Log Cabin – Broken Dishes, c. 1890 (Fancy Quilts)
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Log Cabin – Broken Dishes, c. 1890Maker: Katie Gifford Katie displayed her artistic flare with this Log Cabin quilt made in New York as a gift for her sister's marriage. Using narrow strips of silk set in a complicated Broken Dishes pattern, she carefully fashioned light and dark fabrics to create a striped appearance. The treasured quilt migrated to Kansas City and to Spokane with the family until Katie's grand niece donated the quilt to the Museum. Katie herself came west and died in the Spokane area after 1910. |