this is a photo of Kate Clayton "Granny" Donaldson 1864-1960 Marble North Carolina
she is shown with her husband and is holding one of her "cow blankets" so folksy, primitive, uniquely different......
this is the first image i saw of a cow blanket on Pintrest, was blown away......needed to know more.....Goggled Kate Clayton Donaldson and this is some of what i have found.....
she was working in the kitchen of the John C Campbell Folk School when Allen Eaton brought in several examples of international folk art to share, one of which was "cow blankets" a decorative blanket used to drape over cows for festivals in Italy....never had heard of this, interesting.....
it was said that a neighbor left behind a baby blanket at her home and she thought it would be nice to decorate it with crocheted animals appliqued on......a member of the Southern Highlands Handicraft Guild saw the blanket and encouraged her to make more, so glad she did.....
these blanket are on homespun backgrounds with crocheted animals, people, baskets, trees all hand appliqued on......
would love to try and make one of my own probably, most likely using fabric applique as crocheting all these shapes without a chain one, chain two guide will be an impossibility.......just am so in awe of these "cow blankets" so right up my folksy alley......
just had to share.....
she is shown with her husband and is holding one of her "cow blankets" so folksy, primitive, uniquely different......
this is the first image i saw of a cow blanket on Pintrest, was blown away......needed to know more.....Goggled Kate Clayton Donaldson and this is some of what i have found.....
she was working in the kitchen of the John C Campbell Folk School when Allen Eaton brought in several examples of international folk art to share, one of which was "cow blankets" a decorative blanket used to drape over cows for festivals in Italy....never had heard of this, interesting.....
it was said that a neighbor left behind a baby blanket at her home and she thought it would be nice to decorate it with crocheted animals appliqued on......a member of the Southern Highlands Handicraft Guild saw the blanket and encouraged her to make more, so glad she did.....
these blanket are on homespun backgrounds with crocheted animals, people, baskets, trees all hand appliqued on......
would love to try and make one of my own probably, most likely using fabric applique as crocheting all these shapes without a chain one, chain two guide will be an impossibility.......just am so in awe of these "cow blankets" so right up my folksy alley......
just had to share.....
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