“Indeed, they do. Can you mention any of them, Rosemary?”
“‘The Hand of Friendship,’ and the ‘Pine Cone.’ My mother has one she calls an ‘Album’ quilt.”
“Altogether, there are hundreds of patterns,” explained the Brownie leader. “Some of the better quilts were signed with the name of the maker.”
“Is that the same thing as an autograph quilt?” asked Connie. She had heard her mother speak of such a coverlet.
“No, in a true autograph quilt, each block was inscribed with the name of the person who made it,” Miss Gordon replied. “Many of the blocks were dated.”
“Were the names stitched on?” inquired Sunny, reaching for her third sugar cookie.
“Sometimes they were. Then again they often were written on the block with indelible pencil or ink. These old type quilts are historically important.”
Having ended her little talk, Miss Gordon handed around several books which showed quilt patterns in beautiful colors.
Veve, however, was too deeply absorbed in the newspaper to look at the pictures when they were passed to her.
“Girls, how would you like to have a quilt show?” Miss Gordon asked unexpectedly.