Margaret Techy's Old English in Redwork

This is one of the most recent quilts I added to my collection. I am posting it in honor of the red and white quilt exhibit being held in New York City this month.

Margaret Techy designed the series quilt Old English for the Cleveland Plain Dealer in 1933. The series contained 24 different floral / bird motifs and a 'Made By' motif. This quilt uses only 10 of the motifs, and repeats most of them several times. The bird motifs are block numbers 12 and 14.

Here is the lay-out for the 28 blocks based on the motif number accompanying the newspaper clipping:
(10) (14) (22) (10)
(2) (2) (12)
(14) (12) ( 7) (12)
(11) (3) (8)
( 7) (15) (3) (15)
(8) (12) (11)
(12) ( 7) ( 8) (11)
(10) (11) (7)


You can see this quilt done in blues at http://ctqg.blogspot.com/2009/03/bluework-garden.html



Infinite Variety:Three Centuries of Red and White Quilts
Date: March 25–30, 2011
Sponsored by: American Folk Art Museum
Location: Park Avenue Armory, 643 Park Ave, (between 66 and 67 Streets), New York City
Hours: Fri, Sat, Mon & Tues: 11:00 am – 7:00 pm; Sun & Wed: 11:00 am – 5:00 pm;
Cost: Free to the Public
American Folk Art Museum Website: http://www.folkartmuseum.org/


If you can't make it to the show in NYC - there is a 'virtual' red and whte quilt exhibit posted at:
http://reproquiltlover.blogspot.com/2011/03/red-and-white-quilt-exhibit-bloggers.html


Grab a cup of coffee, tea or hot chocolate and enjoy the show!

NOW YOU CAN SEE THE INSTALLATION PHOTOS of the R&W SHow in NYC:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/americanfolkartmuseum/sets/72157626340382146/with/5556189660/