Yankee Puzzle, c. 1900 and 1930 (Block Format Quilts)
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Yankee Puzzle, c. 1900 and 1930Maker : Rene Snider and Trissa Moore Rene hand-pieced this quilt with tiny prints dating from 1850-1900, indicating that this was a scrap bag quilt. She died in childbirth shortly after she completed the top, and her tombstone in Wenatchee, Washington reads simply "Snider - Mother and Baby." Rene's sister-in-law Trissa Moore quilted the top with the help of her family about 1930. |