Crazy Quilt
Artist: Unknown
Date Made: about 1967
Size: Full or Double Bed
Purchased by Char Wirfs at a 2009 estate sale in Eastern Oregon
Silk fabrics hand stitched and embellished with embroidery threads.
Displayed at Powder River Threadworks Studio and Gallery at Baker City, Oregon
and Short Term Gallery.
Now in a Private Collection
A block from Folk Art Crazy Quilt
Close up of block center of Folk Art Crazy Quilt. Char Wirfs mended a tiny tear in one of the solid red triangle pieces.
Quilting in America was almost a lost art in the 1960's, before a healthy revival started up in the 1970's. A few quilts exist from those times and are often free-form, colorful, and scrappy.
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