Cotton in Pennsylvania German Life
Schwenkfelder Library and Heritage Center
Introduction
Infant's Cap
Housewife
Nine Patch Quilt
Pillowcase
Needle Case
Nine Patch Crib Quilt
Rose of Sharon Quilt
Dress 1
Dresses
Dress 2
Nine Patch Quilt Top
Flying Geese Quilt
Hexagon Patch Quilt
Postage Stamp Patchwork
Quilted Petticoat
Flying Geese Crib Quilt
Birds in the Air Quilt
Doll Quilts
Sampler Quilt
Rainbow Quilt
Irish Chain Quilt
Log Cabin Quilt
Postage Stamp Patchwork 
ca. 1886-1888
Cotton
Made by Lydia (Schultz) Wieand (1805-1888)
Probably Upper Hanover Township, Montgomery County
Gift of Levi Schultz Wieand
1921.15.15

This patchwork was made by Mrs. Lydia Wieand “after she was 81 years old” as an attached note states. Mrs. Wieand, a Schwenkfelder descendant, painstakingly pieced each individual patch to the next, resulting in this amazing work. In some patches, smaller scraps were sewn together to create the tiny blocks. The quilt top features 11,100 pieces.
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