Great Grandmother Emily (Wight) Taylor Doty hand sewed these
unfinished quilts many years ago. Emily died June 19, 1956 at the age of 85 so
these quilts are at the very least 58 years old. She completed sewing the
decorative top panels but didn’t finish the batting or the back. Complete or
not, I treasure them and hang them in my bedroom. Florence (Doty) Gardner,
Emily’s daughter, worked for many years as a seamstress at the Manhattan Shirt Company
in Middletown, New York. Aunt Florence would bring home fabric scraps which
sometimes got used for clothing for the children or put aside for quilt making.
The blocks above are from the quilt on the left . It looks
like it was designed using triangles. Below are blocks from the quilt on the
right. I’m not a quilter but am curious about both designs. Are there any
quilters among my readers that can tell me more?
It must have taken a very long time to sew these using just a
needle and a thread!
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