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Christmas Bride’s Quilt [Object]
Quilt with appliqué design of heart-shaped holly wreaths. Each white cotton block (20 in square) contains one holly wreath and a pair of holly leaves in each corner. White...
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Sailboats Crib Quilt [Object]
Crib size quilt – thirty Sailboat blocks of red patterned cotton and white cotton. The blocks are surrounded by a white cotton border (4 in wide), which has been finely...
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Double Wedding Ring Quilt [Object]
Interlocking circles of patterned cotton – ten pieces in each segment, with pink and blue squares at intersections. White cotton background. Backed with white cotton and bound with blue cotton....
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Log Cabin Quilt – Barn Raising Variation [Object]
Narrow cotton strips (almost ½ in wide) have been used to construct basic Log Cabin blocks. The backing is also pieced, with sixty squares (7 in wide) pieced from half-square...
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Tree of Life Quilt [Object]
Machine-pieced blocks (11½ in square) with pine tree design are set on point and alternate with plain white blocks. Four alternating borders (each 1 in wide) of red and white...
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Amish Shoo-Fly Quilt [Object]
Set on point, twenty Shoo Fly blocks (10 in squares) alternate with plain black squares. Patterned blocks (four across, five down) pieced from plain black cotton and brown wool; the...
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Quaker Square-in-a-Square Quilt [Object]
Forty-two Square-in-a-Square blocks, joined together with striped fabric. The quilt is made from silk in subtle shades of fawn, brown, blue and gold. The squares are quilted with cross-hatching and...
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Chalice Quilt [Object]
Thirty white blocks with applique motif representing a chalice alternate with solid red blocks. The backing is made of three pieces of red and white striped cotton machined together,...
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Amish Floating Bars Quilt [Object]
Three forest green and four maroon bars (each 7½ in wide) alternate within a lavender border (4½ in wide). Black glazed cotton outer border (3½ in wide). Backed with grey...
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Chintz Summer Bedspread [Object]
Lightweight for summer use, this bedspread is decorated with pieced hexagons (1 in wide) arranged in flower and star patterns on a white cotton background. The top is divided into...
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July 6, 2020
Even happier families – NEW Children’s Garden coming soon!
Taking inspiration from nature, our landscape, and Native American culture, we are creating, with the Green Play Project, a magical […]
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June 11, 2020
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