Rabu, 10 Februari 2010

Chrome Orange & Chrome Yellow

Mariner's Compass - 1880-1920

Many quilters working from about 1880-1920 used chrome colors as the neutral or the background in their quilts, a rather radical idea that very conservative women in Pennsylvania and the South found quite acceptable. Here are a few more pictures of quilts using yellows, some as accent, some as theme. The one below is from the Quilt Complex. I'm dating them fairly loosely from these snapshots.


Feathered Star 1880-1920

The two below are from dealer Laura Fisher

Princess Feather 1880-1920


Delectable Mountains 1860-1890

The rest I found in online auctions.

Star 1880-1910


Sugar Loaf 1880-1910
The block in this one is hard to figure out. Here's a diagram from my BlockBase software program.

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Pincushion or Orange Peel dated 1887

Ann Champion's blog shows a lot of antique quilts. She's fond of yellow.


Variation of the Whigs Defeat, 1850-1920


Monkey Wrench Variation 1890-1920 (It looks like a tiny Log Cabin in the corners of the block)


Log Cabin 1880-1920

Now go out and buy some yellow fabric. The boss reports that yellow doesn't sell as well as other colors--like blue, red or green. That's a shame.

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