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Signature Quilts 6: Community, Club, and Church
Signature quilts are often associated with family and friends, the most intimate social circles. However, signature quilts were often created within more public social groups as well, often serving a either a commemorative or a fundraising function. Many signature quilts were created by a community for their minister or clergyman, as in the case of the Appliqué Sampler and the Brownsville, Tennessee Fundraising Quilt. Signature quilts were also made by clubs, organizations and societies from the Odd Fellows and Rebekahs and the Women’s Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) to the Women’s Relief Corps and U.S. Navy Ladies Auxiliary. Celebration of important community events, from the opening of a county courthouse in the case of the Jasper County quilt to honoring the nation’s bicentennial, was yet another reason for the creation of these public signature quilts.
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1850-1875
Applique Sampler church members
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Timespan
Odd Fellows Signa... -
1876-1900
Antique Ohio Star... Gallup, Sarah F.
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1876-1900
Jasper County Cou... Ladies of Grace Epi...
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Rochester I.O.G.T... -
1901-1929
Depot Harbor sign... -
1901-1929
Cumberland Presby... Unknown, Quiltmaker...
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1930-1949
Unidentified piec... -
1930-1949
Brownsville, Tenn... Mann, Mary
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1930-1949
Crazy Friendship ... Happy Independent A...
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1930-1949
Jamestown First B... Unknown, Quiltmaker...
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1930-1949
Methodist Aid Soc... Mrs. Joseph Perkin
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1930-1949
Navy Signature Qu... Ladies Auxiliary, F...
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1950-1975
Friendship Chain Unknown, Quiltmaker...
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1976-1999
Genesee Valley Qu... Tuttle, Peggy
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2000-2025
Morning Glories a... Jones, Susan K.
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