Vintage Pennant Quilt - Town and Country #31 ALDEN 5/16" Stitches

5/16" Stitches

English’s lavishly-photographed and lovingly-written book describes his 30-year journey as a collector and the loving process of transforming these uniquely American signifiers of aspiration

Cambridge grey with subtle shadow plaid rendered in 100% Super 120s wool

RJ Draper & Co

Vintage Pennant Quilt - Town and Country #31 ALDEN 5/16" StitchesFor over 30 years, author Richard English has collected vintage wool felt pennants. In late 2018, while attending a dinner in Carmel, CA with a noted restorer of vintage American quilts, he hit upon the idea of having the thousands of pennants and banners in his vast collection cataloged, organized, and, eventually, joined thematically into quilts. For this monumental task, he turned to a professional seamstress in Laguna Beach who had done her