I have two antique quilts. One you are very familiar with <G> and the other is a Mariner's Compass that I bought in an opportunity shop for $25. Two objects isn't a collection, it's only a pair. So I feel the need to acquire a third quilt so I can be a quilt collector.
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 details are worth a look - the link is
here.
The second quilt has been for sale for a while. It's also a signature quilt, this time from Ohio.
It was out of my budget so I tried not to look at it too often. But as I was driving home work one afternoon I realised that this quilt ticked all the boxes. It was a signature quilt like the Chester Criswell Quilt. It was from Ohio (like me). It was pieced, and it was a sampler. It was bright and interesting. I decided that regardless of the price, it was meant to be.
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.
