I have way too many favorite quilts - favorite eras, blocks, styles, etc. But among my most favorite are Pennsylvania signature quilts - both applique and Rolling Stone blocks. Here's a Rolling Stone from 1852:
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Dated 1852 for Sarah Xander, Weisenburg Township, Lehigh Co, PA |
And here's a detail - the inscription in the center of the quilt - note the old spelling of Miss (Mifs)
And here's another with the unusual addition of a star alternating block
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Lebanon Co, PA signature quilt 1870/1880 |
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Levi H. Laudermilch
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To read more about this pattern, check out my column- my regular column in the National Quilting Association's Quilting Quarterly magazine. It is in the current issue