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This cotton quilt cover, pieced together around 1857, kept families warm through cold nights and represented hours of skilled handwork. Quilting was essential household labor—both practical necessity and creative expression—that women passed down through generations.
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Your fingers trace the pattern—small squares of calico and cotton sewn into a log cabin design, each seam tight and even. The quilt drapes heavy across the bed, holding the warmth of the night before, ready to wrap around shoulders as you sit by the fire mending clothes.
Reflect
What objects in your home do you make or mend by hand? What skills have you inherited from others?