Strip Quilt
East Texas 1940-1950's (66x84)
Nine patch with strip piecing
Egg Timer quilt
AL. 1940's (68x75)
Crazy quilt in strip-improvisational construction
AL. 1920's (66x82)
Star of Bethlehem
TX. 1930-1940's (70x74
FLag depiction/Sarah Mary Taylor
MS. (72x82)
Triangles & strip piecing/double sided1
LA. 1940's (84x86)
Giant Log Cabin
Wilcox county AL. 1930-1940's (66x74
Strip quilt/flour sak back
East TX. 1950's (63x70)
Egg Timer
MS. 1940's (66x90)
Strip constructed
TX. 1930's (68x82
Strip Quilt
AL. 1930-1940's (62x79)
Strip quilt
East TX. 1930-1940's (72x79)
African American quilts have surfaced in the last twenty years and have absorbed the interest of the collectors and the public eye that responds to the Arts. They go way beyond the traditional pattern set construction of what was thought of as a desirable quilt. These quilts speak to people in a way that a modern painting would if you came across it in a museum. They don’t usually keep a set pattern going unless it was a pattern cut freehand. This is what makes them interesting and full of surprises. You might get really bored with a pattern that is the same through out, it could become similar to wall paper or some other decorative background. These quilts rarely seem boring, they usually will have much movement in them to keep the viewers interest.
Bars of strip piecing
Al . 1920's (65x88)
Strip quilt/triangles & rectangles
AL. 1920's (60x70)
Multi directional strip quilt
Ky. 1940's (64x85)