Red & White Basket Quilt 1850

Red & White Basket Quilt

This beautiful basket quilt was made by Peggy Lytle in 1850

Meigsville Township Morgan County Ohio

My husband & I now have possession of this family heirloom since my mother-in-law's passing in 2007.

I always admired looking at all of her quilts and linens over the years. She had many family items made from the long line of seamstresses and quilter's. One grandmother was an Ohio State Fair Judge, as well as being an accomplished quilter. Many of the embroidered and crocheted items are still in the family. There are also remaining stamped patterns and floss and thread that has never been used. I guess we all collect and hope to accomplish more than we have time for.

I have never found this pattern anywhere, so I used Electric Quilt to make the 8'" block pattern. And have begun sewing a replicate of theis quilt.

 8 inch block

Look at the tiny little stitches in the quilting & at how densely

it is quilted. The outside border is filled with feathers!

Peggy was 50 years old when she made this.

She lived to be 99 years old!