tháng 9 11, 2015
1849.
Friendship quilts and signature quilts held sentiments expressed in words of tenderness, sweet emotion, poetry and prose.
These quilts were made for many different occasions, but in the 1840s America was still a land of the unknown and undeveloped wilderness.
There wasn’t much settling at all to the west of Ohio, and when families packed up and moved off in search of their fortunes and new roots, it was likely that they would never see these dear friends and family again.
They couldn’t just pick up the phone and call. It could take months or more for letters from family and friends to reach the corners of the new land.
These quilts with sweet remembrances were so important to those to whom they were given as tangible, visible knowledge that they were loved and cared for and remembered by those they left far behind.
Today I am sharing with you a quilt that Mary Koval shared with me.
It’s a Pennsylvania applique with dated signatures and beautiful sentiments. I hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed seeing it!
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