Centennial Quilt 1935 - 1942

This Centennial Quilt was created by an anonymous artist; a real labor of love in textile form. I can just picture the maker, patiently piecing together all these bits of fabric. Each stitch tells a story, right? I imagine them sitting in a cozy room, maybe with a cat purring nearby, carefully arranging each star and rose. The eagles are particularly interesting: why this motif, and what might it mean? The quilted surface and the floral border create a sense of rhythm and harmony. Think of the hours, maybe even years, it took to complete. Quilts are like diaries, and time capsules. We can see that this maker was thinking about tradition, and history. Quilts are not so different from paintings. They offer us a unique way of seeing, feeling, and thinking about the world.