Kentucky Quilts and Their Makers by Clarke Mary Washington;Clarke Mary Washington;

Author:Clarke, Mary Washington;Clarke, Mary Washington; [Washington Clarke, Mary]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: 2021-08-15T00:00:00+00:00

Figure 18. Drunkard’s Path (Trail), displayed at a quilting workshop by Pauline Lehr in 1975. Late nineteenth century.

Probably the most commonly recognized pattern, and one that has rivaled even the Lone Star and Flower Garden as suitable for Bride’s Quilts and other best quilts, is based on curving shapes—the Double Wedding Ring, more commonly called in Kentucky simply Wedding Ring. Typically, the block is constructed of a small square, a large ellipse, and the tiny sections of an arc that make the large overlapping circles of the ring. Like those other favorites, Flower Garden and Postage Stamp, the Wedding Ring uses assorted small scraps and emerges with the charm of many colors. Joining four blocks with the large ellipse patterns in a petallike arrangement produces in the overall view large overlapping circles, with small Four-Patches at the intersections. Some very precise needlewomen maintain the curving lines even at the intersections, still approximating the Four-Patch pattern there.

This pattern, according to Patsy and Myron Orlofsky (Quilts in America, p. 230), was popular as a Bride’s Quilt from the late nineteenth century. It was well established in the Kentucky area as a best quilt by the 1930s. The Miriam Tuska collection contains one made by Flossie Sheriff McClure (Fig. 19) with stuffed lyres in the white areas, craftsmanship comparable to that of the early nineteenth-century white quilt featuring trapunto. The cotton stuffing was so firm in the McClure quilt that it has worn through to the surface here and there during the half century or more since its creation. Many quilters consistently use a background of white and white lining for their Wedding Rings, but others use a bright color. Ellen Barrow used sunshine yellow for one. Lavender and blue frequently form the background.

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