Quilting

(Colour) Mennonite women quilting for Relief Sale

CA MAO 1992-5 19
Item
1978

(Colour) Mennonite women quilting for Relief Sale

Brubacher, Nora

Display ad for Mennonite Relief Sale NOT SCANNED

CA MAO XV-19.3-1994-14-1645
Item
1967

Part of The Canadian Mennonite photograph collection

St. Jacobs women displaying hooked rug, for MRS. See XIV-3.2.4 MRS Clipping file for ads where they were used. Cf.1994-14.1652-1654. At St. Jacobs Mennonite Church in St. Jacobs, Ontario. l-r: Mrs. Ishmael Martin and Mra. Ivan Martin (?). May 1967. Hunsberger photo 35-175

Hunsberger, David L.

Dorothy Bean quilting

CA MAO Hist.Mss.1.345/3-01
Item
[198-]

Part of Dorothy Bean photograph file

Unknown

Foot treadle sewing machine and various quilts on display

CA MAO XV-30.2.4-15
Item
1988

Part of Brubacher House presentation slides, 1988

Singer foot treadle sewing machine with various quilts of different patterns surrounding it on display.
Corresponding section of the Brubacher House script reads: "The piecing was done by hand until approximately 1834 or 1840 when the hand operated sewing machine made its appearance, later the foot treadle model, such as this one, was used."

Helen Olfert, "Quilting 2011"

CA MHC ORG-Photos 743-178
Item
2011

Part of Superb Mennonite Church fonds

Ladies Quilting

CA CMBS NP206-1-1
Item
[198-].

Part of Vernon Wiebe Photograph Collection

This photo is of the Arnold Mennonite Brethren Church "Helping Hands" quilting together.

Lydia verein quilting

CA MHSBC 28-20-1-2018.090.060
Item
unknown

Part of West Abbotsford Mennonite Church fonds

Members of Lydia (Verein) meeting for quilting. Left to right : Justina Neufeld, Anna Funk, Frieda Neufeld.

Loewen, David Franz, 1949-

Men, women and children quilting

CA MHC 280-22.0-003
Item
1977

Part of Mennonite Central Committee Photograph Collection

This is a photo of men, women and children sitting around quilt-frames, tying quilts. These members of Grace Mennonite Church in Phoenix, AZ brought 51 quilts to the MCC west Coast office in Reedley, CA. Fifteen of the quilts were tied by the groups in the photo.

Kropf, James

Mennonite women working on a quilt for the Mennonite Relief Sale

CA MAO XV-19.3-1994-14-1653
Item
1968

Part of The Canadian Mennonite photograph collection

Side view of 3 Mennonite women in modern dress & head covering working on a quilt for the MRS. Enlarged from #3 in 1994-14.1645. l-r: Florence Martin Wideman (sister of Mrs. Milo Shantz), Violet Biehn Koch, Mrs. Martha Koch?

Hunsberger, David L.

Quilt batting spread across quilt lining

CA MAO XV-30.2.4-17
Item
1988

Part of Brubacher House presentation slides, 1988

A woman spreading batting across the quilt lining. Corresponding section of the Brubacher House script reads: "The batting is spread on the lining and the quilt top is pinned on top of the batting and lining."

Quilt lining pinned to fabric on a wooden frame

CA MAO XV-30.2.4-16
Item
1988

Part of Brubacher House presentation slides, 1988

A woman pinning the quilt lining to fabric which is tacked onto a wooden frame. Corresponding section of the Brubacher House script reads: "To make a quilt the lining is pinned to a strip of material tacked to wooden frames."

Quilt top pinned onto quilt batting and lining

CA MAO XV-30.2.4-18
Item
1988

Part of Brubacher House presentation slides, 1988

Quilt top pinned onto quilt batting and lining. Corresponding section of the Brubacher House script reads: "The batting is spread on the lining and the quilt top is pinned on top of the batting and lining. The quilting or stitching is done through all three layers, following the marked pattern. The fine, even stitches create a soft, puffy appearance. Frequently, the value of a quilt is determined by the quality of the stitches."