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| House Block from Malaga 1937 |
The
house block appeared in quilts at the end of the 19th century. It was firstly called Log Cabin, then Old Kentucky
Home, Old Folks at Home or Lincoln’s Log Cabin.
I discovered that it
was first called Little Red Schoolhouse in 1929 by Ruth Finley in “Old
Patchwork Quilts and the Women Who Made Them.” I went to my bookshelf to see if Finley had any more information on the pattern.
I discovered that Finley
wasn’t a big fan of this block. In her
opinion the pattern was “appealing yet absurd”.
She dates it as a “new” pattern, i.e. appearing after 1870.
Finley
mourned the demise of quality needlework due in part to the Victorian era.
“… no well-known pattern was evolved after 1880…. As a universal medium of feminine expression, quilt-making ceased to exist. It vanished in the general night, as it were, of hideousness.” page 196-197
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| My House blocks - "appealing yet absurd" |
I wonder what Ruth Finley thought of Sunbonnet Sue?
