A curios quilt from the past
10-18-2011, 10:31 PM
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At first I thought about the pillow tuck but then realized that a twin or full mattress is only 75 inches long. With a seven foot quilt that is only allowing a nine inch drop over the end of the bed and isn't long enough to actually cover the pillows. Especially if they were hand stuffed feather pillows. On a full size mattress a five foot wide quilt would only allow a 2 inch drop on each side. My DH's grandfather was a mattress maker. His mother was born in 1920 and mattress were standardized sizes at that time in history. They did however make what was known as a 3/4 sized bed back then. Probably meant for two children to sleep in but still fit nicely in the small rooms that most older homes seem to have. Your quilt is an is an oddity but beautiful none the less. How wonderful that your wife was gifted with it.
10-19-2011, 12:13 AM
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Looks like it was pieced in sections, the top and bottom sections have 21 blue geese in the 4 rows, but there are less in the rows in the name section. Maybe this was only apparent when the 3 sections were put together to do the quilting?
10-19-2011, 08:27 PM
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Originally Posted by RUSewing
Could the size change be to accommadate the longer name???
A thought-
SAMUELA be a woman's 1st name
then her middle name, followed by
her maiden name
last - her married name
"When this you see, remember me.'' Or made by a young woman in memory of her mother???
A thought-
SAMUELA be a woman's 1st name
then her middle name, followed by
her maiden name
last - her married name
"When this you see, remember me.'' Or made by a young woman in memory of her mother???
My thoughts were to accommodate the longer name
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