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Quilt/Textile of the Month-January 2010

Category:  Pieced
Technique:  Hand pieced, hand quilted

Improved Nine-Patch

Maker, Unknown
c 1935
66″ x 82″

Nine-patch blocks are machine pieced, while the melon is set-in by hand. Block design is an elongated nine-patch with 5 print patches and 4 muslin patches in each block. Straight edge binding finishes the edges sewn on by machine. Backing is muslin.

Hand quilting:  an “x” design through the five center patches, outline stitches in four outer corner patches and melons, plus, melons have double diamond and circle designs.

Part of our permanent collection ~ The Jane Jackson Collection.

Photo by Mariana Foliart.

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