quilt

quilt

Hand-stitched, twin-size quilt, 20 quilt squares on solid blue background with brown, peach, and white floral edging; white floral backing. Each quilt square, made of the same fabrics listed above, depicts a state or country in which Loretto established a foundation, with date of establishment and state/country name. Ten of the states are depicted by their official pieced-quilt pattern, and the other locations are depicted by their geographic shape. Loretto quotes are quilted around the edge of the blue fabric. 

Locations: Texas (1879); Louisiana (1825); Missouri (1823); Oklahoma (1912); China (1923); Colorado (1864); Peru (1962); New Mexico (1852); Alabama (1874); Arkansas (1838); Kentucky (1812); Virginia (1950); Bolivia (1960); Kansas (1847); Chile (1962); Illinois (1863); California (1886); Nebraska (1897); Arizona (1899); Wyoming (1950)

Sayings: The Friends of Mary at the Foot of the Cross; Loretto; I Am the Way; Mary Rhodes; Christina Stuart; Ann Havern; Charles Nerinckx; Let Loretto Be Loretto Forever; Never Forsake Providence and Providence Will Never Forsake You; 1812; 1987

This quilt was made by Sr. Alicia Ramirez, SL, with some help from Srs. Susan Swain and Agnes Ann Schum, SL. It was made in the 1980s for Loretto's 175th anniversary (1987).

Sr. Alicia Ramirez

1980

68" x 84"

Textiles

2021.018.001