Pattern: Trip Around the World
Date: c. 1930-1940
Provenance/Notes:
There’s nothing like a quilt made with thousands of one-inch squares. And there’s something about this pattern that feels much like a calendar of the quilter’s days, weeks, and months.
Each colorful ring is made of a single fabric and the colors ripple and radiate out from the center. She is a beautiful relic of the Depression era with many of her fabrics scraps from feed and grain sacks.
Unlike many multitudinous quilts of her kind, this quilt was made with a heavy batting and has an incredible weight and warmth to it.
The back is pieced from old bleached feed sacks.
Maker/origin unknown
Washed by hand and in very good condition for her age and use, there are a couple fabrics towards the center that show a touch of discoloration and thinning, and a few residual marks remain on back. See last phoot. Clean and ready to be enjoyed by her new owner!
Measurements: 71” x 83”
15% of profits from every quilt sale in this collection will go towards Housing Families First, an organization in Richmond, VA that helps families resolve their homelessness through crisis response, community housing, and youth housing programs. For more on their work, see www.housingfamiliesfirst.org
SHIPPING: $20 flat rate shipping includes insurance coverage for the full purchase amount. Price for smaller items have been adjusted (lowered) to account for the lower shipping cost. Taxes will be added only to Virginia state orders. Orders shipped to destinations outside of Virginia are not taxed.
International customers: If you enter a shipping address outside of the US, you will not be charged for shipping upon checkout. A separate invoice will be sent once shipping is calculated. If you need a shipping estimate, please reach out ahead of time. Orders may be subject to VAT/customs fee of the destination country. Please see www.flyinggeese.co/faqs for more information on shipping.
Note on antique/vintage quilts: Many of the quilts we sell have been loved, slept under, washed, sunshine dried, taken on picnics, slept on underneath the stars, and lived lifetimes before arriving at our doorstep. You can expect to see repairs made by later generations, fraying around the edges or in certain blocks, discoloration or yellowing, cotton/wool batting—or as we like to call them, tiny sheep—peeking through. They are imperfect, but their imperfections are charming to us and we hope you feel the same. They are reminders to us of their old age and the history to which they've been a witness. We try our best to note any imperfections, but it’s possible we might miss one here and there. Well-crafted, handmade antique quilts in their original form are becoming scarcer, and we believe it's vital that we preserve them and continue to love them, imperfections and all.
Because these quilts are one-of-a-kind and we are a tiny enterprise, we do not accept returns; please review all photos and the description carefully and ask any questions you may have prior to purchasing.
Pattern: Trip Around the World
Date: c. 1930-1940
Provenance/Notes:
There’s nothing like a quilt made with thousands of one-inch squares. And there’s something about this pattern that feels much like a calendar of the quilter’s days, weeks, and months.
Each colorful ring is made of a single fabric and the colors ripple and radiate out from the center. She is a beautiful relic of the Depression era with many of her fabrics scraps from feed and grain sacks.
Unlike many multitudinous quilts of her kind, this quilt was made with a heavy batting and has an incredible weight and warmth to it.
The back is pieced from old bleached feed sacks.
Maker/origin unknown
Washed by hand and in very good condition for her age and use, there are a couple fabrics towards the center that show a touch of discoloration and thinning, and a few residual marks remain on back. See last phoot. Clean and ready to be enjoyed by her new owner!
Measurements: 71” x 83”
15% of profits from every quilt sale in this collection will go towards Housing Families First, an organization in Richmond, VA that helps families resolve their homelessness through crisis response, community housing, and youth housing programs. For more on their work, see www.housingfamiliesfirst.org
SHIPPING: $20 flat rate shipping includes insurance coverage for the full purchase amount. Price for smaller items have been adjusted (lowered) to account for the lower shipping cost. Taxes will be added only to Virginia state orders. Orders shipped to destinations outside of Virginia are not taxed.
International customers: If you enter a shipping address outside of the US, you will not be charged for shipping upon checkout. A separate invoice will be sent once shipping is calculated. If you need a shipping estimate, please reach out ahead of time. Orders may be subject to VAT/customs fee of the destination country. Please see www.flyinggeese.co/faqs for more information on shipping.
Note on antique/vintage quilts: Many of the quilts we sell have been loved, slept under, washed, sunshine dried, taken on picnics, slept on underneath the stars, and lived lifetimes before arriving at our doorstep. You can expect to see repairs made by later generations, fraying around the edges or in certain blocks, discoloration or yellowing, cotton/wool batting—or as we like to call them, tiny sheep—peeking through. They are imperfect, but their imperfections are charming to us and we hope you feel the same. They are reminders to us of their old age and the history to which they've been a witness. We try our best to note any imperfections, but it’s possible we might miss one here and there. Well-crafted, handmade antique quilts in their original form are becoming scarcer, and we believe it's vital that we preserve them and continue to love them, imperfections and all.
Because these quilts are one-of-a-kind and we are a tiny enterprise, we do not accept returns; please review all photos and the description carefully and ask any questions you may have prior to purchasing.
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