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One of the things they did was something called "A thousand Piece Quilt". This was something that often was many times more that 1000 pieces to make. It was often geometric and comprised of small squares that were sometimes divided into triangles and then assembled into geometric shapes. Very fiddly to do. I did a series of them when I was first connected with this group. The largest one I did actually had

3200 plus pieces, and was 4' x8' and is hanging in our local library. Here is a link to a book by Maggie McCormick Gordon called The Ultimate Quilting Book and it shows an example of one of these quilts.

John

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Karen, Queen of Squishies

I think tumbling blocks was victorian - remember paper piecing is called "English paper piecing", it may originate pre victorian, but the victorians definitely did it. I think making smaller items with quilting techniques were also common, so I've seen quite a few small items with wholecloth type work, usually on a shiny fabric.

Cheers Anne

Howdy!

In the 64-yr period that was the (actual) Victorian era, surely they made more than just crazy quilts. Common usage makes me think of silk (& chintz); silk was expensive, not very durable, esp. not practical for the everyday kind of quilter. ;-)

" Items from the later 19th century and early 20th century ... With the availability of cheaper printed cotton fabrics patchwork and quilted bedcovers gained a huge popularity amongst all classes in the 19th century and the collection reflects all aspects of the development of the craft during this period. This includes cotton frame quilts, wholecloth and strippy quilts, strip piecing, block patterns and appliqué. The fancy work quilts which were made in the second half of the 19th century are well represented with examples of diamond and hexagon patterns using silk and velvets, as well as crazy patchwork items. Wales and the North East of England developed a particularly strong quilting tradition during the 19th century and both geographic regions are well represented in the collection."

As this era encompasses the time that our foremothers were moving across the prairie (before, during, after the U.S. civil war) ... yeah, there was a lot more quilting done than those "fancy" crazies in

*this" country. ;-) This pre-dates the Victorian era; beautiful collections: R/Sandy - for what I got wrong, I apologize; I find quilting history to be fascinating, and when I come "over there" I want to see what y'all have ;-D

Victoria - reigned 1837 - 1901.

I've just opened a birthday present from DSisIL that DH had put in a safe place for my birthday in August and forgotten about - she was understandably not very pleased with him!

It is called 'Teach yourself Blocks from the Past' by Marie Dugan Henry, & features patterns and colours popular during the late 1800s. There are

72 blocks of which 43 are pieced.

Amazon have it and you can see the typical colours on the front cover. She says the fabrics are either antique or reproduction 1840-1880

Seem to be 6" squares - may just be tempted. Have some Thimbleberries DH gave me for Christmas a couple of years ago. He keeps asking when I am going to use them - this might be the answer!

She also gave me 'Big book of Best Loved Quilt Patterns'. Some good blocks in there though I'm never likely to make a giant bed quilt. Also you can see the quilting and it has the quilting patterns which is useful.

Incidently, I've just read 'Hidden in Plain View', The secret story of quilts and the underground railroad Author: Jacqueline L.Tobin. Fascinating and covers the right era, though,of course, it is disputed.

Sally at the Seaside~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~uk

Karen, Queen of Squishies wrote:

thank you Mz Mopp.... I think many people forget that the American Civil War happened during the Victorian era. So there are lots of styles of quilting that happened then. Both here and there. (Victoria reign something like 63 years, longest reign of any British monarch to date. Lots of changes and trends/fads in that amount of time, even then. )

Pati, > Howdy!

Victorian era, Victorian reign, or what? The Edwardian era overlapped the Victorian reign is all... (G)

If I recall correctly, honeycomb and counterpoint were very popular for a while in Victorian England.

NightMist

Isn't the current reign getting close? Bonnie, in Middletown, VA

56 years so far.

(Queen Elizabeth was quite a bit older than Victoria, when she came to the throne). . In message , snipped-for-privacy@comcast.net writes