This Triple Irish Chain quilt was made by my Great-Grandmother in the late 1890s.
I received the quilt in 2002 from my Aunt Frances, my mother's older sister. Based on family history, I believe the quilt was made in Paonia, Colorado, where my grandmother owned a boarding house.
The quilt is entirely hand-pieced and heavily hand-quilted. Here is a close-up of some of the quilting:
It's difficult to seen in a photograph, but the last squares in each background block are hand-applique'd.
The fabric is a variety of indigo blues on a white muslin background.
My aunt also gave me a photocopy of a photo of her grandmother, Emma Giddings Carson. I love that she is doing needlework in this photo -- it looks like embroidery.
Bobbie Aug, an AQS certified quilt appraiser, appraised the quilt for me in 2002. At that time, she set the insurance value at $2600! The quilt is carefully stored in an archival-quality box with paper rolled along the folds to save the fabric from breaking.
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Linking up to "My Favorite Quilt" at Sew Mama Sew.
Tomorrow is the 90th day of Spring -- I am binding my Quilt Block a Day (BaD) quilt so I can share the finished product on Friday!
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What a wonderful gift! It is just gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful piece of family history.
ReplyDeleteThis quilt is a great treasure, beautiful. I guess she was cross-stitching. Hugs
ReplyDeleteHow beautiful! And so impressive, all done by hand.
ReplyDeleteThat is a beauty and one of my favorite patterns!
ReplyDeleteHow lovely to have something passed down through the family like that. It came to the right person I think!
ReplyDeleteWhat beautiful piece of family history - priceless. Have you considered making a copy to use? Although I don't think I would be able to do something like that by hand, she must have had such patience. The quilt is in beautiful condition too. Gill
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely quilt and how wonderful that you know it's history.
ReplyDeleteWhat beautiful craftwomanship!! Priceless.
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely stunning! What a fantastic legacy to be entrusted with.
ReplyDeletewhat a treasure!! So glad you shared it. I shared my favorite quilt at http://blog.patsloan.com/2014/06/pat-sloan-my-favorite-quilt-.html
ReplyDeleteWow what an awesome gift and precious keepsake. Love the picture of your grandmother and doing handwork.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing