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Title:
Flowering Almond
Artist(s): Elizabeth Harned Harriman
and Mary Vida Schafer
Material(s): Cotton, Polyester filling
Technique(s): Hand appliquéd and
hand quilted
Dimensions: 96" x 83"
Date made: Top by Elizabeth Harned Harriman,
1968; finished by Mary Vida Schafer, 1972
Place Created: Bunceton, Missouri and
Flushing, Genesee County, Michigan
Collection: Great Lakes Quilt Center/Michigan
State University Museum
Photo Credit: KEVA
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Interpretative
Commentary:
After the death of her friend Betty, Mary took on the
task of completing many of Betty’s unfinished tops.
This appliqué design, a popular motif from the
mid-19th century, was one of Betty’s favorites.
Part of the challenge posed to Mary as she undertook the
finishing of Betty’s work was trying to complete
the quilts in a manner that Betty herself would have selected.
Mary has completed at least sixteen of Betty’s quilts.
-- Mary Worrall
Additional Commentary:
This quilt is illustrated in the publication Great Lakes,
Great Quilts (page 38) and was included in the exhibit
Mary Schafer Collection: A Legacy of Quilt History, July
29-December 31, 2001 at the Michigan State University
Museum. For more information on Betty Harriman, see Quilter's
Journal, vol. IV, no. 4. -– Beth Donaldson
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