Baltimore Garden Quilts: Woman's Day 1965 - The Met Quilt

This link has nothing to do with American Girl dolls but I wanted to post a link to it anyway. I actually have this pattern. I inherited it from my sister who passed in March 2012. She purchased the pattern in 1965 from Woman's Day magazine & always intended to make this quilt. Maybe one day I'll get around to making it in her memory.

This quilt is part of the Metropolitan Museum of Art's collection. Here's what they have to say about it:

The twenty-nine ornately appliquéd blocks of this quilt display intricately designed floral wreaths and bouquets, baskets of various styles, birds, fruit, and musical instruments. The blocks are of differing sizes: The center block is four times the size of the outer blocks and is surrounded by four blocks that are double the size of the outer blocks. The white cotton ground fabric is quilted overall in a diamond pattern, and each appliquéd piece is quilted around its edges. There is a plain patch of white cotton fabric under the central basket.

Baltimore Garden Quilts: Woman's Day 1965 - The Met Quilt