This is a nine patch quilt made by either my grandmother or her sister. The nine patch blocks alternate with solid white squares.
I love some of the fun little fabrics in it, like the horses pulling the little carts.
And this one with dancers.
I remember having a doll dress made of this green check with gold squares.
There are 3 squares along one edge that are actually 16 patch blocks. They look like a square made of light purple print, but are actually 2 different purple prints cut into 16 little squares.
The borders are blue and yellow at the top and bottom of the quilt and light pink and purple on the sides. I love how she used a dark pink in the corner when she ran out of the light pink.
When I unfolded it, I could see that some of the black dye was starting to bleed onto the white squares. This makes me sad as the quilt is in really good condition otherwise.
I'm so glad you posted your Grandmother's quilt. I just love it. They really did "make do" in those days. My Grandma cut up a lot of her house dresses and aprons to use in her quilt blocks. Thanks for posting it!
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