Unusual Indigo & White Tied Patchwork Antique Quilt

Item #B-2301    $450

We've had thousands of quilts over the years, but this Patchwork quilt is one of the more unusual examples.  The maker machine pieced a white stars on Indigo print and a bright white cotton in a typical patchwork design with 2" squares, then added a large X and 4 smaller X's using white fabric folded to 1/4" wide and machine applied in the center of the quilt.  Using a white floral print on Indigo for the borders, she also machine applied 1/4" wide pieces on the border in keeping with the theme, and added 9 patch corners using the star print and white.  The quilt measures 74" x 74", has a medium weight cotton batting, a hand applied binding (with a few nips), and a tiny brown star on white for the back.  The quilt is tied with white cotton floss at the corner of each piece and at each crossing on the border.  PROFESSIONALLY HAND LAUNDERED, we found no rips, tears, stains or odors.  CLEAN, GRAPHIC & VERY UNUSUAL!!





Indigo Ocean Waves Antique Quilt w/Arrow Borders

Item #B-2063    SOLD!!



On first look, this 1870's Ocean Waves quilt looks like others from the same period, until you look at the folky arrow borders!  HAND PIECED, the maker used either a tiny white dot on dark Indigo blue or a bright white cotton for the 1-3/4" squares, with the Indigo fabric cut on angle for the arrow pieces, aligning the dots to also make arrows!  The hand applied binding is a different white dot on Indigo print (less dots).  Measuring a generous 90" x 90", it has a very thin cotton batting with seed fragments and a white back.  HAND QUILTED with Chevron quilting across the pieces, small teacup or pumpkin seed quilting on the white background, and triple angle quilting across the borders @ 9 very neat and tiny stitches per inch counting just one side.  PROFESSIONALLY HAND LAUNDERED FOR THE FIRST TIME, we found just one small dye misprint (1/4", circled in red in photos), and a couple of Indigo pieces with fade, which could also be a dye misprint as fabric was precious in those days and every scrap was used.   All dye misprints are in the same area of the quilt.  A CLEAN, CRISP & GRAPHIC INDIGO QUILT!!  (Note:  the photo of the arrow border has a shadow caused by a falling leaf - it's not a hole or stain)