HAND QUILTED FLOWER GARDEN FULL BED 90 X 84 QUILT OLD!!

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Up for immediate purchase or auction is a "Flower Garden" quilt pieced in the 1930s and quilted in the 1940s. Despite its age, it is in excellent condition as it was stored and not used as bedding. T are a variety of pastel colors within each flower and very few are alike. The quilt has a full white backing and is hemmed in yellow. It can be washed and dried as you would any bedding material. It will fit a full bed and a queen bed if the sides are not tucked in. Nothing beats the old time appeal of a Grandmother's Flower Garden Quilt. Tiny scraps of fabric are stitched together to form flowers and then stitched together to make a larger flower and then quilted (sewn with cotton wadding in between stiches) onto a plain white backing. After this quilt was pieced in the 1930s , it was stored in a cedar chest. In 1942 it was given by the quilter to her daughter-in-law (no doubt to keep her mind off her young husband who was off to fight in World War II). This item comes from a smoke-free home. This item will ship free with no handling charge to the continental U.S. All other areas will be discounted the continential U.S. shipping amount. This item was originally listed at $350. A history of quilting: Quilts (quilting being the stitching together of layers of padding and fabric) were very common trade goods in wealthy circles in Europe and Asia going back as far as the 15th century. Pieced quilts are made up of cut pieces of fabric sewn in block form with the blocks then sewn together to make the quilt. Pieced block quilts, often called patchwork quilt, did not become the dominant form of quilt making until the mid-19th century. "Piecing" refers to the sewing together of fabric to create the quilt top. "Quilting" refers to stitching the three layers of fabric together; the quilt top, batting (also called wadding) in the center, and the fabric backing. Quilt making was uncommon in America in the late eighteenth century and early years of the nineteenth. Most women were busy spinning, weaving and sewing in order to clothe their family. Commercial blankets or woven coverlets were a more economical bedcovering for most people. Only the wealthy had the leisure time for quilt making so Colonial Quilting was done by only a few. Obviously quilts were not made of left over scraps or worn clothing as a humble bedcovering during this period. Instead they were decorative items that displayed the fine needlework of the maker. Progress in technology deeply affected the number and styles of quilts made during the middle years of the 1800s. The industrial revolution brought about the most dramatic change as textiles came to be manufactured on a broad scale. This meant women no longer had to spend time spinning and weaving to provide fabric for their family's needs. By the 1840s the textile industry had grown to the point that commercial fabrics were affordable to almost every family. As a result quilt making became widespread. A great variety of cotton prints could be bought for the making of clothing and even specifically for making a quilt. Although scraps left over from dressmaking and other sewing projects were used in quilt making, it is a myth that quilts were always made from scraps and worn out clothing. Some block style quilts were made of a set of identical pieced blocks while others contained a variety of blocks made with different patterns. The blocks were sewn together and a border may or may not have been added. During this period the invention and availability of the sewing machine contributed to quilt making. In 1856 The Singer Company started the installment plan so that more families could afford a sewing machine. By the 1870s a good many households owned a sewing machine. This affected quilt making in two ways. First of all women could make clothing for their family in much less time leaving more time for quilt making and secondly they could use their sewing machines to make all or part of their quilts. More often the sewing machine was used to piece quilts. Qu... read more

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