From the DAR Museum, "Quilting, and sewing and crafts more generally, are known to have therapeutic effects. Many invalids take up knitting or sewing projects not just to pass the time, but because the meditative repetitiveness is soothing. Surely too, a sense of accomplishment while physically limited, has a beneficial effect. Occupational therapists use sewing and other needlework in their toolkit." See how Nellie Everhart of Jennings, Indiana in 1879 took the repetitive quilting therapy process to new heights to create a quilt that is 60" by 79", but all of the pieces are just 2/3 of an inch square!

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"Nellie Everhart of Jennings, Indiana is said to have made this quilt while recovering from an illness in 1879. This detail shows a selection of the tiny pieces she used—just 2/3 of an inch square! The full quilt is 60 by 79 inches. She probably culled scraps from the family's workbag of sewing, and may have collected more from friends and neighbors, as there are so many different prints and checks and stripes represented here. She can’t have been bed-bound, however, as the pieces are stitched by machine."

(Photos from the DAR Museum)

Tiny Squares Quilt by Nellie Everhart of Jennings, Indiana (1879) [60" x 79"]

Tiny Squares Quilt by Nellie Everhart of Jennings, Indiana (1879) [60" x 79"] - Detail