Cotton in Pennsylvania German Life
Irish Chain Quilt 
ca. 1920-1930
Cotton
Made by Amanda Krauss Beitler (1878-?)
Zionsville, Lehigh County
Gift of Henry & June Beitler
2002.09.01

Amanda Beitler, a Schwenkfelder descendant, pieced this quilt with scraps from the Collegeville Flag Factory in Zionsville, where she was employed. She pieced its reverse in alternating strips of a floral fabric and red and white stripes.
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