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Antique Quilt 4426 - "Rose of Sharon"
Pink and green appliquéd "Rose of Sharon" - beautiful art work - large - unwashed, mint condition - 84" x 86"
$795 ND
#4426 close-up view
   
Antique Quilt 4433 - "Field of Diamonds"
Fuchsia and blue "Field of Diamonds" - possibly Amish from Iowa - rare and striking graphic art in solids - king or queen - excellent condition - 86" x 104"
$399 ND
   
Antique Quilt 4434 - "Diagonal Chain"
Rose and white "Diagonal Chain" - nice graphic art and quilting - new binding - excellent condition - 65" x 96"
$249
   
Antique Quilt 4439 - "Checkerboard"
Pink and blue "Checkerboard" with great borders.  Found unbound - two tiny original patches - large Unwashed, mint condition - 82" x 89"
$249
   
Antique Quilt 4534 - Tulip Basket Appliqué
1930-40 rose & green "Tulip Basket" appliqué - rose back - tiny fading - great tulip quilting - whimsical
Unwashed, mint condition - 73" x 89"
$399 ND
   
Antique Quilt 4553 - "Windmill Star"
Pink "Windmill Star" - great optical illusion and matrix borders - washed since photo taken; now white. Excellent condition - 74" x 86"
$295

   
Antique Quilt 4555 - "Spider Web"
Pink "Spider Web" from Springfield, MO - nice quilting
Sugar sack back - unwashed, mint condition - 66" x 74"
$295
   
Antique Quilt 4567 - "Dahlia"
Coral "Dahlia" from Texas - washed after photo taken
Mint condition - 61" x 79"
$250
   
Antique Quilt 4580 - "Friendship Ring"
Lavender and blue "Friendship Ring" - museum quality
Washed once, mint condition - 73" x 87"
$495
   
Antique Quilt 4655 - "Sisters Choice"
Green "Sisters Choice" great quilting - excellent condition 67" x 80"     $249 ND
   
Antique Quilt 4676 - "Grandmother's Flower Garden"
Forest green bordered "Grandmother's Flower Garden" - great optical illusion star - very good condition - 70" x 90"
$395
   
Antique Quilt 4840 Tulip Go Round Antique Quilt 4840 - "Tulip Go Round"
Pink and 1870s-style green calico "Tulip Go Round".
Muslin back with cotton seed in thin batting.  Nice outline quilting.  Great sashings and borders.  Faint staining. Unwashed, mint condition - 78" x 86"
$
399 ND
close-up view
     
Antique Quilt 4864 Dresden Plate Antique Quilt 4864 - "Dresden Plate"
"Dresden Plate" with great rose scalloped ice cream cone borders - made by Mrs. Brooks of Nichols Hills, Oklahoma. Great 3/4" cross hatch quilting - 7 to 8 stitches per inch. Writing on muslin back "General Election Precinct Ward".
Mint condition - 64" x 88"
$395

4864 close up view

     
Antique Quilt 4876 Grandmother's Flower Garden Antique Quilt 4876 - Grandmother's Flower Garden
"Grandmother's Flower Garden"  Rare and beautiful in soft pastel solids.  Great arrangement of colors circling the center.  Hand pieced and nicely quilted at 10 stitches per inch with 1-3/4" hexagons and a mint green back.  Love those scalloped borders.  Made by 81 year old Ysleta Lane's mother, Edith David of Oklahoma City.  Unwashed, mint condition - 68" x 87"        $495
4876 close-up view
     
Antique Quilt 4918 "Grandmother's Flower Garden" Antique Quilt 4918 - "Grandmother's Flower Garden"
Circa 1930 "Grandmother's Flower Garden" plus original hand appliquéd oak leaf and reel design in corners - great 1" cross hatch and outline quilting at 8 stitches per inch.
Unwashed, mint condition   76" x 85"
$395
ND
     
Antique Quilt 4928 "Bethlehem Star" Antique Quilt 4928 - "Bethlehem Star"
Circa 1930 yellow, gold and brown "Bethlehem Star".
Dynamite graphic art with fabulous feather wreath and outline quilting at 8 to 10 stitches per inch - made by Sally Hughes' grandmother, Pearl Veasey on a farm in Van Alstyne, Texas. She probably grew and carded her own cotton batting - tiny binding wear and batting separation
Stains washed out - 84" x 84"
$
399
     
Antique Quilt 4937 Butterfly Applique Antique Quilt 4937 - Butterfly Appliqué
Green Butterfly Appliqué with fancy embroidery embellish-ment and unusual garden matrix sashings or borders. Excellent condition - 73" x 91"
$
299 ND
     
Antique Quilt 4938 Bridal Flower Basket Wreath Antique Quilt 4938 - Flower Basket Appliqué
Circa 1930 or prior pink, blue and purple Bridal Flower Basket Wreath Appliquéd quilt with great embroidery embellishment and scalloped borders - beautiful cross hatch and feather wreath quilting at 6 to 7 stitches per inch - old paper history is attached - great buy that I'm passing along to you - washed first by me - mint condition - 70" x 86"  $
595 ND
     
Antique Quilt 4964 Double Wedding Ring Antique Quilt 4964 - "Double Wedding Ring"
Circa 1938-39 pink and blue centered "Double Wedding Ring" made by the women of South Lee Methodist Church in Oklahoma City for Grace and Curtis Vandervort's wedding gift in 1939 (note attached) - Beautiful with scalloped borders and feather and interlocked rings - Museum quilting at 8 -10 stitches per inch - Pencil lines still visible - Excellent condition 75" x 90"      $595
     
Antique Quilt 4966 "Drunkard's Path" Antique Quilt 4966 - "Drunkard's Path"
Circa 1930 pink and white "Drunkard's Path" - Hand pieced by Grace Vanderwort of Oklahoma City - Quilted by her Mother at 7 stitches per inch (note attached) - Rose bottom row and back Tiny discoloration - Excellent condition
72" x 87"      $
299
     
Antique Quilt 4997 "Flower Basket" Antique Quilt 4997 - "Flower Basket"
"Flower Basket" quilt by Mrs. Leon Meyers of Oklahoma - Adorable calico back, shown in close-up view - Great 7/8" triple sashings and borders in yellow and green - Fabulous quilting at 8-9 stitches per inch Uneven batting, otherwise in excellent condition - 75" x 82"
$279 ND
     
Antique Quilt 5044 "Double Wedding Ring" Antique Quilt 5044 - "Double Wedding Ring"
1930's "Double Wedding Ring" from Springfield, Missouri. Pretty with pink outer rings and scallops. Great buy. Museum quilting at 9 stitches per inch. Pencil lines still visible - Tiny discoloration on back, otherwise in excellent condition
60" x 72"    $349
     
Antique Quilt 5045 "Grandmother's Flower Garden" Antique Quilt 5045 -  "Grandmother's Flower Garden"
1930's "Grandmother's Flower Garden" - 1-1/2" hexagon piecing by Marvel Lounsbury's Mother of Ponca City, Oklahoma - Marvel was a twin with no family to leave this beautiful quilt to - Tiny green diamond garden path. Fabulous quilting at 10 stitches per inch - Washed since photo taken - Excellent condition - 78" x 82"     $399
     
Antique Quilt 5055 "Friendship" Antique Quilt 5055 - "Remember Me"
Circa 1930 pink and green "Friendship" or "Remember Me" quilt from Susan Edge's estate in Oklahoma City. Probably made by her Mother and friends in Duke, Oklahoma for her wedding gift - Home grown and hand carded cotton batting with seeds - Great 1" triple sashings with "9 Patch Postage Stamp" piecing intersects - Quilt at 6 stitches per inch. Excellent condition - 64" x 80"     $299
     
Antique Quilt 5079 "Dresden Plate" Antique Quilt 5079 - "Dresden Plate"
Early 1930's blue "Dresden Plate" by mother-in-law of Dr. Joseph Radel, who practiced chiropractics in Oklahoma City until age 93 in 2004. Reversible, with beautiful blue back - Diamond and outline quilting at 6-7 stitches per inch. Unwashed, mint condition - 70" x 82"    $399 ND
     
Antique Quilt 5083 "Delectable Mountains" Antique Quilt 5083 - "Delectable Mountains"
Blue "Delectable Mountains" by Martha Woodward-James' grandmother who lived next door to President Truman (copy of postcard from Martha to Mrs. Olive Woodward in Independence, Missouri included) - Ralph James was Sam Walton's first cousin (copy of signed picture of Sam Walton included) - Dynamite graphic art. Fabulous museum quality diamond quilting at 9 stitches per inch - Tiny fading, otherwise in excellent condition 76" x 79"    $
595
Story published in Centennial Stitches--Oklahoma History in Quilts full-color coffee-table book available for $39.95.
     
Antique Quilt 5088 "Double Wedding Ring" Antique Quilt 5088 - "Double Wedding Ring"
Lavender 1930's "Double Wedding Ring" by Mother-in-law of Dr. Joseph Radel, who practiced chiropractics in Oklahoma City until he was 93 years, in 2004. Beautiful colors and outline quilting at 7-8 stitches per inch. Love those scallops - Bound in lavender.  Excellent condition - 77" x 78"      $495
     
Antique Quilt 5099 Fleur de Lis Applique Antique Quilt 5099 - Fleur de Lis Appliqué
1930's Blue and white Appliquéd Fleur de Lis from Woodstock, Ontario, Chester, Nova Scotia - Rare and wonderful - Striking art - Nice outline and diagonal quilting at 7 stitches per inch - Excellent condition except a little fading - 65" x 76"     $399
     
Antique Quilt 5100 - Yo-Yo Coverlet Antique Quilt 5100 - Yo-Yo Coverlet
Yo-Yo Coverlet - Incredible 1-3/8" hand gathered circles throughout - Sunny and cheery - Excellent condition - 68" x 85"      $249ND
     
Antique Quilt 5116  "Bachelor's Puzzle" Antique Quilt 5116 - "Bachelor's Puzzle"
Coral  "Bachelor's Puzzle" Friendship quilt dated 1936 from Monroe and Peggy Davis' collection in Goldsby, Oklahoma.  Diamond, cross and outline quilting at 7 stitches per inch.  Nice workmanship! Excellent condition.  72" x 88"
$269
     
Antique Quilt 5137 "Rose of Sharon" Antique Quilt 5137 - "Rose of Sharon"
1930's appliquéd "ROSE OF SHARON"  quilt from Ann Showalter's estate in Bethany, Oklahoma.  Beautiful with undulating vine and rose bud border.  Daisy and triple diagonal quilting at 6 stitches per inch.  Washed first by me. Originally had four beige blocks which I bleached to white.  Tiny discoloration.  Excellent condition.  77" x 90"
$399
     
Antique Quilt 5145 Tulip Applique Antique Quilt 5145 - Tulip Appliqué
1930's Pink Appliquéd Tulip Window Box from Charlene Johnson's Oklahoma City collection and estate.  A breath of springtime!  Great borders and sashings.  Nice crosshatch quilting at 8 stitches per inch. Excellent condition. 73" x 88"
$499
ND
     
Antique Quilt 5146 "Cactus Basket" Antique Quilt 5146 - "Cactus Basket"
Yellow  "Cactus Basket" 1930's top newly quilted from Charlene Johnson's estate in Oklahoma City.  Bright and cheery with yellow back.  Reversible - two quilts for price of one.  Nice outline and cactus basket quilting at 7 stitches per inch. MINT UNUSED UNWASHED 75" x 84" GREAT BUY!      $249ND
     
Antique Quilt 5147 "4 in 9 Patch on Point" Antique Quilt 5147 - "4 in 9 Patch on Point"
Blue "Four in Nine Patch on Point" 1930's blocks newly quilted.  Found in trunk unbound.
I bound it in the extra dark blue backing material included.  Adorable children's calico in alternate blocks.  From Charlene Johnson's Oklahoma City estate.  Great crosshatch and star quilting at 7 stitches per inch.  Reversible with dark blue back and binding.  MINT UNUSED, UNWASHED. Great buy that I am passing on.
66" x 80"   $399ND
     
Antique Quilt 5152 "Grandmother's Fan" Antique Quilt 5152 - "Grandmother's Fan"
1930's "Grandmother's Fan" quilt found unused, mint, unbound.  I was first to wash it and bind it.  From Searsport, Maine.  Classic Beauty!  Great outline, shell, cable and petal quilting at 8 stitches per inch 73" x 86"
$449
     
Antique Quilt 5158 "Double Wedding Ring" Antique Quilt 5158 - "Double Wedding Ring"
1930's "Double Wedding Ring" Quilt with pink and blue centers from Searsport, Maine.  Beautiful Classic for every Bride and Quilt Collection.  Love those scallops.  Feather wreath and straight line quilting 6-8 stitches per inch. Excellent condition 84" x 86"
$549
     
Antique Quilt 5174 - "Double Wedding Ring"
Green and Pink center with black and white toy print ground "Double Wedding Ring" by Mildred Lundberg's Mother, Maude Norri Kienlen of Oklahoma City.  Great Triple Borders frames it like a work of art.  Unusual background.  Nice cross hatch and outline quilting at 7-8 stitches per inch.  EXCELLENT condition - 70" x 81"       $399 ND
     
Antique Quilt 5182 "Double Wedding Ring" Antique Quilt 5182 - "Double Wedding Ring"
Yellow "Double Wedding Ring" from an Oklahoma City estate.  Cheery and happy in unusual yellow and rose combination.  Nice crosshatch quilting at 8-9 stitches per inch. Excellent condition. 76" x 77"      $495
     
Antique Quilt 5186 "Texas Lone Star" Antique Quilt 5186 - "Texas Lone Star"
Yellow and rose "Texas Lone Star" circa1930 by Hilda Seedig born 1919, German spinster who worked in cooked factory and cared for her Grandmother.  Entered her quilts in every state fair, from Waco Texas.  Original idea to border the star with blue. Fun, cheery Grandma Moses folksy feel.  Wild, funky calico feed sack back.  Shell quilting at 5 stitches per inch.  Some raveling seams re-stitched and tiny discoloration on pink at top right.  Otherwise in excellent condition. 72" x 82"
     $249 ND
     
Antique Quilt 5205 "Dresden Plate" Antique Quilt 5205 - "Kaleidoscope"
Tan "Dresden Plate" by Emmajean Lenard Templeton (1909-2004), Enid, Oklahoma.  She lived with banker husband, Earl, in Kentucky and Florida. She quilted while he fished.  Exquisite.  Museum quality heart, feather wreath and cross hatch quilting at 10 stitches per inch. Washed once. MINT condition. 70" x 77"     
$595
     
Antique Quilt 5254 "Grandmother's Fan" Antique Quilt 5254 - "Grandmother's Fan"
1930's "Grandmother's Fan" top, quilted later by 96 yr old Ethel Howery of Norman, Oklahoma, whose families homesteaded Oklahoma City and Norman.  She started the Cleveland County Fair in 1936 and has 787 ribbons, mostly blue, won for her quilting, needlework, canning, etc.  Outline quilting at 6-7 stitches per inch.  Bright and cheery. Mint, unused condition - 70" x 85"        $295
Story published in Heavenly Patchwork II. Copy of book included with purchase.
     
Antique Quilt 5296 Flower Pot Applique Antique Quilt 5296 - Flower Pot Appliqué
Salmon Flower Pot appliquéd and pieced quilt from Springfield, Missouri. A breath of springtime year-round. Great quadruple borders and outline, flower and leaf quilting at 7 stitches per inch - 72" x 90" MINT UNWASHED condition      $495ND
     
Antique Quilt 5300 "Bethlehem Star" Antique Quilt 5300 - "Bethlehem Star"
Red and green "Bethlehem Star" quilt. Perfect for Christmas decorating. WOW Graphics from Springfield, Missouri. 1-1/4" crosshatch hand quilting all over at 7-8 stitches per inch. King, queen or full size -
84" x 94"  MINT condition     $495ND
     
Antique Quilt 5303 - "Grandmother's Flower Garden"
Grandmother's Flower Garden by Ida Pierson-Elam (1890-1976). Ida lived on a farm in northwest Missouri and was divorced in 1922. She was left alone to work her farm and raise and support her 12 year old son. Ida was an independent, self-made woman, working as a quilter; driving the school wagon pulled by horses; as a telephone operator; executive housekeeper and cafeteria worker at a nursing home for 20 years.
This is a photo of Ida in 1912 with her son, Gifford Pierson Elam. Tragically, Gifford died at age 27 on his wife's 21st birthday, when their son, Bill, was only 3 years old. These quilts were bought from Bill Elam, who took care of Ida in his home the last few years of her life. He said the quilts had to have been made in 1935 or before since Ida's eyesight didn't allow her to continue quilting after that. A copy of Ida's photo will be included with purchase.

Incredible 1-1/2" hexagon piecing all over.  Love those scalloped borders.  Museum Quality outline stitching at 9-10 stitches per inch.  MINT UNWASHED condition.  68" x 90"   $695
Story published in Heavenly Patchwork II. Copy of book included with purchase.

     
Antique Quilt 5305 - "Ocean Wave"
Ocean Wave by Ida Pierson-Elam (1890-1976). Ida lived on a farm in northwest Missouri and was divorced in 1922. She was left alone to work her farm and raise and support her 12 year old son. Ida was an independent, self-made woman, working as a quilter; driving the school wagon pulled by horses; as a telephone operator; executive housekeeper and cafeteria worker at a nursing home for 20 years.

This is a photo of Ida in 1912 with her son, Gifford Pierson Elam.

Tragically, Gifford died at age 27 on his wife's 21st birthday, when their son, Bill, was only 3 years old. These quilts were bought from Bill Elam, who took care of Ida in his home the last few years of her life. He said the quilts had to have been made in 1935 or before since Ida's eyesight didn't allow her to continue quilting after that. A copy of Ida's photo will be included with purchase.

Flour Sack Back with visible printing FMA and 3 blue stars.  Shell quilting at 7 stitches per inch. Very good condition - 64" x 78".  $299  Story published in Heavenly Patchwork II. Copy of book included with purchase.


 
   
Antique Quilt 5323 Log Cabin Antique Quilt 5323 - "Log Cabin"
Yellow and blue 1930s "Log Cabin Light and Dark" or "Court House Steps".  Bold, dramatic art.   Outline quilting at 6-8 stitches per inch. Tiny binding wear unnoticeable. Very Good condition - 69" x 81"       $295
     
Antique Quilt 5325 - "Borrow and Return"
Hot pink "Borrow and Return" or "Hearts and Gizzards". Fabulous graphic Art and Borders. Nice outline quilting at 7-8 stitches per inch. MINT condition
75" x 82"      $399
 
     
Antique Quilt 5329 - "Road to Oklahoma"
Blue "Trail of the Covered Wagon", Road to OK, CA or to White House. Nice straight line and outline quilting at 6-8 stitches per inch. Tiny fading and pin hole in middle. Very Good condition - 66" x 72"     $299ND
     
Antique Quilt 5346 - "Kaleidoscope String Star"
Handmade "Kaleidoscope String Star" of historic significance by Maudie Osteen-Cordum who homesteaded near Elk City, Oklahoma. Copies of ten documents and vintage photos included. Straight line quilting at 7 stitches per inch. Cute teddy bears and little bow peep calicos. Very Good condition - 66" x 81"      $350
     
Antique Quilt 5359 - 1920's Floral Appliqué
1920's kit Floral Appliquéd Quilt beautiful in delicate pastels with scalloped border by mother of 84 year old Helen Gardner who ferried planes to England in WWII, and worked as office manager for Metro Life for 41 years. Both husbands were pilots in WWII. She and George (home builder in OKC) were close friends with and were with Wiley Post and Will Rogers the morning of their last flight.  EXCELLENT condition - 80" x 91"       $995
     
Antique Quilt 5369 - "Honeybee"
Pink and white Depression handmade "Honeybee" quilt from the Indian Creek, Oklahoma City Estate of ninety-year old twins Frances Bradley and Florence Lemey.  Great graphic art and borders. pastel pink back. Beautiful outline quilting at 7-8 stitches per inch. MINT UNWASHED condition, King, Queen or Full size - 81" x 93"
$495
     
Antique Quilt 5392 - "Slashed Album"
 Green and salmon "Slashed Album" from Muskogee Oklahoma estate. Nice borders, sashings and symmetry. Daisy and diamond quilting at 7-8 stitches per inch.  Mint, unused, unwashed condition - 71" x 85"
$289
     
Antique Quilt 5414 - Appliques Rose Bud
 
Rose Bud Vine quilt top, Bucilla Kit #2952 by mother of famous Hallmark Christmas Ornament designer Yvonne Votlerabu, Kansas City. Beautiful and well appliquéd with uniform and tight hand blanket stitching.  MINT condition, except for tiny pricked finger blood stains that will come out. Hand quilted with cotton backing and batting by Opal Baum
76" x 94"
             $495
     
Antique Quilt 5417 - LeMoyne Star
NEW ADDITION Depression top quilted later and never bound until now. Great sashings and borders. Outline quilting at 4-7 stitches/inch. From Dee Yearly's Willow Creed Estate in Oklahoma City. Mint, unused, unwashed. 65" x 71"     $295
     
Antique Quilt 5418 - Double Wedding Ring
NEW ADDITION Quilt with pink and green centers. Beautiful scalloped borders. Crosshatch, daisy and circle quilting@8
stitches.inch. Excellent 74" x 88"     $499
     

Antique Quilt 5421 - Grandmother's Flower Garden
NEW ADDITION
Gold back and binding. Two shades
of ecru. Pat Mason bought in 1970 from cedar chest in Bethany, OK estate.  Museum Outline Quilting @ 10 st/in. Great Buy I'm passing on. MINT UNWASHED King, QN, FUll 82" x 96"     $495
 
     
Antique Quilt 5424 - Iris
NEW ADDITION  appliqued kit quilt with machine button hold stitching. Hand quilted with feather and feather wreath, floral and crosshatch quilting @ 9 st/in. Breath of springtime. Scallop border. Great buy I'm passing along. You can still see the quilting markings. Excellent 72" x 86"     $399
 
 
 
 
Antique Quilt 5450 - Pink and blue "Mohawk Trail"
NEW ADDITION by Ollie Kay Carver whose
son was killed in rodeo bull riding competition in 1970. Ollie lived in same house north of Fairgrounds for 60 years. Museum Quality outline quilting @ 8-10 stitches/inch. Hand pieced 1/2 x 1" triangles. Several shades of pink,
pale blue back. Great Borders. Soft with a few minor stains, otherwise excellent. 67" x 82"      $395
     
Antique Quilt 5457 - Pink "Friendship Ring" or "Dresden Plate"
NEW ADDITION
1930s Quilt by Nancy Apgar's mother Georgeth Gibson in Mercer PA where Nancy graduated
Valdictorian, graduated from Eastman School of Music. She was a music professor for 25 years at OCU in Oklahoma City and pianist for the OKC Symphony. She was Chairman of the OK County and OK State Republican Party, State Chairman and member of the electoral college, President of Town Hall,
Early American Glass Club and Cocker Spanial Club. Hand quilted in 2" cross hatch quilting @6-7 st/in. King Queen or Full 79 1/2"  x 102" MINT UNWASHED
UNUSED Perfect       $695
 
     
Antique Quilt 5465 -  "Flower Basket/Flying  Geese"
NEW ADDITION Rare and popular Red and White
antique top newly quilted with all cotton by 89 year old Opal Baum whose stories are in "Heavenly Patchwork II" and "Centennial Stitches--Oklahoma History in Quilts." Great graphic art and optical illusion. New outer border making it work on full, queen or king beds. Mint 80" x 96"      $695ND
     
Antique Quilt 5467
NEW ADDITION Red and green "Expanded 9 Patch/Orange Peel" quilt. Great optical illusion in Christmas colors with scalloped borders and shell quilting @ 5/6 st/in from Springfield, MO. Washed. Staining on back and a few broken threads, otherwise Very Good. 64" x 80"      $395
 
     
Antique Quilt 5471
NEW ADDITION - Peach & Blue center "Double Wedding Ring" by June Struble from John and June Struble Estate with boxes of 1944 WWII love letters, vintage photos and 1909 diaries of John's father Clarence Struble. Family memorabilia dating back to 1830s originally from PA, then Nebraska and later Oklahoma City. Batting is a pink and white flannel sheet. Outline and morning star quilting @ 7-8 st/in. Tiny binding wear and minor repair I can't find. 77" x 77"     $295ND
     
Antique Quilt 5472
NEW ADDITION - 003 55.0kb& 50.7kb Yellow "Dresden Plate" from Bass Estate in NW Oklahoma City, OK. Cute embroidery embellishment. Great triple borders. Cheery, Outline crosshatch quilting @ 6 st/in. 10" strip on bottom border is a different color of lighter yellow. Excellent 67" x 84" $295 + shipping
     
Antique Quilt 5473
NEW ADDITION
  43.1kb&59.5kb Lavender and yellow "Rolling Star" from Bass Estate in Northwest Oklahoma City, OK. Great two color graphic art with borders and lavender binding. Nice outline quilting @ 7-9 st/in.
70" x 86"  Excellent      $295 + shipping
     

Antique Quilt 5475
NEW ADDITION
55kb, 35.2, 5l.9 & 38kb "Historic 1932 signed and dated Friendship Quilt" made for a Birthday with Thomas, OK embroidered. Research underway on these early OK pioneers. One family owned a dime store on main street. Hand quilted @7-10 st/in. Binding wear.
80" x 84"     $495 + shipping


 

     
Antique Quilt 5477
NEW ADDITION: Green "Sunbonnet Sue"

From Dean and Jean Gill estate they lived in since 1954 in Nichols Hills, OK. Quilt made by Jean's mother Gladys Diehl and grandmother of Mulhull married to Jake Diehl. In September 1889 after the land run, Jean's Grandfather Donnelly homesteaded a farm 4 miles north and 5 east of Crescent. In February 1890 they moved to OKC where he became Marshall and operated a butcher store. Jean’s grandfather Don Diehl of German descent came in land run of 1893 to Orlando and moved to Mulhull where he operated a hardware store and cheesemaking plant and worked in the oil field. Eleven early photos of Jean's family available upon request with other memorabilia. Adorable with great embroidery embellishment. Museum quality flower and cross hatch quilting@ 10-12 st/in. MINT WASHED FIRST by me. Pencil lines visible. Staining on back 68" x 82"   $595

     

Antique Quilt  5478
NEW ADDITION:   "Martha Washington Flower Garden" with green garden path and scalloped edges

From Dean and Jean Gill estate they lived in since 1954 in Nichols Hills, OK. Quilt made by Jean's mother Gladys Diehl and grandmother of Mulhull married to Jake Diehl. In September 1889 after the land run, Jean's Grandfather Donnelly homesteaded a farm 4 miles north and 5 east of Crescent. In February 1890 they moved to OKC where he became Marshall and operated a butcher store. Jean’s grandfather Don Diehl of German descent came in land run of 1893 to Orlando and moved to Mulhull where he operated a hardware store and cheesemaking plant and worked in the oil field. Eleven early photos of Jean's family available upon request with other memorabilia.  

 

Outline quilting @8-9 st/in Unwashed Mint. 1 tiny snag on back edge of binding. Three hexagons of darker green on top and bottom Right. 75" x 82"     $495

     

Antique Quilt 5479
NEW ADDITION:  "Grandmother's Flower Garden". Incredible 1" hexagons

From Dean and Jean Gill estate they lived in since 1954 in Nichols Hills, OK. Quilt made by Jean's mother Gladys Diehl and grandmother of Mulhull married to Jake Diehl. In September 1889 after the land run, Jean's Grandfather Donnelly homesteaded a farm 4 miles north and 5 east of Crescent. In February 1890 they moved to OKC where he became Marshall and operated a butcher store. Jean’s grandfather Don Diehl of German descent came in land run of 1893 to Orlando and moved to Mulhull where he operated a hardware store and cheesemaking plant and worked in the oil field. Eleven early photos of Jean's family available upon request with other memorabilia.  Fussycut flowers, 2 shades of white. Museum qualit outline quilting @ 10 st/in. Tiny staining. Unwashed mint. 77" x 80"    $995

     

Antique Quilt 5481  "Applique Rose with embroidery embellishment"

NEW ADDITION:  From Dean and Jean Gill's estate they lived in since 1954 in Nichols Hills, OK. Quilt made by Jean's mother Gladys Diehl and grandmother of Mulhull married to Jake Diehl. In September 1889 after the land run, Jean's Grandfather Donnelly homesteaded a farm 4 miles north and 5 east of Crescent. In February 1890 they moved to OKC where he became Marshall and operated a butcher store. Jean’s grandfather Don Diehl of German descent came in land run of 1893 to Orlando and moved to Mulhull where he operated a hardware store and cheese making plant and worked in the oil field. Eleven early photos of Jean's family available upon request with other memorabilia.  Diagonal & Spiderweb quilting@7 st/in. MINT Unwashed. Staining. I'll wash if requested. 82" x 85"     $695

     

Antique Quilt 5482   "Puss in a corner"
NEW ADDITION
pale pink and white From Dean and Jean Gill's estate they lived in since 1954 in Nichols Hills, OK. Quilt made by Jean's mother Gladys Diehl and grandmother of Mulhull married to Jake Diehl. In September 1889 after the land run, Jean's Grandfather Donnelly homesteaded a farm 4 miles north and 5 east of Crescent. In February 1890 they moved to OKC where he became Marshall and operated a butcher store. Jean’s grandfather Don Diehl of German descent came in land run of 1893 to Orlando and moved to Mulhull where he operated a hardware store and cheesemaking plant and worked in the oil field. Eleven early photos of Jean's family available upon request with other memorabilia. Museum quality Honeybee quilting @10 st/in. Dingy. I'll wash if requested. Pencil Lines visable. EXCELLENT 72" x 84"     $495

     
Antique Quilt 5504 - "Irish Chain"
NEW ADDITION in lavendar and green. Appliqued Shamricks and great swag and bow border. Great gift for your Irishman. Beautiful and sweet graphic art. Outline quilting @ 6 st/in Excellent 63" x 77" $295
     
Antique Quilt 5509 - "Double Wedding Ring"
NEW ADDITION with pink and blue centers made by Patsy McGuire and her mom on their Hugo, OK homestead centennial farm. Found unbound at their OKC estate. I had it bound using vintage muslin. Outline and daisy quilting @ 5/6 st/in. Tiny staining. MINT UNWASHED 72" x 85"     $395

"by Lynda Palmer's maternal Grandmother Vernittie (Nittie) Ratteree from Memphis, TN who married at age 17 James Rufus Means (aged 22 from Carrolton, GA) in February of 1905 and moved to Hugo, Ok, where she gardened in the summer and quilted in the winter. Her mother, Laura Agnes Ratteree died April 25, 1906 in Memphis leaving 18-year old Nittie to raise her younger brother Willie and sister Annie along with her own six children. Found in the Nittie's daughter's Oklahoma City estate was the beautiful picture of a Victorian lady cut from a shoe box with writing on the back "First pair of shoes he bought me after we married."

     
Antique Quilt 5511 - "1932 Grandmother's Flower Garden"
NEW ADDITION:   Embroidered on the back "by Katie Barnes McClure. Settings and quilting by Marjorie Pearl Nordin McClure 1976" from Helen (Mrs. Lloyd) Fitzgerald's OKC estate. Helen born in 1913 and her husband was a mill carpenter who lived on ther family's homesteaded farm in Chickasha, OK. They moved to Washington and back to Oklahoma City where he recently died at age 95. Museum Quality outline quilting @ 10/st/in. Love those scallops.
MINT 84" x 94" Great buy      $595ND
     
Antique Quilt 5527 - "Sunbonnet Sue"
NEW ADDITION:  Handmade Quilt from Northwest Okahoma City Estate. Beautiful scalloped borders, sasings and embroidery embellishments. Quilted in 1 1/2" crosshatch, over lapping circles and scallops @ 8 st/in Tiny staining on top center where quilter pricked her finger. MINT UNWASHED 78" x 93"     $395
     

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