Discovered in a charity shop, this bag has no provenance. However, it is a good example of the smaller items women were encouraged to make in fancywork through magazines and needlework books.

Crazy patchwork, with its use of luxury fabrics together with embellishment, is an ideal technique to employ for a special item. The bag has possibly been fashioned from parts of an older piece of Crazy patchwork with some more modern fabrics added later. The frame and chain are celluloid and the latter date is probably for the frame/clasp. The Crazy patchwork is likely earlier, circa 1900.

Copyright of The Quilters’ Guild Collection

Pattern: 
Crazy patchwork bag
Maker: 
Maker unidentified
Circa
1900
1950
Made in
United Kingdom
9.75
7.5
Quilters' Guild of the British Isles
2001-8-A