NOT AVAILABLE - Postage Stamp Patchwork Amish Quilt 105x111 - THIS ITEM WAS SOLD

THIS ITEM HAS SOLD AND IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE

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Over 7000 small pieces of fabric make this magnificent Postage Stamp Patchwork Amish Quilt which measures  105 x 111 inches to fit your King size bed.  Katie, an Old Order Amish Mennonite woman from Pennsylvania, pieced the top of this wonderful quilt, using over 7000 tiny pieces of different fabrics with each of the tiny squares measuring less than 1 inch square.  This is an unusual Postage Stamp Amish Quilt because the Pillow area has postage stamp squares, and next to the border of the quilt is a running area of postage stamps.  A wonderful design created in navy blue and burgundy with green and tan as the contrast color.  When Katie was done designing and piecing together the thousands of 1 inch square fabric stamps, then Mary Grace, our Mennonite Quilter, did the intricate quilting on it.  Mary has her initals, MS, on the corner of the quilt, and Katie has her initals, KW, on the edge of the quilt top.  There are approximately  7  handquilted stitches per inch. 

Taught by her mother, Mary Grace has since passed down both the skill and the love for quilting to her daughter.  'I just love to quilt', she says, and both her enthusiasm and extensive skill show in the way she can thread the trails through the quilt.  Mary Grace quilts because she loves it, and has given away to the local Mennonite schools about a dozen quilts over the years for their various fundraisers.  Mary Grace is one of our Mennonite Quilters.