{"product_id":"item-26-271","title":"Item 26-270","description":"\u003cdiv id=\":q0\" class=\"ii gt\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\":q1\" class=\"a3s aiL\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\":nf\" class=\"ii gt\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\":zf\" class=\"a3s aiL\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\":qn\" class=\"ii gt\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\":qo\" class=\"a3s aiL\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\":vo\" class=\"ii gt\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\":vp\" class=\"a3s aiL\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\":151\" class=\"ii gt\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\":152\" class=\"a3s aiL\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\":na\" class=\"ii gt\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\":qa\" class=\"a3s aiL\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\":pu\" class=\"ii gt\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\":qh\" class=\"a3s aiL\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\":1ca\" class=\"ii gt\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\":1cb\" class=\"a3s aiL\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\":p3\" class=\"ii gt\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\":ne\" class=\"a3s aiL\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\":qs\" class=\"ii gt\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\":qt\" class=\"a3s aiL\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\":1c4\" class=\"ii gt\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\":1c8\" class=\"a3s aiL\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ii gt\" id=\":r8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a3s aiL\" id=\":p1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\":ri\" class=\"ii gt\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\":rj\" class=\"a3s aiL\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\":pb\" class=\"ii gt\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\":pc\" class=\"a3s aiL\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\":ps\" class=\"ii gt\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\":pr\" class=\"a3s aiL\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"yj6qo\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis is a delightful piece of American antique quilting history, dated around 1920\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt is not a finished quilt block, but rather a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003esignature or friendship quilt block. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDuring the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, women often made \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003efriendship quilts\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (also called signature quilts). Each participant made one block, embroidered her name, and contributed it to a quilt that commemorated:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"\u003e • a wedding\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"\u003e • graduation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"\u003e • church group\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"\u003e • quilting bee\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"\u003e • birthday\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"\u003e • farewell before moving away\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"\u003e • fundraising event\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe embroidered name \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“NORMA E.W.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e was almost certainly the maker or the person being honoured\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe blue print with tiny white dots and diamonds and the pink geometric print appear to be \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eprinted cottons\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, very typical of the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e1920s and 1940s\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. They resemble the cheerful small-scale prints found in American \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003efeedsack fabrics\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e—cotton sacks that once held flour, sugar and animal feed. During the Great Depression and World War II, resourceful homemakers transformed these printed sacks into clothing, quilts and household textiles.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt measures 25x25cm. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\":rg\" class=\"hq gt\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\":w0\" class=\"hq gt\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Forage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48873738764532,"sku":null,"price":25.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0652\/1621\/7332\/files\/unnamed-4_6e932d80-0a2b-4d2e-8ec9-ed920cb9a40d.jpg?v=1784374762","url":"https:\/\/www.foragebylisamattock.com.au\/products\/item-26-271","provider":"Forage","version":"1.0","type":"link"}