Toy Shop Window Quilt
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This series includes twelve
6-inch blocks:
Stocking
Drum
Bear
Pup
Marionette
Toy Soldier
Cat
Engine
Ark
Mouse
Rocking Horse
Christmas Tree
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Shirley McElderry finished this delightful little piece in 1994, using the original pattern. Her embroidery is superb as is her fabulous hand quilting, executed at 8-9 tiny, even stitches per inch (one side only). Hand embroidered and “crayoned” crib quilt, measuring 46 x 67 inches. About Shirley McElderry.
Bear and Toy Soldier
Mouse
Engine
Rocking horse (and size comparison to a dime)
Cat and the Ark
Marionette
Enlargement of the Cat (and close-up of "Crayon" work)
Shirley McElderry
"My obsession with quilts first occurred in the mid 1960’s. I have made several quilts since then, and collected all patterns and information I could find about quilt history. I also repaired antique quilts for several years for people all over the United States, and even one from England.
I made several crib quilts for various grandchildren and other babies, and gave them all away. One day a quilt dealer friend showed me a Ruby Short (McKim) “Quaddy Quiltie” crib quilt from about 1918, and I was hooked on antique crib quilts. This one I had to keep!
Since then, I have made and collected other crib quilts made with the McKim series published newspaper patterns. And that followed, naturally, into collecting other “kit” crib quilts. And that followed, naturally, into collecting other “folk art” crib quilts that were made from patterns, pictures, and whatever whimsy struck the quiltmaker.
My collection of crib quilts represents, indeed, a century of childhood."
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