Recently acquired this circa 1880s top with oodles of conversation prints!! At least two of them were released by Judie Rothermel and several are in my 'Steel River 1885" file. I'm not sure about the red in the quilt but it is hand-pieced. The bricks are 2 1/2" finished and the top is queen-sized (or a very generous double)
Judie Rothermel did this one
love the fish hooks and bobbers
Spiderweb Steel River 1885
love the fishing weights
Steel River 1885
Steel River 1885
Steel River 1885
Judie Rothermel did the running horses
Saturn re-done, not sure who
I'm making a quilt based on this except it will be entirely conversation prints and background will be navy blue (Joan Kessler fox-hunting print mostly) and my bricks will be 2 1/2" X 5 1/2" since I have lots of 6" squares of conversation prints. I love this top!!
5 comments:
Fantastic! It couldn't be in a better home! Can't wait to see you repro version. Thanks for sharing.
That looks fantastic, what a find! A whole library of prints. Lucky you!
I know how proud you must be to have this quilt. I had no idea the 1880's had these types of prints. Congratulations!!
Great quilt, love the fabrics, go to quilting gals for shirtings if you haven't already. Love you, see you soon!
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