Quilt number:

485CB

Owner:

Christine Barnes

Location:

VIC Melbourne

Maker:

Unknown

Country/Place where quilt was made: 

USA

Date:

1941 - 1970

Description:

Cotton quilt . Blue squares with every alternate square cream with an appliquéd butterfly. Blue border. Completely hand quilted. Light weight padding and cotton backing . 2743 x 1829mm

General Pattern:

Patchwork, Pieced Repeat Block

Quilt History:

Purchased by the owner from a 'craft shop' in Indiana USA in 1967.

Story of Quilt:

"Both quilts were bought when living in the USA in the 1960s. Until that period I had not heard about quilts. Many friends showed me their quilts which had been handed down for generations or were made specifically for the individual. The majority had the maker and the date sewn on the quilt, in some cases conspicuously in other cases inconspicuously." [Christine Barnes 19.4.1999]