Fifties Random Hexagon Coverlet

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Maker:
Katherine MacDonald
Date:
1958

Hexagon patchwork coverlet with a random arrangement of printed fabrics. The initials and date ‘K.M. 1958’ are embroidered in pale blue thread on a pale green hexagon on one edge. It was made by Katherine MacDonald of Edinburgh, possibly whilst living in Callendar or the South East of England, in later life.