1956

Bridal Bouquet

Gasperik, Mary

Date Made: 1956

Bridal Bouquet

Creator: Gasperik, Mary

Location Made: East Hazelcrest, Illinois (IL) United States

Contruction: Hand Applique, Embroidery

Quilt Size: 77 inches x 92 inches

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Checked, Solid/plain

Project: Mary Gasperik Private Collection

This quilt made for a 1956 wedding is a highly transformed 1930s Detroit News pattern. The arrangement of the applique bouquets and the quilting are different from the News pattern. <br /><br /> The pattern was announced January 3, 1937 on page 13 of <em>The Detroit News</e...

KID: 18-14-45

18-14-45

1939

Old-Time Nosegay

Gasperik, Mary

Date Made: 1939

Old-Time Nosegay

Creator: Gasperik, Mary

Location Made: Chicago, Illinois (IL) United States

Contruction: Embroidery, Gasperik rearranged the placement of the 12 different Nancy Page bouquets and she angled the placement of her border flowers so that they 'dance' left and right rather than march in the straight up and down order proposed by Nancy Page/Detroit News pattern.

Quilt Size: Unknown x Unknown

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Print, Solid/plain

Project: Mary Gasperik Private Collection

It should be noted that the Gasperik quilt is made by appliquéing the bouquet and individual flower commercial blocks onto a whole piece of fabric rather than by assembling the quilt block by block, which is the way newspapers marketed block quilt patterns. She could not have begun this quilt be...

KID: 18-14-78

18-14-78