Yes...Diamonds Can Be a Boy's Best Friend quilt

Date2017

DescriptionMulti-colored square cotton quilt consisting of four panels, each depicting a black bias tape silhouette of a baseball player in various positions superimposed over a baseball diamond. There are multi-colored braid sections separating the four panels. Backing is black with a light-colored splatter design. There is a sleeve on the back for hanging.

Bio/Historical NoteQuilt designed and constructed by the donor, depicting baseball fields and baseball players. Quilt has a pin-tuck diamond pattern and the baseball players and hand-appliqued with bias tape. This quilt was shown in 2019 at the San Francisco Quilters Guild Quilt Show and in 2018 at the Pacific International Quilt Festival.

Object numberB-2021-0038

Attributes

Classificationsworks of art

Dimensionsw x h: 76 x 76 in.

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