by Quilt Alliance | Aug 12, 2013 | On this Day in History Quilts series
On this day in 1990, self-taught fossil hunter Susan Hendrickson discovered three large bones jutting out of a click near Faith, South Dakota. The bones turned out to be the largest Tyrannosaurus Rex skeleton ever discovered. The nearly 90 percent complete 65 million-year-old remains were later dubbed Sue. Carrie Elizabeth McLane Flannery of Faith, South Dakota, won a Blue Ribbon for this Crazy Quilt in the South Dakota State Fair. Flannery made the quilt between 1901-1926, and the current owner documented the quilt during the Minnesota Quilt Project in the 1990’s. View this quilt on The Quilt Index to read more about its history, design and construction. Be sure to use the zoom tool for a detailed view. Source: http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/skeleton-of-tyrannosaurus-rex-discovered http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/article/meet-dinosaur-expert-sue-hendrickson Posted by Amy E. Milne Executive Director, Quilt Alliance…
by Quilt Alliance | Aug 9, 2013 | On this Day in History Quilts series
On this day in 1933, Sylvia Leigh Doane (Milne) was born in Mansfield, Pennsylvania. Her father, John, was a doctor who made house calls and her mother, Gertrude, was a college educated mother of four who sewed many of her own clothes. Sylvia’s favorite place in Mansfield: the town library, a short walk down the block from her Victorian home. Happy Birthday, Mom, from The Quilt Index and your girl! Thanks for teaching me to love libraries and stories and a bunch of other great stuff. Susan Nattrass and Sylvia Blade of Hudson Florida made this quilt, titled “You Say It’s Your Birthday (from the Beatles White Album)” in 2008 for Nattrass’s husband on the occasion of his 59th birthday. Mr. Nattrass documented the quilt in 2010 during the Florida Quilt Project. View this quilt on The Quilt Index to read more about its history, design and construction. Be sure to use the zoom tool for a detailed view. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mansfield,_Pennsylvania Posted by Amy E. Milne Executive Director, Quilt Alliance…
by Quilt Alliance | Aug 8, 2013 | On this Day in History Quilts series
On this day in 1950, American Florence Chadwick swam the English Channel from France to England in 13 hours and 20 minutes, breaking the record of Gertrude Ederle. In 1951, she became the first woman to swim from England to France, making her the first woman to swim the channel in both directions. And unnamed quilter from Alva, Wyoming made this Crazy Quilt between 1950-75. The quilt is a “summer quilt,” no batting, but backed and bound. Scrap fabrics including old garments were used to make the quilt. The record notes: “Some fabrics indicate a post-war Asian connection; a windsurfer in 1940s’ swim trunks with “Samoa” and “Phillippines” printed on it; another has oriental figures with Japanese? Calligraphy; a Balinese dancer with multi-tiered pagoda– may be from a tie…” The quiltmaker’s paternal granddaughter inherited the quilt and documented it during the Wyoming Quilt Project in 2003. View this quilt on The Quilt Index to read more about its history, design and construction. Be sure to use the zoom tool for a detailed view. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florence_May_Chadwick Posted by Amy E. Milne Executive Director, Quilt Alliance…
by Quilt Alliance | Aug 7, 2013 | On this Day in History Quilts series
On this day in 1782, General George Washington created the “Badge for Military Merit,” a purple heart-shaped piece of silk, edged with silver with the word “Merit” stitched across the face in silver. Only three known soldiers were awarded the “Purple Heart” during the Revolutionary War. An unnamed Green County, Pennsylvania quiltmaker created this machine and hand pieced and hand quilted purple and white Hearts and Gizzards quilt in 1925. The family member who inherited the quilt documented it during the West Virginia Heritage Quilt Search in 1992. View this quilt on The Quilt Index to read more about its history, design and construction. Be sure to use the zoom tool for a detailed view. Source: http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/washington-creates-the-purple-heart Posted by Amy E. Milne Executive Director, Quilt Alliance…
by Quilt Alliance | Aug 6, 2013 | On this Day in History Quilts series
On this day in 1928, Pop art superstar and cultural icon Andy Warhol was born Andrew Warhola in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to immigrant parents from Czechoslovakia. Warhol studied pictorial design (illustration) at Carnegie Institute of Technology and began painting in the 1950’s. Following the advice of his art school teacher who told Warhol to paint what he liked, he painted ordinary things, including soup cans, comic strips and soap boxes. Bridget Wideman of Seaside, Oregon made this quilt titled “The ART in Artichoke” in 2011 for the Quilt Alliance contest, “Alliances: People, Patterns, Passion. Wideman wrote in her artist’s statement: “I chose a subject, in this case my favorite vegetable, the artichoke. I couldn’t figure out what could go with my artichoke, so I ended up making several in various colors and concentrating on the word itself. The word “art” was obvious. And when I think of art, I think of Andy Warhol. That’s where I got my idea for this quilt: a Warhol inspired artichoke.” View this quilt on The Quilt Index to read more about its history, design and construction. Be sure to use the zoom tool for a detailed view. Source: http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/andy-warhol-is-born Posted by Amy E. Milne Executive Director, Quilt Alliance…
