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    Forum: Introduce Yourself
    05-30-2011, 06:38 AM
    Replies: 81
    Views: 5,454
    Posted By rphillips

    Thank you for your help, you were dead on. I...

    Thank you for your help, you were dead on. I googled Oak Leaf and Reel and a site by Terry Clothier Thompson popped up with a picture of the design, also with two little extra leaves. She says it...
    Forum: Introduce Yourself
    05-30-2011, 05:17 AM
    Replies: 81
    Views: 5,454
    Posted By rphillips

    I thought I would add to this thread one more...

    I thought I would add to this thread one more quilting item, an unfinished strip of applique' panels made from the same green cloth as the 'Confederate Star' quilt shown earlier. The red is...
    Forum: Introduce Yourself
    05-28-2011, 09:44 AM
    Replies: 81
    Views: 5,454
    Posted By rphillips

    Thank you so much and YES, Id love to see the...

    Thank you so much and YES, Id love to see the coats too.
    How lucky you are to have such great family artifacts.[/quote]

    These are closeups of the star cluster and hopefully you can see the small...
    Forum: Introduce Yourself
    05-28-2011, 04:19 AM
    Replies: 81
    Views: 5,454
    Posted By rphillips

    And finally these pictures are of her little blue...

    And finally these pictures are of her little blue silk dress, and an embroidered coat with attached cape. I hope you enjoy.
    Forum: Introduce Yourself
    05-28-2011, 04:15 AM
    Replies: 81
    Views: 5,454
    Posted By rphillips

    These are of ggrandmother's burgundy velvet coat....

    These are of ggrandmother's burgundy velvet coat. An attached card says she wore it in 1859 and the age of 7. The label says A. Schwartz and Co., Canal St., New Orleans. She wrote memoirs in the...
    Forum: Introduce Yourself
    05-28-2011, 04:08 AM
    Replies: 81
    Views: 5,454
    Posted By rphillips

    Thank you so much and YES, Id love to see the...

    Thank you so much and YES, Id love to see the coats too.
    How lucky you are to have such great family artifacts.[/quote]

    These are closeups of the star cluster and hopefully you can see the small...
    Forum: Introduce Yourself
    05-27-2011, 09:56 AM
    Replies: 81
    Views: 5,454
    Posted By rphillips

    Would you mind posting a close up of this...

    Would you mind posting a close up of this quilting?

    Also, can you tell if the stars are pieced into the block or appliqued onto the top?[/quote]

    I'll have time to take and post a closeup...
    Forum: Introduce Yourself
    05-27-2011, 04:51 AM
    Replies: 81
    Views: 5,454
    Posted By rphillips

    Regarding the 'Confederate Star' quilt, this is a...

    Regarding the 'Confederate Star' quilt, this is a portion of what was written by my ggrandmother in the 1930's when she was about 80. As a small girl of about 10 she watched her mother make the...
    Forum: Introduce Yourself
    05-27-2011, 03:04 AM
    Replies: 81
    Views: 5,454
    Posted By rphillips

    Thank you all for your welcomes! At your...

    Thank you all for your welcomes! At your suggestion I've dug deeper and agree that the first quilt is a variation of the Crown of Thorns/N.Y. Beauty/Railroad through the mountains.

    The second,...
    Forum: Introduce Yourself
    05-26-2011, 05:39 AM
    Replies: 81
    Views: 5,454
    Posted By rphillips

    This is another of the family quilts, made by my...

    This is another of the family quilts, made by my gg-grandmother during the Civil War in a pattern she called 'Confederate Star.' It is not in as good condition as the Railroad quilt, having had a...
    Forum: Introduce Yourself
    05-26-2011, 05:29 AM
    Replies: 81
    Views: 5,454
    Posted By rphillips

    Thank you all for your replies. Wow, this is an...

    Thank you all for your replies. Wow, this is an active board. There is no label unfortunately. It was stored in the bottom drawer of a large armoire at my great aunt's house, the same home in which...
    Forum: Introduce Yourself
    05-26-2011, 04:36 AM
    Replies: 81
    Views: 5,454
    Posted By rphillips

    Rob again. I forgot to add that the stitching is...

    Rob again. I forgot to add that the stitching is 8/inch. Also, if you look closely the stars in the white spaces are surrounded by four stitched oak leaves.
    Forum: Introduce Yourself
    05-26-2011, 04:31 AM
    Replies: 81
    Views: 5,454
    Posted By rphillips

    Hello, my name is Rob and I live in Louisiana. I...

    Hello, my name is Rob and I live in Louisiana. I am not a quilter but have long been interested in antique quilts, having several from my family. The one here was given to me by my great aunt, b....
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