Name/Title
Log Cabin QuiltEntry/Object ID
75.17.1Description
Made of early Victorian cottons. Striped prints in madder and chocolate browns, bound in orange paisley fabric. Backing is made of of different squares of fabric in shades of brown and red. Hand quilted and hand pieced. Log Cabin design.
"This log cabin quilt is especially interesting because it was done using the construction technique known as quilt-as-you-go, potholder, or more recently lap quilting. Small sections (blocks or rows) were quilted, and then all were sewn together to form the whole,. This made the quilting frame unnecessary.
Log cabin quilts were enormously popular in America during the second half of the 19th century, Narrow strips, or logs, surround a center square to form each block. The design is simple and no templates are required, but at the same time, its is extremely versatile. Careful placement of light and dark fabrics could yield square on-point set ups, zigzags, straight diagonals, concentric diamonds, or even kaleidoscopes." - Elizabeth Davis, "A Stitch in Time: Quilts from the Genesee Country Village & Museum", 2005.Collection
Genesee Country Village and MuseumMade/Created
Date made
1845 - 1850Place
Town
CaledoniaState/Province
New YorkCountry
United States of AmericaContinent
North America
