WALHALLA — The home of Vanessa and Danny Penton, 302 S. College St. in Walhalla, has joined the Upstate Heritage Quilt Trail.

The pattern of the quilt is called Grandmother’s Garden and was originally quilted by her Maternal Grandmother and Great Grandmother, Ellen Gunter and Hattie Butler of Birmingham, Ala. It was made in the 1960s.

This is an old

pattern and a familiar name for rosettes of hexagon patchwork, but the name is much newer than the pattern itself. The design first appeared as ‘hexagon’ or ‘honeycomb’ patchwork in the January 1835 issue of Godey’s Ladies Book, an influential fashion periodical. During the early 20th century, many quilt patterns were renamed to make them sound quaint and ‘colonial.’

“My grandmother and her mother were both quilters and my grandmother was a wonderful seamstress,” Vanessa Penton said. “She made all my mother’s clothes as she was growing up including beautiful embroidered collars. My mother would tell me she was jealous of her friends’ store bought clothes and they were jealous of hers.”

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The pattern of this quilt is called Grandmother’s Garden. It is a new addition to the Upstate Heritage Quilt Trail.
https://www.theeasleyprogress.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/web1_uhqtpentonswalhalla.jpgThe pattern of this quilt is called Grandmother’s Garden. It is a new addition to the Upstate Heritage Quilt Trail. Courtesy photo

By Cynthia Leggett

For The Easley Progress