Antique 1913 Signed Crazy Quilt – Slimtown Sewing Club, Ohio – Virginia Gunn Collection – 67” x 85”

An exceptional antique crazy quilt, dated 1913, made by members of the Slimtown Sewing Club in Wyandot County, Ohio. This remarkable piece comes from the Ohio quilt collection of noted quilt historian Virginia Gunn and contains multiple embroidered signatures of its makers.

The quilt is made of early 20th-century cotton fabrics arranged in irregular crazy-patchwork blocks. The fabrics include indigo blues, Turkey reds, pinks, yellows, shirting stripes, ginghams, plaids, small-scale florals, paisleys, and geometric prints. Each patch is outlined with decorative yellow embroidery featherstitching.

A pink embroidered patch near the center of the quilt identifies the “Slimtown Sewing Club, 1913,” along with numerous individually embroidered names scattered throughout the rest of the quilt of the club members who made the quilt, including Mary Denzer, Alpha Snyder, Ida Hall and Lilla Leith.

The back is a lovely stripe and paisley tan print cotton fabric while the quilt has been knife edge finished and handstitched closed. The cotton batting is lightweight and, like most crazy quilts, instead of quilting the quilt has been hand-tied, in this case with yellow yarn ties securing the layers.

Details:
* Date: 1913, embroidered on the quilt
* Origin: Slimtown Sewing Club, Wyandot County, Ohio
* Provenance: Ohio Collection of Virginia Gunn, noted quilt historian
* Size: 67” x 85”
* Pattern: Crazy Patchwork / Crazy Quilt
* Construction: Hand-pieced patchwork with decorative embroidered seam treatments
* Fabrics: Extensive assortment of antique cotton prints, plaids, stripes, ginghams, and solids
* Embroidery: Multiple individual signatures and dated sewing club inscription
* Backing: Paisley-print cotton
* Quilting: Yarn-tied construction

Condition: Excellent antique condition for a quilt dating to 1913. The colorful cotton fabrics and extensive decorative stitching have survived remarkably well, and the quilt presents beautifully. Please examine the photographs as they form an important part of the description.

A particularly desirable example of an early 20th-century signed community crazy quilt, distinguished by its documented date, identified sewing club, numerous embroidered names, and provenance from the Virginia Gunn Ohio quilt collection.