Twelve Quilts of Christmas – #6

DECEMBER 27, 2024

Graphic 30’s Crossed Tulips Quilt Top, Origin location unknown, c. 1920-1930, 68” x 80”, maker unknown.  Collection unknown. Source: Live Auctioneers.

This cheery quilt has such a strong secondary design, that you almost loose the tulips to the graphic check/plaid pattern and the motif developed with the crossing stems and leaves, but look right in the midst of all of that and there are the tulips!

From the close up picture below, it seems that the maker used raw edge appliquéd with large embroidered stitches, adding a delightful element to this quilt.

What technique do you like to use for appliqué?  Raw edge machine stitched, Raw edge hand stitched? Needle-turn appliqué? Freezer paper technique? Interfacing technique?

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