Glenn

I was inspired by a civil war pot holder quilt made by Jean Ann Wright using fabrics by Judie Rothermel and the New England Quilt Museum. The pot holder quilt was made by ladies who made comleted 12" blocks quilted and bound. They then got together and whipped stitched the separate blocks to form a quilt. These quilts were given to the wounded soldiers in the hospitals. Not many of these quilts survived because most wounded soldiers died in the hospital and were buried with the quilts.

I made this quilt using my own fabrics from my stash and each block I made with a different antique vintage machine(ie singer vs2 ca 1898) 30 diff machines were use to piece and quilt the blocks. Some blocks are handquilted and some machine quilted. I am going to add labels to what machine made each block on the back of each block. It is now a lap quilt but my wife liked it so much she wants me to add two more rows so she can use it on the bed. I just did my own take on the thing.