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Great-Grandmother's 1920's Scrap Cloth Quilt

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    Posted 4 years ago

    tshusker
    (98 items)

    What a beautiful scrap cloth quilt! My great-grandmother, Julia Olsen (1881-1981), created this some time in the 1920's from random scrap cloth left over from making all her children's clothes. Love the bold, still -striking colors that are now (almost) some 100 years old!

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    1. Manikin Manikin, 4 years ago
      These are called" Crazy Quilts" with all hand done embroidery feather stitches . Beautiful !

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