White House & First Lady Quilting Blocks
February 21, 2009 by Mary Emma Allen
Filed under Home & Living
In a previous post, I asked, “Were Any First Ladies Quilters or Needleworkers?” I haven’t discovered any yet, but I’m still researching.
However, there were some quilting blocks named for a few First Ladies and their official residence.
- White House Rose
- White House Steps
- Dolly Madison’s Star
- Martha Washington’s Wreath
- Mrs. Cleveland’s Choice
- Aunt Martha’s Wild Rose (Would this, by some stretch of the imagination, be named for Martha Washington?
- Ladies’ Delight (I suppose this could be for all the First Ladies.)
There must be more patterns for the White House and the First Ladies. I’ve only begun my research.














