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Title:
October Foliage
Artist(s): Mary Vida Schafer
Material(s): Cotton, Polyester filling
Technique(s): Hand pieced, hand appliqued
and hand quilted
Dimensions: 94" x 84 1/2"
Date made: 1971
Place Created: Flushing, Genesee County,
Michigan
Collection: Great Lakes Quilt Center/Michigan
State University Museum
Photo Credit: Fumio Ichikawa
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Interpretative
Commentary:
Mary frequently added her own touch to the historical
patterns she used by designing a border and original quilting
design to further the quilt's overall impact. One of Mary's
trademark original border designs, an appliquéd
curving vine border with leaves and grapes, can be found
in this "October Foliage" quilt. Mary usually
had a very specific reason for choosing each element of
her quilts. Here, the rust-colored appliquéd design
of the blocks suggests fall leaves whirling in the wind.
-- Mary Worrall
Additional Commentary:
The quilt was included in the exhibit American Quilts
from Michigan State University Museum, which toured in
Japan from January-December 2003 and is featured in the
exhibit’s catalogue, American Quilts from Michigan
State University Museum. -– Beth Donaldson
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