Grandmother's Flower Garden quilt pattern cheater cloth, 1950/1959

Containers:
Box 5, Folder 2
Scope and content:

This feedsack textile is cheater cloth used for quilting. Cheater cloth was printed in popular quilt patterns (like Grandmother's Flower Garden) and was used to elimate time-consuming quilt top piecing. The cheater cloth sacks would be sewed together to create the quilt top and layered with batting and a quilt back. The quilt would then be quilted and bound by hand or machine.

Language:
English.

Access and use

Location of collection:
West Virginia & Regional History Center
West Virginia University
P.O. Box 6069
1549 University Avenue
Morgantown, WV 26506
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Lori Hostuttler
Phone: (304) 293-3536
Parent restrictions:
No special access restriction applies.
Parent terms of access:
Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the Permissions and Copyright page on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website.