Days of Yore Quilt Kit

Days of Yore fabric kit featuring the Blue Mill collection by Pat Sloan for Benartex. Follows the Days of Yore pattern by Stephanie Sheridan, included. Finished size is 60" x 75". Backing fabric is not included. Pat Sloan and Benartex have partnered with the Virginia Quilt Museum to celebrate their 30th anniversary with this beautiful Blue Mill collection. Located in Dayton Virginia in the Historic 1822 Silver Lake Mill, the museum is devoted to preserving the quilts and stories of Virginia Quilt makers. Looking at the antique quilts in the collection, the stunning Pine Burr by Melinda Jane Still Flint (1833-1919) really stood out for her amazing use of color. All the fabric designs in Blue Mill are inspired by motifs found in the antique prints used by Melinda to create her quilt. The museum is grateful for the documentation that Melinda’s great-great granddaughter Allene Blessing, of Harrisonburg PA, could provide when she donated the quilt. Melinda was a farmer’s wife, her husband Ezekiel Flint died young during the civil war and left her a widow with 3 small children. The family knows she was a quilter and a seamstress with a special enjoyment of smoking a pipe.