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Thursday, July 05, 2007

An Interesting Discovery

Scott and I went over to my parents house for a few hours yesterday afternoon. Mom hadn't seen my Crazy Quilt book yet, nor had she seen my little crazy quilt that I bought at the flea market two weeks so I took those with me.

While looking at the quilts in my book, we discovered that this little embroidered frog on my quilt:

Frog 1

is the same exact frog as on this quilt in my book:

Frog 2

They're reversed, but it's the same pattern. Was I at all surprised with this discovery? No. Embroidery patterns in the Victorian days were mass produced and "shared" almost as much as they are now. I just thought it was kind of cool!
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2 comments:

  1. Magpie Sue9:32 PM

    That is, indeed, a fascinating discovery! Very cool!

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  2. loulee11:14 PM

    Someone once told me that frogs are supposed to bring prosperity. Are there similar superstitions attached to other quilt embellisments?
    I'm glad you're enjoying your book.

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