In honor of the Northern Illinois Quilt Fest that is going on during the months of July, August and September, the local town here is auctioning off the 8' x 8' wooden barn quilts that are displayed in their shop windows. You can see photos of them here and here.
Also on display inside the pharmacy are hand made cloth quilts from as early as 1880 up until 1987. I will show you two photos of each quilt: one of the complete quilt and the next a closeup so that you can better see the pattern and possibly the stitching. Click to enlarge any photo.
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| Cathedral Window Quilt Circa 1950's |
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| Grandma's Flower Garden Quilt Circa 1920's to 1930's |
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| Crazy Quilt Circa 1880's |
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| Basket Pattern Quilt Circa 1940's |
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| Crib Quilt in Flower Garden Circa 1934 |
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| Hollyhock Applique Quilt Circa 1940's |
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| Sampler Quilt Circa 1940's |
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| Crazy Quilt Circa 1902 |
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| Block Quilt Circa 1890's |
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| Postage Stamp Quilt circa 1880's to 1910 |
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| Bow Tie Quilt Circa early 1900's |
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| Sampler Quilt Circa 1987 |
There were even quilt GARDENS available in the town. Here is one of them.
This is the last installment of the "Crazy for Quilts" series. I hope you've enjoyed them as much as I did!
That's a lot of quilts and all lovely to look at.
ReplyDeleteI liked the floral display at the end.
Quilts and beautiful flowers, two of my favorite things. All of the quilts are so pretty but I've always like crazy quilts. Maybe it's the haphazard look that draws me in.
ReplyDeleteI love quilts and these are beautiful. Like to watch them and to see all the different patterns.
ReplyDeleteGreetings, Marianne
I have seen Mom work on all these patterns through the years. The postage stamp was the one you made to use those tiny scraps...never waste a piece!
ReplyDeleteWow! What a beautiful selection of quilts. I don't make them myself, but I can admire the handiwork that goes into them. Especially the ones from the "olden days". Thanks for sharing these treasures!
ReplyDeleteoh wow...great diversity in there...oh course my fav is the crazy quilt...
ReplyDeletewow, these are so beautiful, hard to pick a fav...but hollyhock and crazy quilt 1902 are amazing!
ReplyDeleteThose are both beautiful and amazing! Such intricacies on some of them. But I think the Crazy Quilt is my favorite.
ReplyDeleteReally amazing. I love the Crazy Quilt. Reminds me of my grandmothers.
ReplyDeleteWhat patience one has to have to make quilts. These are all beautiful! :)
ReplyDeleteVery Pretty!
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beautiful quilts! i love quilts. they are so timeless and never ever go out of style.
ReplyDeleteQuilt garden - - - it's the first I have heard of one or seen one! I have thoroughly enjoyed your quilt posts. You had great pics of beautiful pieces of fabric art as well as barn art. Plus we got a bit of history tossed in for a bonus.
ReplyDeleteThat Hollyhock quilt is calling my name! Gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteI am a quilter and I thoroughly enjoyed seeing the quilt pictures. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteBoy oh boy! I LOVE them! The crazy quilts really captured me. Love them--but then I am a bit crazy! ;-D
ReplyDeleteI cannot believe the quilting on the hollyhock quilt! Wow!
All of them are works of art! Thanks for sharing!