A cartoon character "Scrappy"
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A scrappy quilt
We love to make them and love to look at them....
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One would guess the name is fairly recent but....
In 1854 two Richmond, Virginia quiltmakers entered
"scrap quilts" in the fair.
Quilt dated 1854
Pat Nickols Collection Mingei Museum
Blocks dated 1857-1858, Quilt associated
with Emmeline Smith, Rhode Island Project
Already an object of nostalgic memory by 1888
