Posted 2 years ago
CAD1949
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This huge piece has over 2,000 hand cut and sewn pieces. I don't know if it is considered a quilt a bedspread or a dustcover. It is folded by at least a third to keep the edge off the ground. Just liked it on sight. Best measurements I got are 96" wide by 188" long. The pieces are 1-1/2".
CAD1949, Beautiful. <3
It looks to me like an unfinished quilt (no backing and no batting fill, just the quilt top), hand-sewn from pieces of knit fabric.
Watchsearcher has something similar:
https://www.collectorsweekly.com/stories/269630-quilt-top-made-from-polyester-single-kni
CAD1949 - Wow! For a split second I thought this was MY quilt top!
Keramikos, thank you for linking mine to this one!
This is really a crazy thought but could these have been made by the same person? The carefully placed stitches, same unfinished edges, same light weight polyester fabric….
CAD, will you please add a close up shot of the brown plaid fabric that’s 9 rows from the center? Do u see any of the same prints or solid colors in both? (I’m seeing this way after bedtime and my eyes are tired)
Mine is in a closet but I’ll try to find it tomorrow to closely compare your patterned fabrics to mine…this is just uncanny ….could we have a bed cover made by the same person?
I don’t think it was meant to be actually quilted with a plain back and batting inside. I think it’s meant to be used as a bedspread.
What are the dimensions? (Looks huge like mine)
Watchsearcher, Yup, as soon as I laid eyes on this one, I thought of yours.
Off hand, I don't see any twin fabrics between the two, but certainly those small, neat, hand-made stitches are similar.
So you think it these hand-sewn, pieced works were intended to be used as unbacked bedspreads rather than quilts. Interesting.
Well, they would probably wear better than a similar pieced work made out of woven fabric, because the knit fabric would resist raveling.
Yes, that’s what I thought, having made numerous quilts. Here’s my reasoning: this polyester fabric kind of “bends” rather than lay flat, even if you ironed it (which could ruin it), it would not lay flat.
For clothing, that’s a great characteristic because it doesn’t wrinkle. In quilting, the quilt “top” needs to be ironed flat; that’s why 100% cotton fabric is perfect for the typical quilts.
If you tried to add a layer of batting and a backing fabric and then sew thru the 3 layers, it would be a sewing nightmare.
The polyester cut edges will not unravel so the unhemmed zigzag edges are just fine as is.
I’m still curious about who had the time to do this?I didn’t even mention fatigue of the fingers and wrists holding these little squares and the needle!
Maybe someone will see our posts and come forward to enlighten us.
I found mine in an antique/junk shop in NW Georgia. May I ask where you found yours?
I just have a feeling they are connected.
Thank you for posting yours!
And another thank you to Keramikos!
Watchsearcher I will get some pics and dimensions for you. I picked this up at the DAV Joplin Mo. months ago. When I saw it I didn't think twice about picking it up.