An Early 20th Century Golden Wedding Patchwork Reversible Cover, incorporating the symbolic colours of pink and blue representing male and female, and the gold symbolises 50 years celebration, a central appliqué worked in pink on blue shows the pink joined hearts for love and commitment, within borders of cream, pink, gold and cream, reverse uses large patches from striped shirts, 178cm by 200cm
An example of 'Thrift' quilts using what was readily available, the reverse were scraps from the local shirt factory