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<p>[QUOTE="Messilane, post: 96895, member: 68"]I *think* the first is what's called a "memory quilt".</p><p>they were sometimes pieced together with bits of fabric from dressmaking or clothes of different people, and then signed by them. Usually, the signatures were then embroidered.</p><p><br /></p><p>I can't tell if the second is a pieced quilt (coverlet?) or if it is appliquéd.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Messilane, post: 96895, member: 68"]I *think* the first is what's called a "memory quilt". they were sometimes pieced together with bits of fabric from dressmaking or clothes of different people, and then signed by them. Usually, the signatures were then embroidered. I can't tell if the second is a pieced quilt (coverlet?) or if it is appliquéd.[/QUOTE]
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