Floss Tube #89 "Celebrating the 4th of July 1876 Style"

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In this short 4th of July episode, Susan Standley celebrates the holiday by sharing her most patriotic quilt, a large reinterpretation of an antique quilt made in 1876 by an unknown maker known only as EMC. She explains that the original quilt is currently on display at the New England Quilt Museum in Lowell, Massachusetts, as part of the Commemorative American Quilts exhibit, and recounts how the quilt was discovered at an estate sale in 1997 for $25 before being recreated through a collaboration between Lopez Island Quilt Studio and Two Thimbles Quilt Shop. Susan describes the quilt's features, including over 150 different fabrics, a sampler layout, and Masonic symbolism, and reflects on the mystery of EMC's identity and the lack of documentation about her life.

• Susan shows her large patriotic quilt, an interpretation of an 1876 antique quilt by EMC, hung to celebrate the 4th of July and the upcoming 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.
• The original EMC 1876 quilt is on display at the New England Quilt Museum in Lowell, Massachusetts, until September 26, 2026.
• The quilt was discovered at an estate sale in Manchester, Connecticut, in 1997 for $25 and later recreated through a collaboration between Lopez Island Quilt Studio and Two Thimbles Quilt Shop.
• The quilt features over 150 different fabrics, a sampler layout, and Masonic symbolism, with a unique circular setting.
• Susan encourages viewers to join her in stitching 'I Lift My Lamp' and to share progress on Instagram with the hashtag #iliftmylamp.
• She mentions that Kim Goldman, a contented needleworker, is stitching 'I Lift My Lamp' as a birthday start on the 4th of July.