Cross and Crown Quilt

Date:

March 1997

Maker:

Laura Delegal, Leroy, Alabama

Elizabeth Tillman, Magnolia Springs, Alabama

Size:

85" x 97"

Description:

This cross and crown quilt was my first pieced quilt.  We used a pattern used by my great aunt Nettie Lipscomb and my grandmother, Ernie Pauline Tillman.  We used a few of her blocks as examples.  It is a hand-quilted cross and crown quilt using polyester batting and a muslin backing.

History:

Can you believe that I couldn't find this pattern on the Internet?  How wierd is that?  I did find some samples.

Cross and Crown Quilt Sample

Cross and Crown Quilt Sample 2

Cross and Crown Quilt Sample 3

Log Cabin Quilt - Straight Furrow Pattern

Date:

October, 1994

Maker:

Laura Delegal, Leroy, Alabama

Size:

82" x 93"

Description:

Machine pieced, hand-quilted, low pile polyester batting.

History:

Log Cabin Quilt History

Log Cabin Block Patterns

Log Cabin Quilt Tutorial

Log Cabin Quilt Video Tutorial

Watermelon Patch Lap Quilt

Date:

November 2000

Maker:

Laura Delegal, Leroy, Alabama

Size:

Unknown

Description:

This hand-quilted watermelon patch quilt was made using fence rail and nine-patch patterns.  It was quilted with polyester batting using a straight stitch.

Kit Baby Quilt

Date:

1990

Maker:

This was made by a nurse that worked with Dave at Charter Hospital, Mobile, Alabama

Size:

35" x 44"

Description:

This hand-quilted kit baby quilt was made by a nurse who worked with Dave at Charter Hospital.  The print shows a baby bear with matching backing.  It is quilted with polyester batting.

Full Cloth Baby Quilt

Date:

1990

Maker:

Mrs. Fulford, Mobile, Alabama

Size:

36" x 58"

Description:

This hand-quilted full coth baby quilt was made with two solid pieces of cloth with polyester batting.  The cloth pattern shows pinguins, bunnies, and ducks with sunglasses.  It is hand-quilted using a basic straight stitch.

Cross-Stitch Baby Quilt

Date:

Cross-Stitch begun in 1984 while living in Selma and completed quilt in 1986 while living in Saraland.

Maker:

Laura Delegal, Saraland, Alabama

Size:

42" x 42"

Description:

This hand-quilted Cross-Stitch Baby Quilt was made using orange baby gingham and 22-count aida cloth.  The cross-stitch pattern came from an old cross-stitch magazine and shows buildings and cars.  It is quilted with polyester batting using a simple circle and straight stitch.

Kit Baby Quilt

Date:

Circa 1955

Maker:

Elizabeth Delegal, Ft. Lauderdale, Alabama

Elizabeth said that her mother-in-law, Virgie Delegal, did some of the quilting, but the stitches were so large, that she pulled them out and restitched them herself.  She never told Ms. Virgie.

Size:

33" x 51"

Description:

This hand-quilted kit baby quilt was made by my mother-in-law for her first-born child, my husband.  It is a printed top with cotton batting.  The center shows a faded boy and girl, with other pictures of a sleeping baby, chicken, lamb, boy, and bunny.  The stitching is very intricate and detailed.  Well done.