Twelve Quilts of Christmas 2015 – #7
Tree of Life, Made by mother of Miss Sally Bohannon, Greenville, Tennessee, c. 1850-1875, cotton, 90 ½” x 76”. From Tennessee State Library and Archives, Quilts of Tennessee. Published in The Quilt Index.
The sashing and borders on this quilt are so lively. Double rows of Wild Goose Chase form the inner sashing and two shorter borders. The two longer borders are triple rows of Wild Goose Chase where the colour choices and placement produce a shaded effect. This gives an entirely different look to these two borders and generates a remarkable feeling of calm for this otherwise busy design. A very effective treatment.
All of the blocks have the same arrangement of elements and gesturing of branches and leaves , with the exception of the upper right block. This block is definitely part of the quilt’s charm, but also makes me wonder what the story is behind it!
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Another beautiful quilt!! I especially love the triple rows of the wild goose chase borders! I love every quilt that you have chosen to share this year!! Thank you for sharing!!
Colette, how sweet of you. You are welcome and thank you!
I seriously gasped when I opened this page! What a beauty! And you’re right…that shaded piecing in the triple border is soft and lovely. Perfect!
I’m wondering…do you see many antique quilts that have the orientation for width rather than length. I make my quilts this way because we have a footboard, and I don’t tuck….but I haven’t seen many antiques like this one that are so obviously meant to be placed like this.
You know Regan, I have not seen a lot of quilts designed in “landscape”. Okay we have to be on the lookout now. You and she cannot be the only two!