Looking at the photographs posted from the Red and White quilt exhibit recently held in NYC my eye kept finding the Vortex Quilt with appliqued corners. I assumed it was a modern piece. How would one construct a quilt of that complexity without modern equipment? A photograph of the same quilt is featured in the June/July 2011 issue of Quilt magazine clearly explaining that it is from the collection of Joanna S. Rose and was part of the New York Exhibit. It also said the quilt "is believed to have been pieced sometime between 1890 and 1919 by an unknown quilter." I repeat, How could a quilter construct a quilt of that complexity without modern equipment?
Susan