08/04/2026
YOU COULD WIN THIS VINTAGE QUILT
We are raffling off an amazing vintage quilt, raffle to be drawn at the Plainfield Fall Festival next to the church on Route 12A on Saturday, October 10. Below is the professional assessment of this beautiful quilt. You can request raffle tickets by emailing [email protected]. Tickets are $5 each or 5 tickets for $20. All funds received go to the steeple fund of the Plainfield Community Church, a 501(c)3 organization. Don't miss this one-of-a-kind opportunity!
Professional Assessment of Baskets on Point, Center Medallion Quilt, Made by Miss Rook of Midhurst, Sussex, England, c1860
88”x87” Hand pieced, hand quilted and the handles of the baskets are machine appliqued. The solid red in the baskets, etc. is a twill weave – all the other fabrics are plain, flat weave, cotton. The back is a very fine white cotton. The quilting is very typical of its type. The leaf forms quilted in each corner very typical of English and Welch quilts. The rest is straight grid. Not sure about batting. It appears very dense. If it were American, batting might suggest a woolen blanket, but not convinced. The binding is as one would expect. Knife edge secured with two rows of machine stitching close to the edge of the quilt. It is in amazingly good condition, never used, never washed.
