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[kayre]

Maybe my favorite quilt today. The design is in the black lines, not the colors!





I like these sheep. The whole scene is pieced entirely from 1/2 inch squares!



Such a bright happy scene! And I love that the houses are at an angle.



From an antique crazy quilt. Anyone know what the symbols are?



I'm a sucker for anything in rainbow colors.

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symbols on the crazy quilt block

[msminlr.livejournal.com]

The knife looks like a Bowie, and the other weapon could be a halberd. The doodad behind them is a balance-scale, such as is typically depicted being held-up by the blindfolded figure of Justice.

Overall symbolism could be something like "guardians of justice".

I came here from one of Ysabetwordsmith's links on Live Journal, by the way

[curmudgn]

The crazy quilt square looks like someone copied the arms of an organization; maybe knowing more about the person the quilt was made for would clear up the mystery. Heraldically the scale would be a "balance," the axe and rods a "fasces," and the knife a "flaying knife." The balance and fasces are symbols of justice and order, and the flaying knife is an attribute of Saint Bartholomew.