I just have to start by saying... WOW! This is a historical French piece featured in the book Quilts in the Attic: Uncovering the Hidden Stories of the Quilts We Love - wouldn't it make a great idea for a new project or to re-purpose an old quilt that had damaged parts?
Click on this page from Quilts in the Attic: Uncovering the Hidden Stories of the Quilts We Love to enlarge and read about this French bed quilt bedcover and overhang.
More about the Voyageur Press book:
Uncovering the Hidden Stories of the Quilts We Love
by
Karen Musgrave
As both history and art, quilts help express the human experience and can lead quilters to discoveries about themselves, about the past, and about artistic creation as a whole. This book features 30 heartwarming stories of great quilt discoveries—from bidding on a breathtaking quilt at an estate auction in Virginia to uncovering a little-known art form in France to finding and repairing a priceless heirloom quilt that had been used, neglected, and damaged, these stories from everyday stitchers and well-known quilters alike reveal the mystery and meaning of the quilts we love.
Karen Musgrave is a quiltmaker, mask maker, teacher, speaker, writer, and curator. For more than ten years, she has been forging a connection between American quiltmaking and other cultures. Her work has been exhibited internationally and is in many private collections. She lives in Naperville, Illinois.
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