Cherokee quilting patterns

[Waka or Rod]

My grandmother who was half Cherokee used a treadle sewing machine to
teach me to sew on. One of my first projects was a quilt she called a
"ribbon quilt" and said her mother had taught her to sew using this
pattern as well. It involved an 18 inch muslin square and strips of
fabric 2-3 inches wide (varying). You sewed it on the diagonal and
then trimmed off the overlapping pieces back to the square. Then you
used a 2 1/2 inch strip to border around the square and connect to the
other squares. It was a perfect straight stitch pattern for me to
learn. She then taught me to hand stitch a design in the center of
each square and along the border strip.
My question is - does anyone on this list know if this "ribbon quilt"
is a Cherokee Indian pattern or just one used to make good use of the
scraps.
Leslie

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[Nurse Ratched]

It's string piecing.

>My grandmother who was half Cherokee used a treadle sewing machine to
>teach me to sew on. One of my first projects was a quilt she called a
>"ribbon quilt" and said her mother had taught her to sew using this
>pattern as well. It involved an 18 inch muslin square and strips of
>fabric 2-3 inches wide (varying). You sewed it on the diagonal and
>then trimmed off the overlapping pieces back to the square. Then you
>used a 2 1/2 inch strip to border around the square and connect to the
>other squares. It was a perfect straight stitch pattern for me to
>learn. She then taught me to hand stitch a design in the center of
>each square and along the border strip.
>My question is - does anyone on this list know if this "ribbon quilt"
>is a Cherokee Indian pattern or just one used to make good use of the
>scraps.
>Leslie
>

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hey nursey,
u'r not just stringin' us along now are ya?
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"Nurse Ratched" <dava...@aol.comcuckoo> wrote in message
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| It's string piecing.

[Piglet]

AFAIK (being Cherokee) there's no such thing as a Cherokee quilting
pattern.....

The quilting Tsalagi women I've known simply use the same patterns for the
most part that their non-Tsalagi neighbors do, sometimes with a bit of an
Indian twist to them in the pattern of the quilting or what have you.

--pig

On 11/29/2002 19:10, aerie...@ellijay.com opined:

[Barbara Raper]

Hi Piglet, my Great Grandmother was full blooded Southern Cherokee. What
part of the US are you from?
Barbara in SC

[Donna]

On 29 Nov 2002, dava...@aol.comcuckoo (Nurse Ratched) scribbled for all
to see in news:20021129215626...@mb-mo.aol.com:

> It's string piecing.

I do string piecing all the time... didn't know it was a Cherokee pattern.
Wonder if she's talking about a combination of string piecing and maybe
Seminole piecework?

There are so many old patterns that just came about out of necessity and
perhaps this is one of those.

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[NightMist]

On Fri, 29 Nov 2002 20:10:26 -0500, "Waka or Rod"
<aerie...@ellijay.com> wrote:

>My grandmother who was half Cherokee used a treadle sewing machine to
>teach me to sew on. One of my first projects was a quilt she called a
>"ribbon quilt" and said her mother had taught her to sew using this
>pattern as well. It involved an 18 inch muslin square and strips of
>fabric 2-3 inches wide (varying). You sewed it on the diagonal and
>then trimmed off the overlapping pieces back to the square. Then you
>used a 2 1/2 inch strip to border around the square and connect to the
>other squares. It was a perfect straight stitch pattern for me to
>learn. She then taught me to hand stitch a design in the center of
>each square and along the border strip.
>My question is - does anyone on this list know if this "ribbon quilt"
>is a Cherokee Indian pattern or just one used to make good use of the
>scraps.

Ribbons are now often used in making the old quill embroidery
patterns. Squares of diagonals with perpendicular borders were a
common pattern in quill embroidery throughout the Five Civilized
Tribes. This may just be a coincidence though, that would be a fairly
obvious way to use up small scraps in quilting.

NightMist
part Muskogee

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[Piglet]

Me, I'm from Chicago.....Dad was from Oklahoma

--pig

On 11/30/2002 6:38, bar...@peoplepc.com opined:

[Grandma]

While many American Indian designs have found their way into quilt patterns,
the only ones that I have ever known or heard of that were specifically
native are the various Seminole piecing patterns.

"Waka or Rod" <aerie...@ellijay.com> wrote in message
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[Piglet]

There are a number of star patterns that are specifically Lakota, as
well.....

--pig

On 12/1/2002 10:03, gra...@nospam.interdial.net opined: