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05-023; St. John's Sewing Circle
1930-1939
Janet E. Finley Collection of Quilt History Photographs
Silver Gelatin Print, dated 1937
Photographer: Unknown
Size: 3.5" x 5"
"St. Johns Sewing Circle 1937" is inscribed on the photograph's verso and represents a group of twelve ladies working on a swastika quilt. The swastika in this quilt is twirling counter-clockwise. Barbara Brackman's Encyclopedia of Pieced Quilt Patterns, lists sixteen other block names for the counter-clockwise motion including Flying Dutchman, Fly Foot, Whirligig, Devil's Puzzle, Thor's Hammer, and Winding Blades.
-- With permission of the publisher, excerpted from Janet E. Finley, Quilts in EveryDay Life 1855-1955 (Schiffer Publishing, 2012).
Photographer: Unknown
Size: 3.5" x 5"
"St. Johns Sewing Circle 1937" is inscribed on the photograph's verso and represents a group of twelve ladies working on a swastika quilt. The swastika in this quilt is twirling counter-clockwise. Barbara Brackman's Encyclopedia of Pieced Quilt Patterns, lists sixteen other block names for the counter-clockwise motion including Flying Dutchman, Fly Foot, Whirligig, Devil's Puzzle, Thor's Hammer, and Winding Blades.
-- With permission of the publisher, excerpted from Janet E. Finley, Quilts in EveryDay Life 1855-1955 (Schiffer Publishing, 2012).
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Janet E. Finley Collection of Quilt Hi...
Finley, Janet E.
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Ephemera
Quilts Used as Backdrops in Old Photog...
Mahan, Vista Anne
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