by Quilt Alliance | Jan 6, 2014 | On this Day in History Quilts series
On this day in 1759 and 1945, two U.S. presidents-to-be were married. George Washington (U.S. President 1789-1797) married Martha Dandridge Custis in 1759, a union that lasted 40 years. Almost two hundred years later, in 1945, George Herbert Walker Bush (U.S. President 1989-1993) married his 18-year-old sweetheart, Barbara Pierce. Elizabeth Ann Miller Bontrager, an Amish quilter from Arthur, Illinois, made this Double Wedding Ring quilt around 1955. The design of this machine pieced and hand quilted crib quilt is atypical of Amish-made quilts from this area. The quilt is now part of the permanent collection of the Illinois State Museum. View this quilt on The Quilt Index to find out! Read more about its history, design and construction. Be sure to use the zoom tool for a detailed view or click the “See full record” link to see a larger image and all the data entered about that quilt. Source: http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/two-future-presidents-marry-respective-sweethearts Posted by Amy E. Milne Executive Director, Quilt Alliance…
by Quilt Alliance | Jan 2, 2014 | On this Day in History Quilts series
On this day in 1890, Alice Sanger, the first female staffer, was hired at the White House to be President Benjamin Harrison’s stenographer. The women’s suffrage movement was gaining strength and this may have been the Harrison’s way of acknowledging these efforts. Arlene Pederson Farley made this Grandmother’s Flower Garden quilt between 1930 and 1949 in Monterey, California. Farley was of Swedish decent and a stenographer by trade. She taught herself to quilt when she was 35 and made the quilt as a gift for her sister. The quilt was documented as part of the Minnesota Quilt Project. View this quilt on The Quilt Index to find out! Read more about its history, design and construction. Be sure to use the zoom tool for a detailed view or click the “See full record” link to see a larger image and all the data entered about that quilt. Source: http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/harrison-welcomes-alice-sanger-as-first-female-staffer Posted by Amy E. Milne Executive Director, Quilt Alliance…
by Quilt Alliance | Dec 20, 2013 | On this Day in History Quilts series
On this day in 1957, Elvis Presley received his first draft notice for the United States Army. He had just purchased his Memphis, Tennessee mansion, “Graceland,” and took one deferment while he finished working on the movie “King Creole” before being sworn in as an army private on March 28, 1958. Elvis spent 6 months in basic training and then served 18 months in Company D, 32nd Tank Battalion, 3rd Armor Corps in Friedberg, Germany, before being discharged on March 2, 1960. Emma R. Davis of Huntington, West Virginia hand made this red, white and blue Original Military Design quilt in 1945 for her grandson who was in the service in World War II. Davis, who had one daughter, was a homemaker from Pennsylvania who owned a grocery store chain. One of Davis’s relatives documented the quilt during the West Virginia Heritage Quilt Search in 1992. View this quilt on The Quilt Index to find out! Read more about its history, design and construction. Be sure to use the zoom tool for a detailed view or click the “See full record” link to see a larger image and all the data entered about that quilt. Source: http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/elvis-presley-is-drafted Posted by Amy E. Milne Executive Director, Quilt Alliance…
by Quilt Alliance | Dec 19, 2013 | On this Day in History Quilts series
On this day in 1917, the National Hockey League opened its first season with Montreal beating Ottawa and Toronto. Lily Hockey, Edith Waterhouse and Olive Sagendorf hand pieced this Scrap YoYo Quilt between 1930-1949 in Guernsey, Channel Island in the United Kingdom. The quilt was documented by its owner during the Connecticut Quilt Search Project. View this quilt on The Quilt Index to find out! Read more about its history, design and construction. Be sure to use the zoom tool for a detailed view or click the “See full record” link to see a larger image and all the data entered about that quilt. Source: http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/national-hockey-league-nhl-opens-its-first-season Posted by Amy E. Milne Executive Director, Quilt Alliance…
by Quilt Alliance | Dec 18, 2013 | On this Day in History Quilts series
On this day in 1976, American-born artist Man Ray (born Emmanuael Radnitzky) died in Paris at the age of 86. Man Ray is best known for his aveante-garde fashion and portrait photography, but he considered himself primarily a painter. He was part of the Dada and Surrealist movements and like his contemporary, Marcel Duchamp, Man Ray was interested in depicting movement in figures. Ann Johnston of Lake Oswego, Oregon, made this quilt, titled “Shock Waves,” in 1996. It is hand-dyed and embellished and machine pieced and quilted. Johnston donated the quilt to the Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum for the “Rooted in Tradition: Art Quilts from the Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum” collection. A note on design in this Quilt Index record reads: “random lines: straight and curved, emphasizing line and movement, heavy amount.” View this quilt on The Quilt Index to find out! Read more about its history, design and construction. Be sure to use the zoom tool for a detailed view or click the “See full record” link to see a larger image and all the data entered about that quilt. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_Ray Posted by Amy E. Milne Executive Director, Quilt Alliance…
