Catherine Somerville, an African American woman from Pickens County, Alabama, made this excellent example of a string quilt, a quilt made from a variety of recycled and leftover fabrics

Pattern: 
String Quilt
Maker: 
Catherine Somerville
Circa
1930
1950
Made in
Pickens County
Alabama
United States
79
64.5
IQM, Robert and Helen Cargo Collection
2000.004.0119