Adair County Foundation Pieced Crazy Quilt
See how old silk neckties were splayed out to make some of the strips on this quilt? Fabrics are summerweight, such as silk, taffeta, crepe and cotton. Some of the strips are edged in crow's feet embroidery. I'm guessing that the ties in this quilt are from the peachy days of the 1940s or 1950s. Some of the pieces have stamping or tags on them. This quilt was purchased from an antique store at downtown Stilwell in the 1990s.
Look carefully, and you'll see that there are actually blocks, about 16 inches square, containing the stripped pieces. On a solid piece of cloth about 17 inches square, the strips or angles of silk and satin were sewn. The seamstress would sew down one strip facing the previous strip (sides together) then flip the newly added row down and keep adding rows from corner to corner. Then the block could be squared-up and sewn together. Women could make lovely lightweight summer bed toppers this way--- and this is such a bed topper.
If someone would like to help me date the fabrics, I'll post detailed pics.
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