Singing Corners and Wet Tenors.

On this day in 1991, Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti (1935-2007) gave a free concert in London’s Hyde Park to celebrate his 30 years in opera. Because of a rainstorm, only 100,000 of the expected 250,000 spectators attended the concert. It was still the biggest turnout at Hyde Park since the Rolling Stones performed there in 1969.

Minnie Carter Martin, who worked days in a lumber mill, handmade this quilt in 1932 in Knoxville, Tennessee. The pattern name is called Swallow’s Nest, alternately called Turkey Tracks or Singing Corners. Martin made the quilt for her great niece, who documented the quilt during the Quilts of Tennessee project.

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Source:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/30/newsid_2491000/2491731.stm

Posted by Amy E. Milne
Executive Director, Quilt Alliance
amy.milne@quiltalliance.org

View this quilt on The Quilt Index to find out! Read more about its history, design and construction. Be sure to use the zoom tool for a detailed view or click the “See full record” link to see a larger image and all the data entered about that quilt.

Source:
http://encyclopedia.jrank.org/articles/pages/4500/Walton-Lester-A-1882-1965.html

Posted by Amy E. Milne
Executive Director, Quilt Alliance
amy.milne@quiltalliance.org