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05-28-2011, 06:37 AM
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Originally Posted by rphillips
And finally these pictures are of her little blue silk dress, and an embroidered coat with attached cape. I hope you enjoy.
These seem to be very expensive items for the time, would you care to share what your family did as a living to afford such wonderful things?
I have photos of my Grandfather and his sister in fabulous clothes and the family wasnt wealthy. As it turns out, she was a professional seamstress. So, things are not always as they seem.
05-28-2011, 09:22 AM
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Originally Posted by Ramona Byrd
Welcome from the central valley of CA.
I'd suggest that you make a permanent fabric label to go on the quilt, giving all this same information. And dates. These quilts will probably be treasured far into the future, and you would want your aunt and her mother's names to be remembered.
I'd suggest that you make a permanent fabric label to go on the quilt, giving all this same information. And dates. These quilts will probably be treasured far into the future, and you would want your aunt and her mother's names to be remembered.
Do you have more?
05-28-2011, 09:44 AM
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[quote=JCquilts][quote=rphillips]
Thank you so much and YES, Id love to see the coats too.
How lucky you are to have such great family artifacts.
These are closeups of the star cluster and hopefully you can see the small quilted circles.
This is very interesting. I love the little circles and quite inovative for the time.
I am guessing that you are familiar with the pattern that we know today as the Seven Sisters. It is so very different than yours. This one, too, seems to be an original design of which I can find no published pattern. It is a very difficult design to put together with the odd shaped pieces between the stars and then all pieced into a circle. It is incredible. Your Grandmother must have been an extrodinary artist/seamstress and a very creative original herself. The drafting of this design took some doing.
And the clothes...I have an extensive textile collection and I am in awe. These too are very historic, with the label in the coat from N.O. Just Amazing.
It is also pretty amazing that these things have survived down there on the Gulf Coast. My Mom was born and raised in Biloxi and most of our family artifacts were lost in various huricanes.
I have one bedspread that I helped my Grandmother make when we were visiting during Hurican Camille. My Mom removed it to California before Katrina, or it would be gone too.
How lucky you are to have these wonderful things.
I am assuming that, as a textile collector, you have knowledge about the best ways to store and care for your textiles. But, if you would like any input from me, please feel free to PM me.
Today my family lives in Gonzales and New Iberia. And I am planning a trip to Alabama for a family reunion this fall(hopefully). I would love to see your quilts in person some day.
Take good care of yourself and your stuff...
Thank you for your comments. The family lived in N. Louisiana, having migrated there from Georgia then Alabama to there. So the climate was not so humid/wet as in S. Louisiana My ggrandfather was first a small merchant, then got into the cotton trading business, then became a moderate sized planter. Gggrandmother was apparently very talented and capable, running things herself while her husband was away in the war. After the Civil War they moved to New Orleans, and a few years later to Mississippi. That's where his oldest daughter, my ggrandmother, met her husband and raised her family.
I know Gonzales, having gone to LSU many years ago and passed through on the old Airline on the way to NOLA many times; and my wife and I lived in Lafayette for a number of years, so I know New Iberia also.
Originally Posted by JCquilts
Originally Posted by rphillips
Originally Posted by JCquilts
Originally Posted by rphillips
And it was quilted in very tiny circles made with Mother's thimble as a pattern for the quilting. "
How lucky you are to have such great family artifacts.
I am guessing that you are familiar with the pattern that we know today as the Seven Sisters. It is so very different than yours. This one, too, seems to be an original design of which I can find no published pattern. It is a very difficult design to put together with the odd shaped pieces between the stars and then all pieced into a circle. It is incredible. Your Grandmother must have been an extrodinary artist/seamstress and a very creative original herself. The drafting of this design took some doing.
And the clothes...I have an extensive textile collection and I am in awe. These too are very historic, with the label in the coat from N.O. Just Amazing.
It is also pretty amazing that these things have survived down there on the Gulf Coast. My Mom was born and raised in Biloxi and most of our family artifacts were lost in various huricanes.
I have one bedspread that I helped my Grandmother make when we were visiting during Hurican Camille. My Mom removed it to California before Katrina, or it would be gone too.
How lucky you are to have these wonderful things.
I am assuming that, as a textile collector, you have knowledge about the best ways to store and care for your textiles. But, if you would like any input from me, please feel free to PM me.
Today my family lives in Gonzales and New Iberia. And I am planning a trip to Alabama for a family reunion this fall(hopefully). I would love to see your quilts in person some day.
Take good care of yourself and your stuff...
I know Gonzales, having gone to LSU many years ago and passed through on the old Airline on the way to NOLA many times; and my wife and I lived in Lafayette for a number of years, so I know New Iberia also.
05-30-2011, 05:17 AM
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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 different. It must be of the same age but the material is in much better shape and also much brighter. The piece is about 8 ft. long and the stitching on the back is so tiny and appears to be about 12/inch. Because of the red and green color we use it as a table runner at Christmas.
Is this a recognized pattern pattern and does anyone here know its name?
Is this a recognized pattern pattern and does anyone here know its name?
05-30-2011, 06:06 AM
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Like most quilt blocks, this one has many names. I have seen it most commonly called Oak Leaf and Reel and was made with many variations in the leaves and later even in the reel. This one has a small variation from the current Oak Leaf and Reel, that being the two little leaves on each reel.
The first "published" version that I have found was Ladies Art Company who called it California Oak Leaf without the extra leaves. This version was published in 1922. Ladies Art Company published their first catalog of quilt patterns in the late 1800s, we think around 1892 or 4.
Yours, as were many others, were made earlier than even the first published patterns, one dating back to 1818. In the 1840s and 50s it was a popular design for album quilts and other applique quilts. This is one of those old standards that were popular and shared often.
It would be so interesting to know where your grandmother learned her craft.
The first "published" version that I have found was Ladies Art Company who called it California Oak Leaf without the extra leaves. This version was published in 1922. Ladies Art Company published their first catalog of quilt patterns in the late 1800s, we think around 1892 or 4.
Yours, as were many others, were made earlier than even the first published patterns, one dating back to 1818. In the 1840s and 50s it was a popular design for album quilts and other applique quilts. This is one of those old standards that were popular and shared often.
It would be so interesting to know where your grandmother learned her craft.
05-30-2011, 06:38 AM
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Originally Posted by JCquilts
Like most quilt blocks, this one has many names. I have seen it most commonly called Oak Leaf and Reel. However, this one has a small variation, that being the two little leaves on each real. Nice addition.
The first "published" version that I have found was Ladies Art Company who called it California Oak Leaf, again without the extra leaves. This version was published in 1922.
Yours, as were many others, were made earlier than even the first published patterns. This is one of those old standards that were popular and shared often. It would be so interesting to know where your grandmother learned her craft.
The first "published" version that I have found was Ladies Art Company who called it California Oak Leaf, again without the extra leaves. This version was published in 1922.
Yours, as were many others, were made earlier than even the first published patterns. This is one of those old standards that were popular and shared often. It would be so interesting to know where your grandmother learned her craft.
I don't know where gggrandmother learned. As mentioned before she grew up in Georgia, went to Alabama for a few years after marrying, and then on to N. Louisiana. I sure wish she had finished this one.
Are applique' stitches generally so tiny? I can't count them without a magnifying glass.
Also, I want to say that this is the nicest, most helpful board of any type I've run across.
05-30-2011, 06:45 AM
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Yes, good applique stitches are very very tiny. Mine are about 16 per inch, and I have seen one person who put a stitch in almost every thread of the fabric (a little overkill if you ask me, but she did win at the Houston Quilt Show)
But when you look at good applique, like these, you will see that there are no little points in the curves, leaves touch the pieces they are attached to, not seperated by the background fabric, and the outside points are sharp. The little stitches is one way to accomplish smooth curves.
But when you look at good applique, like these, you will see that there are no little points in the curves, leaves touch the pieces they are attached to, not seperated by the background fabric, and the outside points are sharp. The little stitches is one way to accomplish smooth curves.
05-31-2011, 04:12 AM
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Originally Posted by JCquilts
Like most quilt blocks, this one has many names. I have seen it most commonly called Oak Leaf and Reel and was made with many variations in the leaves and later even in the reel. This one has a small variation from the current Oak Leaf and Reel, that being the two little leaves on each reel.
The first "published" version that I have found was Ladies Art Company who called it California Oak Leaf without the extra leaves. This version was published in 1922. Ladies Art Company published their first catalog of quilt patterns in the late 1800s, we think around 1892 or 4.
Yours, as were many others, were made earlier than even the first published patterns, one dating back to 1818. In the 1840s and 50s it was a popular design for album quilts and other applique quilts. This is one of those old standards that were popular and shared often.
It would be so interesting to know where your grandmother learned her craft.
The first "published" version that I have found was Ladies Art Company who called it California Oak Leaf without the extra leaves. This version was published in 1922. Ladies Art Company published their first catalog of quilt patterns in the late 1800s, we think around 1892 or 4.
Yours, as were many others, were made earlier than even the first published patterns, one dating back to 1818. In the 1840s and 50s it was a popular design for album quilts and other applique quilts. This is one of those old standards that were popular and shared often.
It would be so interesting to know where your grandmother learned her craft.
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