This collection consisted of 12 utility quilts, and one great quilt, which was pieced or appliqued, as a show piece for a bed. Here’s another American Tree of Life, a quilt stitched of Indian and British fabrics, at the Met Museum. Wheels were used in sawmills and in gristmills where grain was ground into flour or meal.In the early 1900's, windmills pumped water for livestock and made life on the homestead easier. :o) ***** All images and content ©Marcia Hohn /The Quilter's Cache. Business people, store owners, and community citizens paid a small fee to have their names embroidered on quilt blocks. In traditional Log Cabin blocks, one half is made of dark fabrics and the other half light. It kept alive the memory of family and friends, providing comfort and company during the difficult days of homesteading.One woman homesteader said, "When I get lonely, I read the names on my quilt. Later, sample blocks, in cotton or silk, could be ordered from catalogues.This block was popular during the Depression when quilt making was almost a necessity, as women were forced to return to frugal homemaking once again. The newly formed Whig party hoped to beat out Democrat, Andrew Jackson. It was natural then, that the schoolhouse was often one of the first public buildings constructed in many communities.Naturalistic motifs, such as flowers, leaves and vines, have been favorite textile designs for centuries, and American quilts share this tradition. The block name may very well have had a connection to the presidency of Abraham Lincoln.
Embroidered picture quilts, done in turkey red on a white background were very popular. Because of its importance to the homesteaders in their everyday lives, the wheel was often a favorite quilt pattern.When the United States entered World War I in 1917, quilt making took on new significance. Wood was often scarce for coffins, so families used what was available and appropriate. 2 As you can imagine the container becomes the root of all this, a symbol of home and womanhood. Baskets, with flower designs, were a popular motif among quilt makers from approximately 1850 on, as they could be easily adapted to suit individual tastes, fabrics and color combinations.The variety of patterns seems almost endless, from baskets with handles to those without, to those with appliqued fruit and flowers added to the pieced basket, to pattern variations including Broken Sugar Bowl, Cake Stand, Flower Pot and May Basket.The Anvil pattern represented one of the necessary and important activities of the early settlers-blacksmithing.Other old-fashioned and basic patterns include Saw-Tooth, Bowknot, Carpenter's Wheel, Compass, and Monkey Wrench.By 1890, catalogue sales included quilt patterns. Quilts featuring the American Eagle enjoyed wide popularity from the late 1780's until the 1840's, were revived during the Civil War and again for our country's Bicenten-nial.Women used quilt designs to make their political statements. These saved the quilters hours of work, as the pattern used hundreds of small pieces which needed to be cut exactly for the pieced quilt to lie smoothly when completed.A feature of many Double Wedding Ring quilts was its scalloped edge created by the circles that made up the quilt.As a result, 270 million acres of land, owned by the Federal Government, in 30 states, was offered for homesteading, thus creating the Westward Movement, one of the largest migrations of people in our nation's history.The quilt patterns or blocks that are displayed in the Quilt Discovery Experience were in the quilts used by pioneer women as they traveled West and homesteaded the prairie. The Log Cabin quilt became wildly popular and was identified with the pioneer spirit and values of America. Women across the country were also involved in the Temperance Movement. Skill in fine embroidery was emphasized. Women listened to the men, and from their discussions, formed their own opinions.
Two birds typical of the fabric of this time sit below the gazing at it and a garland of flowers and leaves surround it all. […] “A red center symbolized the hearth of home, and a yellow center represented a welcoming light in the window.” from Log Cabin Quilts – A Short History at QuiltViews.com. The meandering diagonals resemble a drunkard's staggering walk.Sewing for a cause is an old tradition.
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