Crazy Patch Quilt owned by Muriel Fitzgerald Jones
Muriel D. Fitzgerald Jones is asking for help locating a crazy patch quilt top that was given to her by her mother sometime between 1978-1980. Her mother brought it to Souderton, Pennsylvania between 1980-1985 where she knew someone who could replace a few torn fabrics. At the time, Muriel was unaware that her mother was in the beginning stages of dementia. Now no one knows if the quilt top was ever returned or picked up. An ad was placed in a local paper around 2007 with no response. When Muriel’s parents sold their house in 1993, they hired two women to empty it and clean it, with the idea that they could take anything they wanted. If the quilt top had been returned, it is unknown if one of these women might have taken it or possibly even thrown it away.
Muriel believes this quilt top was made between 1900-1940 by her maternal grandmother and her family. It is a double size quilt top made mostly of fancy dress fabric scraps, including silk-like and velvets. She recognizes a few scraps from dresses her grandmother wore. The tops of the seams around each fabric were hand embroidered with a feather stitch in gold-colored embroidery floss.
Muriel grew up playing under a quilt frame in their Pennsylvania Dutch community. Naturally this quilt top has enormous sentimental value. If you are able to help locate this quilt top, please contact Muriel at mfjpsy@charter.net.
