Friday, September 9, 2011

Centennial 1876 -- 1000 Pyramids Quilt

Circa 1880 “1000 Pyramids” quilt. 74 x 85”. Hand quilted. Lots of interesting novelty or conversation prints.
Love, love, this novelty of a girl posting her letter and the mailman picking it up. One of the all time most charming novelties. And there is a sweet shamrock and a red berry? ditsy.  Remember:  click on the pictures to enlarge.



 Of special note is the centennial print with interlocking dates of 1776 and 1876 and CENTENNIAL; printed for the 1876 celebration.  Even with the tear and mend, it made this quilt a winner.

And of course, there is a horse, so often found in quilts of the era with novelty prints, also 2 different stars, a horseshoes.  And lovely little branches with heart shaped leaves are too sweet.  As I mentioned in my last post, plaids both printed and woven are oft found in early quilts. 



And here's another piece with a great bird, horseshoes again, stars, little trees?, asterisks *, etc. 



 Here is more of the quilt (about a quarter), enjoy. Don't the random cheddar orange pieces make the quilt sparkle.  Not a charm quilt but there are a lot of different fabrics.



Not very wordy this time but please let me know if you have any questions or want to see more photos and I'll will help you out.

16 comments:

  1. Oh Wow! I want to make one of these!
    Thanks for sharing!

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  2. That is one great display of fabrics!!

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  3. I love the centennial prints. Have collected some of the repros over the years and made a remake of the centennial quilt on the Smithsonian site. I love conversational fabrics, too. Thoroughly enjoyed your quilt and would like to see more of the top.

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  4. I would like it to come and live at my house, can you help with that!? It is wonderful, love looking at all of the neat fabrics.

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  5. Lovely, I have a seven sisters top that is in pristine shape that has not been quilted, it appears to have some of these prints.........I am looking for offers if you know of anyone wanting to buy something like it. Thanks Mary

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  6. Thank you for getting back to me! I do see some novelty prints if I understand what you are saying, one print has horeshoes on it, there is a small diamond print of oars and anchor. and ,many various prints..........I am posting the quilt on my blog right now. Hugs Mary

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  7. What a great old quilt. I love novelty prints too.

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  8. The mail novelty is wonderful, wish they would reproduce that one. Would love to see more.

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  9. another amazing quilt in your collection. Its all about the fabrics! the cheddar just makes it fun for me :)
    thank you for sharing, would love to see more close up pictures, even 36 hst in one shot
    thanks again for sharing. I for one really appreciate it.
    Kathie

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  10. beautiful quilt - love all the close-ups of the fabric.

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  11. I love it!...what a treasure trove of fabrics and history!!
    thanks for sharing
    Tim

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  12. what a wonderful piece, loved the close ups of the fabrics

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  13. Thanks for the close-ups of the fabrics! You can never see enough of them. I love the conversational in the first pics, too.

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  14. I love scrappy old time quilts. They always inspire me! Thanks for the photos.

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  15. Just stumbled on your blog and love this post. So much detail! I, too, love the mailman and little girl novelty. Would purchase that repro in a second. Thanks for sharing; especially all the detail. The cheddar sings and so does the pink and is that a bit of turquoise I see? I'm just now stitching the binding on a quilt made up of HSTs. Such a versatile little unit/block.

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  16. Good morning - just found your lovely blog...such a nice scrap quilt - a fascinating study in fabrics and what stories they each could tell. That is what got me started in quilting so many years ago...the special bond that links us to each other.

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