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ANTIQUE QUILTS > SPECIALTY QUILTS > Patriotic/Historic/Documented Quilts > WORLD WAR II MILITARY BASES SOUVENIR PILLOW FACES QUILT TOP

 

WORLD WAR II MILITARY BASES SOUVENIR PILLOW FACES QUILT TOP

WORLD WAR II MILITARY BASES SOUVENIR PILLOW FACES QUILT TOP
   
Sku:11070

 



The varied 'sweetheart' pillow faces included in this unusual quilt top come from the P X stores at various military bases. Typically they were brought home by servicemen as gifts for their sweethearts, mothers, sisters; each is printed with a sentiment. a post location, and different floral motifs. Ready  to finish with a backing if you want to use it as a bed quilt. Nicely bordered with mitred corners, this one is easy to mount for display as a loving hallmark of that era in history. Such pillow faces are the subject of a book just published by Pat Cummings.

c. 1940s 88" square rayon