Clueless Quilter

Wow are you lucky to have such a beautiful old quilt.

I have never seen that pattern before.

Glenda m

Thanks for showing us your beautiful quilts I loved the stories that go with them. I do genology on my family and would love to have stories like this.
Oh and Welcome from Oklahoma

KS quilter

It is a privilege just to see the pictures of your quilt!!
We have all these wonderful tools, marking pencils etc. and]
access to about any fabric we want....yet seldom do we
produce such a work of art. Take care of it..I'm sure you will.

rphillips

[quote=JCquilts][quote=rphillips]These are closeups of the star cluster and hopefully you can see the small quilted circles.

rphillips

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 '30s at age 80.

rphillips

And finally these pictures are of her little blue silk dress, and an embroidered coat with attached cape. I hope you enjoy.

ShirlinAZ

What a lucky little girl she was! And how fortunate you are to have these precious artifacts!

Scrap Happy

WOW! I am in awe of your collection of family treasures. All are absolutely beautiful and well preserved. My jaw dropped as I sat here looking at them. The little blue silk dress is so sweet as are all of them. And yes, I can see the quilted circles. Thanks for sharing!!! :thumbup:

Janquiltz

And these beautiful dresses are laying on what??? Appears to be a whole cloth quilt. Yes/No? If yes - are you going to upload a photo and info on history?

JCquilts

[quote=rphillips][quote=JCquilts]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...