Nine Patch Quilt
Unidentified Quilt Maker
Circa 1890
69 x 80 inches
Origin Unknown
This late 19th century quilt, which is in Excellent Condition, has the most unusual hand quilting as I have ever seen. I was flummoxed by it -- I'd never seen anything like it. Why did the quilter stitch those white "waves" made with haphazard looking stitches?
I'm lucky enough to have very smart and experienced quilt friends, and so I went to my pal, Joe Cunningham (AKA "Joe the Quilter") who knows as much about hand quilting designs and techniques as anyone.
Joe tells me that each arc of the Fan or Clamshell quilting ENDS with numerous back stitches. The arcs are single lines of quilting -- and when the quilter came to the end of her arc, she made tons of back stitches -- which when seen -- come out looking like waves! Oh! I see it! Do you? Check it out.
This intriguing quilt also has lots of late 19th century cotton prints within its solid blue sashing -- and check the back fabric. Fantastic Palm Trees print, for the pleasure of all of us fabric lovers!
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