Multiple colorways of the same print make this pieced quilt distinct. Printers often experimented with different color combinations for their designs, but not all made it to final production. The small differences between some of these prints suggests that they may have been trial runs, which further points to the possibility that the quiltmaker, Sara K. Headly of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, had access to mill trials or factory seconds.

Pattern: 
Flying Geese
Maker: 
Sarah K. Headley
Dated
1838
Made in
Bucks County
Pennsylvania
United States
96
98
IQM, Ardis and Robert James Collection
1997.007.0749