oregongirl

my mother-in-law gave me this quilt last week. it was very stained, but i've gotten out most of it. she knows it is a family quilt, but not who made it. our best guess is around 1920's-30's. Does anyone know what the pattern is? thanks for the help!

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sewingsuz

Looks like a form of bear claws. Very pretty

Grandma Bonnie

Also kind of looks like 'delectable mountain' but I'm no expert! Someone will know for sure!

dakotamaid

yes, or some variation of delectable mountains.

Scroll down a bit:

http://www.quiltvisions.com/QV/gallery.htm

wraez

I also thought it was a 'delectable mountains' variation ...

Bonnie Hunter has a variation she calls 'scrappy mountain majesties' ...
http://quiltville.blogspot.com/2005/...majesties.html

oregongirl

awesome - yes, i googled images for Delectable Mountains and found one that's a variation of DM & that even has a reference to the pattern in American Patchwork and Quilting!

http://quiltymary.blogspot.com/2009_09_01_archive.html

with a close-up of her quilt:

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thanks for the help! Based upon what my m-i-l said, we think it was made by one of her grandmothers. She said one made a baby quilt for her when she was born in the 1930's and the other one didn't sew - that makes me think it would be the quilt-making grandma that made this one as well.

it was very stained when i got it, but i soaked it with clorox 2 and treated the worst stains with Z-out. The Z-out was probably not the best choice, but it was so bad i thought i'd rather lose some color than have it remain stained. a little blue of one of the blue fabrics did fade, but the rest are the same. That's an ok trade-off, I guess. There are still some yellowed areas in the white fabric and i have debated about treating it further, but am going to think about it for the moment. At one point my cat peed on a quilt i was handquilting and i didn't discover it til it had set in and yellowed. I was able to get the stains out with a bleach pen, just putting it on waiting til the moment it faded and rinsing the spot under running water immediately. There was no way I was going to have a quilt on my bed with a cat pee stain on it! It worked, but that fabric was relatively new (although it took 15 years from the time i started the quilt til i finished, so maybe not SO new!)

oregongirl

just saw your post about the Scrappy Mountain Majesties - that looks the same as well. I'm thrilled to have a name for it. i've quilted for ages but just didn't recognize this one. My m-i-l thought it was a Bear's Paw as well, but I've made the BP and the ones i've seen usually come out of a corner with a square for the center of the paw, not spread out the length of the side of the block like this one is.

Really appreciate the help!!

Friendly Quilter

Is it Chicken Scratch.

Jingle

Don't the name, it is very pretty.

Bamagal

Really Beautiful!! Love the shades of Blue!!