Quilt Revivals (Quiltscapes)
Quilt Revivals
Quilt historians Marie Webster and Ruth Finley sparked a revival of quilt making in the 1920s. During the Great Depression, magazines and newspapers encouraged women to provide handmade bedding using fabric scraps. And in 1976, America's official bicentennial emblem appeared in national women's magazines as a quilt pattern, again renewing interest in quilting as an American folk art form.
ABC Quilt, c. 1930
Maker: Frankie BartooFrankie’s son gave her great joy, expressed in this ABC quilt made when he was 4 years old. She relied primarily on a pattern series published weekly in The Spokesman-Review, but added her own touches with... [more]
Apple Blossom, Inscribed: 1922
Maker: Susan HusseySusan chose a Marie Webster pattern and fashioned pink cotton sateen apple blossoms with leaves and vines in three shades of green. An Amish group in Pennsylvania quilted the piece. Family members that donated the... [more]
Celtic Knots, c. 1980
Maker: Beth RileyDrawn to needlework at an early age, Beth has done many beautiful embroidery pieces. Her quilter grandmother Alena Francis Strommer French inspired Beth to take up the craft during the 1960s. She dedicated this Celtic... [more]
Dresden Plate, c. 1940 and 1950
Maker: Sarah Elizabeth Garoutte Greenlee and Bertha Greenlee HallInspired 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... [more]
German-American Signature, c. 1920 -1930
Maker: UnknownProduced during the 1930s quilt-making resurgence, this piece was a fundraiser for the Arion Singers group associated with Spokane’s German American Society. For $1, supporters had their names embroidered onto the quilt.... [more]
Grandmother's Flower Garden, c. 1940
Maker: UnknownTypical of the many flower garden quilts produced in the 1930s and 1940s, this one contains very common household fabrics. Can you find the printed “feed sack” fabrics? The loosely-woven fabric sacks contained chicken or... [more]
Jefferson School Bicentennial, c. 1976
Maker/teacher: Linda AndrewsStudents of the 6th Grade embroidered blocks and brought fabric that was incorporated into this red, white and blue Bicentennial quilt. Many of blocks include patriotic motifs and sayings with the students’ names.
Pots of Flower, c. 1930
Maker: Edith S. SleeAround 1930 Edith used a variety of fabrics for flowers, appliquéd to blocks. The stems and edge motifs are of green fabric produced during the 1930s and recognized today as “Depression Green.” Quilt makers could... [more]