Di Ford and Ann Daggs (Ann Dagge)

Ann Dagge, Rochester, New York, 1818. 84" x 78".

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Gift of Patricia Smith Melton

1998.149.5

 
Di Ford has a new pattern featuring her interpretation of this appliqued medallion dated 1818.

Click here to see some photos of Di's quilt:

http://threadbear.allthingsquilting.com.au/threadbear-quilting-in-2010/

http://www.threadbear.com.au/quiltpatterns.php

Here's a blog featuring a work in progress

http://patchworkonstonleigh.blogspot.com/2010/02/discovering-treasures-and-ann-daggs.html

See the center of the original by clicking here

http://www.theamericanquilt.com/site/gallery/image2_lg.html

at The American Quilt

It has been published for about 20 years as the Ann Daggs quilt, but apparently the curators at the Smithsonian Insitution have re-interpeted her signature as Ann Dagge.