Autograph Quilts first became popular in the mid-1800s. Indelible ink was available after 1840 and these quilts were inscribed with names and sometimes poetry. Many of the autograph quilts that we see today were signed by family and friends as a remembrance to people. They are also called friendship quilts. There are two distinct kinds of autograph quilts. Single pattern quilts are often referred to as "friendship quilts" while the more formal quilts made of different blocks are called sampler album quilts. Although both carried on the same tradition of signed remembrances, they were quite different. Sampler album quilts were made up of several unique intricately pieced or appliquéd blocks. A friendship quilt was usually made of several blocks from the same pattern. These blocks could be quickly made from fabric scraps. ( From our "friend" Google...) On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 6:32 PM, Turtle Bunbury <turtle@turtlebunbury.com>wrote: > Many thanks for this Mick. All fascinating to me. I think 'Kathleen A. > Rathdonnell' should probably read 'Katherine' - she was one of the > Bruens of Oak Park and married Tom Bunbury (later Lord Rathdonnell) in > 1876. I believe she was instrumental in sending soup wagons to > Rathvilly during the Spanish Flu epidemic earlier in that year. > > I have seen a certificate given to someone for their help in the > National Egg Collection. I have also seen one of the quilts sold at a > Lisnavagh fete, perhaps this one although I'm not sure what an > "Autograph Quilt" is!? > > I feel like I am now living parallel lives, 2010 and one in 1919-1921 > but I am very much enjoying this snippet updates. They really do slows > history right down to a pace where you can see how things might have > unfurled the way they did. > > Incidentally, I wrote a story about the Irish tricolor which was > hoisted over the GPO in 1916 and went on sale in New York today. My > story ran in yesterday's Irish Daily Mail and can be read here: > http://www.turtlebunbury.com/history/history_irish/history_irish_flag.htm > As it happens, the flag did not sell today. > > Best wishes, > > Turtle > > Turtle Bunbury > www.turtlebunbury.com > Old Fort, Tobinstown, Tullow, Co. Carlow, Ireland > Mob: + 353 - (0) 87 - 6453 486 > Skype: turtle1847 > > Turtle Bunbury is a best-selling author and travel writer based in > Ireland. He has lately launched www.HistoryinaBook.com<http://www.historyinabook.com/>which offers an > innovative way to transform your family history into a compelling > read. Turtle's seventh book, Vanishing Ireland - Further Chronicles of > a Disappearing World, with photographer James Fennell, was the top- > selling Picture Book in Ireland over Christmas 2009. > > On 23 Mar 2010, at 17:31, michael purcell wrote: > > > [ Note added 2010. About this time a new directive was issued from > > Sinn > > Fein in Carlow requesting that fund raising activities for veterans > > of the > > Great War were not to be approved or supported. It was further > > requested > > that dances or events organised by the "Comrades of the Great War" > > were not > > to be approved or supported. > > The following collections were recorded in The Sentinel. The total > > collected > > in the Rathvilly / Hacketstown area for May, 1919 was £501, twelve > > shillings > > and eleven pence. The President and main fund-raiser was Kathleen > > A.Rathdonnell ( Bunbury) of Lisnavagh.] > > Carlow Sentinel, May 1919. > > BRITISH RED CROSS. > > Rathvilly and Hacketstown District. > > Part proceeds Rathvilly R.C. Church Collection per Rev. J. O' > > Callaghan -- > > £2 - 8 shillings. > > Hacketstown Church Collection per Rev. C.S. > > Ellison-----------------------£1 > > - 17 shillings. > > Part proceeds Fete at > > Lisnavagh-----------------------------------------------------£50 -- > > Part proceeds Concert at D'Israeli School per Mrs > > Anderson--------------£11 > > --6 shillings > > L.H.Poe > > > -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------£ > > 1.--one > > shilling. > > Miss Green, > > > -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------12 > > shillings. > > Rev. Ellison and Mrs. > > Ellison............................................................5 > > shillings. > > Mrs. > > Earl > > > .........................................................................................2 > > shillings and six pence. > > Under 2/6 (two shillings and six pence) Mrs. Taylor, Parkin Recipe. > > OUR DAY. > > Part proceeds of Fete at Lisnavagh Autograph > > Quilt-----------------------------£18--one shilling. > > Hacketstown Church, per Rev. > > Ellison-------------------------------------------------£3 -- eleven > > shillings. > > Hacketstown School, per Rev. > > Ellison--------------------------------------------------£1----three > > shillings. > > Lisnavagh, Sale of Game > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > > £7--twelve > > shillings. > > Etc. > > IRISH COUNTIES' WAR HOSPITAL, COUNTY CARLOW WARD. > > Lord Rathdonnell, £50. > > Lady Rathdonnell, £10. > > L.H.Poe £5. > > Hon. T.L. McClintock-Bunbury £1. > > Very Rev. J. Delaney, P.P., V.F. Etc. > > PRISONERS' OF WAR FUNDS. > > Leinster Regiment, £56. > > Royal Dublin Fusiliers, £72. > > South Irish Horse, £25. > > OTHERS. > > Nation's tribute to Nurses, £10. > > Belgian Relief Fund, £5. > > Instructional Workshops, Military Orthopedic Hospital, Blackrock, £36. > > National Egg Collection, 2,712 Eggs. > > Men's Work, Lisnavagh --- 18 Bed-rests, 6 Bed Tables, 20 Crutches. > > K.A, RATHDONNELL, President County Carlow Branch. > > ________________________________ > > Death. Glover --- On Wednesday, May 21st 1919, in Montreal, Canada, > > at the > > age of 22 years, Henry Victor, youngest son of the late John Geo. > > Glover, > > Carlow, Ireland, and Mrs. Glover, 3163 St. James Street, West, > > Montreal. > > ======================================= > > Before you post a message to the IRL-CARLOW mailing list you must > > subscribe to the List. 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