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Grandmother’s Fan
No. 4009
78 x 94 inches
Photograph is scan of label for quilt kit. It reads:
This package contains sufficient pieces of new, fast color materials (perfectly cut with dies) to complete this famous, old fashioned quilt. The plain blocks are of a soft Ivory tint and the colored pieces for the Fans and border are of a fine quality Print and Cambric in assorted patterns and colors.
Working charts and complete instructions for making and quilting are contained in the package. The quilt, finished, measures 78 x 94 inches.
Additional Information:
- Circa 1940s mail order catalog description: This quaint and lovely design is made up by alternating patchwork and plain blocks 8 1/2 inches square. There are seventeen different perfectly cut materials in the Fan. The plain blocks are of 80 square percale. With hit-and-miss border finished Quilt measures 80 x 93 inches. All pieces are DIE-CUT.
- Postpaid cost of kit in 1940s was $6.98
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