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06-015; 1938 Detroit News Quilt Club Show Silhouette

1930-1939
Janet E. Finley Collection of Quilt History Photographs; The Detroit News
Detroit, Michigan, United States
1938
Photographer: Unknown

The silhouette of the seated quilter is Detroit News pattern #1 15-12-14-28, the motif Edith Crumb selected to be the icon of The Detroit News Quilt Shows. Devoted quilters, among them Mary Gasperik, transformed "our little patchwork-quilt lady" into an applique quilt pattern and made quilts which, although appearing to be 'colonial' designs, are actually very specifically Detroit News Quilt Club Corner quilts.
From The Detroit News archives. Courtesy of Susan Salser.

-- With permission of the publisher, excerpted from Janet E. Finley, Quilts in EveryDay Life 1855-1955 (Schiffer Publishing, 2012) and The Detroit News.

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