Mikado Quilt fabric
This is a photo of little more than a yard of Mikado fabric made at the Cocheco Mills in Dover, New Hampshire in the late 19th century. The same type of cotton print cloth was used in the creation of the Crazy Quilt that is in my collection.
I was lucky to be able to find this loose piece of cloth, that goes from selvage to selvage. The cloth has some small holes in it because it had been used as the backing of a tied quilt. This fabric has shown up, rarely, but in a few places across the country. Of course, it commemorates the operetta called, “The Mikado.” I thought you might like to see the piece of cloth that inspired the quilt.
Patricia Cummings
Quilter’s Muse Publications
