Dresden Plate, c. 1940 and 1950 (Quilt Revivals)
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Dresden Plate, c. 1940 and 1950Maker: Sarah Elizabeth Garoutte Greenlee and Bertha Greenlee Hall Inspired by the aristocratic jeweled "dresdens" and fine china plates of Europe, this pattern was a perfect way to use scraps. Every petal could be different! After her husband died in 1936 Sarah Greenlee left the Spangle farm for Spokane and opened a boarding house for young girls. Around this time she pieced quilts for her three grandchildren and gave them to her daughter Bertha Hall to finish. Only after Bertha herself was widowed in 1953 did she find time to quilt them. She gave this one to her son William Hall. |