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Myrtle Melvins Fortner completed The Matterhorn in 1934.  It is a large quilt, 95" x 105".  She used hand-dyed and commercial cottons.  It is hand pieced and quilted.  Myrtle was quite a lady, after losing everything in the early 1930s, she moved to the California desert and built a house with her own hands.

While she made a living painting canvases and china plates, she spent years working on this quilt.  The Matterhorn is based on photographs that Myrtle had from her niece's trip to Switzerland.  There are 9,153 1" square pieces.  Once it was finished, she hung it in her home and covered it with curtains to protect it from light.

Matterhorn1 - 80 pieces - non-rotating

Matterhorn2 - 80 pieces - rotating