Crazy quilt pilow pin cushion

NamePin cushion

Artist Artist Not Recorded

Date1880-1920

Place madeUnited States, North America

MediumVelveteen, cotton

Dimensions7 1/2 × 7 1/2 × 3 1/8 in. (19 × 19 × 8 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, IFAF Collection, gift of the Patricia M. Newman Trust, FA.2016.24.8a-c

Object numberFA.2016.24.8a-c

Collections

United States and Canada

DescriptionThe crazy quilt design is of subtle shades of red, tan, gray plus black. The decorative stitches are in a gold colored thread. Three decorative pins have been inserted. The largest bears an American flag and reads "100% American. The Flag I Love." Another is a Four H pin, 1911, New York; and the third an image of an airplane on a red background. Many straight pins are inserted. The back is of black cotton.