SOLD 1856 Pennsylvania German Cut Newspaper Quilting Template (Tulips and Star) New England The perimeter is grain painted

The perimeter is grain painted

and really love the combination of greens and purples and deep reds

and especially his hands)

There is one loose end on the outer rim

especially when they relate to baseball

SOLD 1856 Pennsylvania German Cut Newspaper Quilting Template (Tulips and Star) New England The perimeter is grain paintedI was excited to find this, and two more listed today, folded up together in a sleeve in Maine this week; I recognized them immediately as old quilting templates, but didn't take the time to open them up in the shop. When I got home I was surprised, and delighted, to find that they are quite early ones the Pennsylvania newspapers they were cut from bear the year 1856, and one of the newspapers is in German, so these are Pennsylvania German indeed. Cut