"Crazy Quilt," Louisa Joiner, 1887-1900.
Unlike many other quilts, crazy quilts are not built around any specific pattern; you take the scraps you have and fit them together in any way that you can make work. While economical (using up the scraps that might have otherwise been discarded), it's also labor-intensive. Some of the pieces have been embroidered as well, and the quilter embroidered her initials on a piece in the lower right.
Little is known about Joiner, other than her husband was a captain who sailed the Great Lakes.
Getting to be time for a quilt on my bed....although it may be a little while yet...
From the Cleveland Museum of Art.
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