Yo-Yo Quilt
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Pattern Names: Yo-Yo Grandmother's Flower Garden
Top By: Fisher, Thema Lurea Selfridge
Quilted By: Quiltmaker, Unknown
Others: Quiltmaker, Unknown
Period: 1930-1949
Date: 1930
Location Made: Colorado (CO) United States
Project Name: RMQM Permanent Collection
Contributor: Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum
ID Number: PQ.1993.010.001
Layout Format: One patch or allover
Quilt Size: 75.000 inches x 85.000 inches
Fabrics: Cotton, Feedsack, Solid/plain, Plaid, Geometric, Floral, Dotted, Conversation Prints, Checked, Striped
Construction: Hand Piecing, Yo-yo
Quilting Techniques: Not quilted
Purpose or Function: Unknown, Unknown
Other Notes: Over 6000 one-inch yo-yo's are set in a Grandmother's flower garden design in this quilt top. The maker, Thelma Fisher, was an excellent seamstress who loved to sew, knot, crochet, tat and embroider. She made blue jeans appliqued quilts for each of her eight grandchildren.
HowAcquired: Donated to the Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum by Glen A. Fisher of Lakewood, CO.
Ownership/History: Made by Thelma Fisher, wife of the donor. The donor found the quilt top in a dresser drawer after his wife, Thelma, passed away. Thelma's two sisters say they remember her making the quilt, but don't remember exactly when.
LocMade: unknown
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