Charming, Very Naive Patchwork Squares Antique Crib Quilt text who worked as a metalsmith

who worked as a metalsmith and jewelry designer in Paris before establishing a studio in San Francisco in the mid-90s making functional and decorative cast pewter accessories and objects

terrific blocks

and for the fact that they look rather like figures when stood straight up

making a name for himself in the fashion industry

and have a bit of feeling that they were done by the same maker

Charming, Very Naive Patchwork Squares Antique Crib Quilt text who worked as a metalsmithThis has a bit of the feel of a girl's first attempt at making a quilt, long ago I'd call it a crib quilt, but it also feels like something of a sample to me, with nothing quite exact about it, which is part of what makes me love it. And the great old fabrics. And the red and white cotton thread ties. And that navy and white gingham. Found in PA, early 20th c. I believe, earnest and unfussy and super sweet. With chintz fabric on reverse, two panels