Red Baltimore Quilt Squares Needlepoint Kit

Product Description

Inspired by the Art Museum of Colonial Williamsburg's many quilted treasures, this Red Baltimore Quilt Squares Needlepoint Kit brings a time-honored tradition home. The kit includes everything you need to create a 9-inch square needlepoint piece. Once complete, this pure cotton needlepoint can become a special accent pillow or wall hanging. The kit includes printed canvas, cotton floss, and instructions. Makes a great gift!

Features

• Printed needlepoint kit
• 100 % cotton interlock 14 count needlepoint canvas
• 100% cotton floss
• Finished needlepoint square measures 9" square
• Made in the USA
• A Colonial Williamsburg retail shops exclusive!

Inspiration

Some of the nation's most treasured quilts were produced around the mid-19th century, influenced by quiltmaking in Baltimore, the nation's third-largest city at the time. An exhibition at Colonial Williamsburg's Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum features a dozen of these works of art—most created in a distinctive, elaborately conceived appliquéd style known as album quilts.

Sewing was an important part of a colonial girl's education. By the late 18th century, many young girls received some type of education to prepare them for marriage and their roles as wives, housekeepers, and mothers. Girls learned elementary reading, simple arithmetic, knitting, and plain sewing by working a modest sampler.