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02-047; Two Children and a Churn Dash Quilt
1880-1889
Janet E. Finley Collection of Quilt History Photographs
UnCased Tintype c. 1884-1886
Photographer: Unknown
Size: 2.625" x 3.25"
Two children are posed in front of a quilt made with a Churn Dash or Hole in the Barn Door block. Barbara Brackman, in her Encyclopedia of Pieced Quilt Patterns, lists over two dozen names for this popular block. The sashing found around the blocks in this quilt is unusual. Normally, sashing is seen as a solid piece of fabric that goes between the block and acts as a frame. Not every quilt will have sashing, but it is commonly used to give definition. This quilt's sashing appears to be composed of thin, narrow strips on each side of a wider strip, which must have been a challenge for the quiltmaker.
-- With permission of the publisher, excerpted from Janet E. Finley, Quilts in EveryDay Life 1855-1955 (Schiffer Publishing, 2012).
Photographer: Unknown
Size: 2.625" x 3.25"
Two children are posed in front of a quilt made with a Churn Dash or Hole in the Barn Door block. Barbara Brackman, in her Encyclopedia of Pieced Quilt Patterns, lists over two dozen names for this popular block. The sashing found around the blocks in this quilt is unusual. Normally, sashing is seen as a solid piece of fabric that goes between the block and acts as a frame. Not every quilt will have sashing, but it is commonly used to give definition. This quilt's sashing appears to be composed of thin, narrow strips on each side of a wider strip, which must have been a challenge for the quiltmaker.
-- With permission of the publisher, excerpted from Janet E. Finley, Quilts in EveryDay Life 1855-1955 (Schiffer Publishing, 2012).
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