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Grandmother’s Flower Garden in Mourning Colors 1900. eBay purchase in 2012. 70"x81" Fabric: Wool. Batting:
None discernable. Backing: Gray cotton. Edge: Knife edge stitched by hand, then re-enforced on the back
by a row of hand stitching ¾" that does not show on the front. One edge is re-enforced with a brown tape
on the back. Piecing: By hand. Quilting: By hand, 6 stitches to the inch, just inside the seam line of each
hexagon, in black. Condition: Very good. I find one hole the size of a match head on the edge. Comment:
Purchased to exhibit variety in color and scale in the hex design. The plain colors coupled with the choice
of black quilting thread hints that the piece might be Amish.
Figure 146: Grandmother’s Flower
Garden in Mourning Colors