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| Object Name | Quilt | 
| Object ID # | 2010.32.1 | 
| Title | Lizzie D. Fretz quilt, ca. 1935 | 
| Creator | Fretz, Lizzie D., 1882-1970 | 
| Place of Origin | Hilltown Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania | 
| Year Range from | 1930 | 
| Year Range to | 1940 | 
| Material | Cotton | 
| Dimensions | W-66.75 L-78.5 inches | 
| Description | Dutch Rose Quilt comprised of fifteen complete blocks. Each block averages 12.00" x 12.00" and consists of an eight-point star and wreath; made out of plain red and plain green (faded) diamond patches contrasted with a background of a white cotton with a black and red picotage print and corner half blocks of a yellow cotton with a red and black floral print. Surrounding the complete blocks are eleven half blocks and two quarter blocks of the same pattern. Separating each block is a 3.00" wide sashing made of a red cotton with Garibaldi black floral print and cornerstones made out of a white cotton ground with a black shirting print. The surrounding border is 1.875" wide and made of the same white cotton with a 1/4" wide applied binding made out of black cotton with a green and yellow floral print. The entire quilt has been handstitched in green thread with a SPI of 6-8. The back is comprised of a white cotton with an orange and blue floral print. | 
| Provenance | Made by Lizzie D. Fretz (1882-1970) of Hilltown Township, Bucks County. She never married and was an active member of Blooming Glen Mennonite Church. | 
| Source | Gift of Jeane Stutzman Fretz | 
| People | Fretz, Lizzie D., 1882-1970 | 
| Related Objects | Show Related Records... | 
| Notes on Related Objects | Same maker and similar motifs. | 
| Search Terms | Star Star variable Star with Diamond Octagonal Star Dutch Rose | 
| Collection | Textiles-Quilts | 
