I have been looking at online auction sites and have discovered the universal dilemma - the quilts I can afford I don't like, and the quilts I like I can't afford. Never mind. I though I would share two quilts that I definitely would have added to my almost-a-collection.
The first quilt was a pieced friendship quilt from Massachusetts. The blocks are inked with signatures, poems and sketches of the Philadelphia Centennial Exposition.
The second quilt has been for sale for a while. It's also a signature quilt, this time from Ohio.
I got home, turned on the computer and looked for the quilt. Can you guess? It was sold.
I still love the look of it. I guess that the tan pieces are faded from green. There are at least 6 different sized blocks, and the spaces are filled with Chinese Coins and half square triangles. I can imagine a young lady getting all her friends to make her a block, and then taking it to her mother and asking, Can you put this together for me?
I'll keep looking for my collection.
When things like that happen, I tell myself it wasn't meant to be, because something better is coming along my way. So keep your eye out for one better.
ReplyDeleteThose are really pretty! I love the ivory/tan in the first one. I don't have much of a collection either, but I am becoming more and more intrigued with owning some old quilts after following so many blogs based on antiques. A few years ago, my mother gave me all the quilts her mother had made. They were utilitarian for the most part, but I have a beautiful, bur worn, hot pink grandmother's flower garden in the bunch. I love hexies, so this one is extra special to me! I call it Memaw's Garden, since we called her that. I am amazed at what the women of the past made without the tools we have today! Thanks for sharing those beauties!
ReplyDeleteIt is a hard lesson. Sometimes I hesitate and am happy I did other times I am not. Depending on who the seller is some take deposits. Just another thought. I think it is great you have limiting criteria for quilt collecting. I wish you the best of luck.
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