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12-27-2013, 04:05 AM
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it's hard to tell in the pictures but the swastikas really don't even show up unless you get at the right angle with the light hitting them right they are shiny so the light makes them show without light they hide. though out all the years no one had even noticed the swastikas till I saw them a couple months ago by luck.
12-27-2013, 06:10 AM
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Originally Posted by phyllis 81 yrs in Oregon
I believe your quilt to be pre-WW11. The swastika had the arms turned one direction and the Iron Cross had the arms turned the other way. No, I do not know which way for which one.
The "Grandmother's Fan" quilting pattern was used forever with hand quilting. Just a pencil or piece of chalk with a string tied to it, then knotted at intervals to make the fan spaces. Hold a knot tight against the quilt top, draw a 1/4 circle, then move to the next knot, etc. til you have the fan, quilt, do some more. My Mother used this a lot for "everyday" quilts.
The "Grandmother's Fan" quilting pattern was used forever with hand quilting. Just a pencil or piece of chalk with a string tied to it, then knotted at intervals to make the fan spaces. Hold a knot tight against the quilt top, draw a 1/4 circle, then move to the next knot, etc. til you have the fan, quilt, do some more. My Mother used this a lot for "everyday" quilts.
12-27-2013, 08:22 AM
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Welcome Persistent.
The quilting pattern is now called Baptist Fan. I don't know much about the pattern, but it is similar to our more modern Friendship Star. It should be fun doing a little genealogy search.
The quilting pattern is now called Baptist Fan. I don't know much about the pattern, but it is similar to our more modern Friendship Star. It should be fun doing a little genealogy search.
12-27-2013, 03:46 PM
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Originally Posted by orangeroom
Where did you find it? It does look older, but then again, as discussed this morning, I've only been quilting ~10 years. What is the design on the lighter fabric? Swastikas?
It is a beautiful quilt. Edie
12-27-2013, 05:24 PM
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Here is a link to a web page with contact info for someone who has made a study of swastika textiles. I haven't tried the phone number, so it may not still be in service. Good luck. http://www.quilthistory.com/98222.htm
12-28-2013, 06:18 AM
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Originally Posted by mjhaess
Wow...That is awesome...Can the person that gave it to you help you ?
12-28-2013, 08:09 AM
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I'd seen this block before and remembered it was called Crossroads so I tracked down some more info. The full name is Crossroads to Bachelor's Hall.
The pattern was first printed in 1906 in a Clara Stone booklet made available by www.antiquepatternlibrary.org Here is the pdf link. You'll see that on the cover of the booklet is a swastika quilt. Look for quilt #31.
http://www.antiquepatternlibrary.org...ltPatterns.pdf
Recent article: http://quiltingpiecebypiece.wordpres...ewold-pattern/
Detailed article on use of swastika in quilts.
http://www.quiltersmuse.com/Swastika...he-Design.html
You'd need an expert in dating fabrics to determine more closely when it was made. I think it looks 1920s. Do you know what year you're great-grandmother was born?
The pattern was first printed in 1906 in a Clara Stone booklet made available by www.antiquepatternlibrary.org Here is the pdf link. You'll see that on the cover of the booklet is a swastika quilt. Look for quilt #31.
http://www.antiquepatternlibrary.org...ltPatterns.pdf
Recent article: http://quiltingpiecebypiece.wordpres...ewold-pattern/
Detailed article on use of swastika in quilts.
http://www.quiltersmuse.com/Swastika...he-Design.html
You'd need an expert in dating fabrics to determine more closely when it was made. I think it looks 1920s. Do you know what year you're great-grandmother was born?
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