Rose of Sharon
popular floral appliqué
pattern of the 19th
century, when many
examples were made.  
Named for the love poem
found in the Song of many
variations, but most
were made, according to a
quilt historian, as bridal
quilts.  Susan Smelser,
owner of The Book Worm
Bookstore in Powder
Springs, found the picture
in a quilt book in her store.  
She thought it was such a
beautiful quilt, she asked
one of her customers, Iia
for her on  the east side of
her building at 4451
Marietta St., Powder
Springs, Georgia.
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