A quilt of 10,875 pieces and 169,700 hand stitches
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Eddie, I printed the pictures of the quilt and took them to show a friend at church today. She is a Quilt Historian, and said that it is a red and green quilt. The first synthetic green fabric came out in the 1870's and always turnes tan.
Thanks so very much for sharing the pictures of the quilt. My friend was also impressed with it. She said the 7 Sisters quilts were very popular with the Confederate women who quilted the 7 Sisters to represent the 7 Confederate States . Now we've all gotten a little bit of a history lesson today.
Thanks so very much for sharing the pictures of the quilt. My friend was also impressed with it. She said the 7 Sisters quilts were very popular with the Confederate women who quilted the 7 Sisters to represent the 7 Confederate States . Now we've all gotten a little bit of a history lesson today.
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You are welcome, Eddie. My friend Dale was so excited to see the pictures of the quilt. I'm glad I took them to show her. Now she would like to make one. I might make a very small one, maybe a few squares for a wall hanging. Dale was the one to start me on hand piecing quilts. I have done the squares for a Civil War quilt my LQS had as a $5.00 quilt. I have the last one, the center medalion, of course the sashing and one square I missed to do yet. It sounds like a lot, but I think the largest portion is done, or at least I hope so.
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