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Quilting the 2000-2001 AGSAS Quilt, Shaker
Village, KY 2000
Finally finished! Virginia Quilt Museum Living History,
Harrisonburg, VA 2001
Working on the next quilt, Camp Curtin /
National CW Museum Living History, Harrisburg PA,
20002. This is an applique quilt, modeled on an 1857
original from the Shenandoah Valley.
Original CW era wool challis quilt made by an ancestress of
Laurie Brown.
Well known ca. 1840's folk art painting of a quilting party,
based on a published engraving of the era.
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AGSAS has made two
period-style quilts which we have raffled off for
battlefield preservation, raising a total of over $2000. The
first was a classic nine patch and the second was a
hexagonal paper template "mosaic" quilt, one of the oldest
forms of quilting. Both were made from reproduction calicos
and woven homespun scraps. We are presently working on a
third quilt, which is an applique quilt modeled on an 1857
original at Belle Grove, which uses solid color cottons in
the classic combination of green, turkey red and cheddar
yellow. We learned applique techniques from Catherine
Thornton at a workshop she kindly hosted at Rachel's
Quilt Patch,
where she works in Staunton.
General History of
Quilts:
Quilts and the Civil
War:
19th Century Quilts from
Virginia & Surrounding States:
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