Sarabela

My great-great grandmother made this crazy quilt. She was born in 1849 and died in 1937. I'm not sure exactly when she made it but her husband died in 1874 and she had to support her 2 children so she took in seamstress work from the elite ultra rich here in Newport, Rhode Island. This quilt appears to have some very fine fabric scraps as well as some thinner fabrics. I can guess at which were from men's shirts and ties and which were from draperies. I'm guessing she used some scraps from her jobs in the mansions in this quilt. I'm including a picture of my great-great grandmother holding my grandmother's sister when she was a baby.