag of scraps and sent them back to her mother, who made a quilt.

I think these two quilts have similar origins; bags of scraps brought back to the mainland, where quilts were made. The strips are fairly uniform but irregularly shaped, and it seems to be a deep stash with a wide variety of Hawaiian prints; perhaps more of an industry-generated stash than a personal one.