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Bits and Pieces Quilt
Bits and Pieces Quilt
Date1979
MediumFabric; machine pieced, hand quilted
Dimensions87 x 72 1/2 in. (221 x 184.2 cm)
Classifications(not assigned)
Credit LineGift of Kohler Foundation, Inc.
Terms
Object number2022.9.79
DescriptionPatchwork “Crazy” quilt. Bits and Pieces pattern. Hundreds of small pieces in sizes from 1” square to 3”, multiple colors, shapes, patterns, textures machine stitched to form larger squares, rectangles, then assembled into quilt top. Vibrant colors throughout. Hand quilted in blue thread, vertically over top. Approximately 3 1/2” wide dark blue border. Borders are folded to back and hand-hemmed to form binding. Back and batting are a thin commercially sewn and quilted coverlet, edge of which can be seen at back proper right edge of this back quilt top. Approximately 3” wide white muslin hanging sleeve across back top. Handwritten at a back lower proper left corner: 'Mary Mayfair Matthews “Bits and Pieces,” “Memphis Tennessee; 1979; 84 X 74.’ Hand quilted.Status
On view