How to contact Betsey Telford-Goodwin's Rocky Mountain Quilts:
Telephone - for orders or questions - 1-207-363-6800
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QT918 Folk Art Crescents, Moons and Stars Quilt Top
c.1860
78 x 94 inches
Pennsylvania?
$800
An original Folk Art quilt top with the Stars both hand and treadle
machine pieced. The Crescents and Moons are all hand appliqued. The
diamonds measure 2" on each side, the crescent and moon..from top to
bottom measure 11" (the larger ones), and the smaller ones measure 7-1/2" top
to bottom. The four block design was prominent in the 1840's, however, I
feel that this is around 20 years newer..C.1860.
Created from Turkey Red and a Green that was tobacco dyed. This quilt
top has been organically hand washed and ready to quilt. The reason that
we washed the top was due to the fact that some of the vegetable dye had
"wicked". Wicked means that some of the color moved onto another fabric.
When finishing this top..well if it had been finished when started the
maker would probably have used linen for the backing.
Always sent on approval.
