QUILT INDEX RECORD

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Where are the records for this quilt housed?

State Historical Society of Iowa

Who documented this quilt?

Iowa Quilt Research Project; Mary Barton Collection

Iowa Quilt Research Project Number:

1988.64.149

Person filling out this form is:

Author/researcher; Quilt collector

If you are the quilt owner, how did you acquire this quilt?

Purchased the quilt

This is a:

Quilt blocks or pieces

Describe the item:

Individual quilt blocks stitched to muslin.

Owner's name for quilt:

Block Sampler

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Letha's Electric Fan; Flagstones; Snowball; Bachelor's Puzzle; Road to Jerusalem; Bride's Bouquet

Brackman # or other source & #:

3522; 1001; 2537; 1131

How wide is the quilt?

19.375 inches

How long is the quilt?

22.5 inches

Shape of edge:

Straight

Shape of corners:

Straight

Overall color scheme:

Multicolor

Quilt's condition:

Unknown/Not Rated

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Number of quilt blocks:

Four

What is the shape of the quilt blocks?

Sampler

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Fabric types used to make the quilt top:

Unknown

Describe the fibers or fabrics in the quilt top:

Various fabrics and prints used in the blocks.

Can you feel or see paper on the quilt that was used as a construction aid?

no

Features or notes about the quilt's appearance, materials, or construction:

Described top left to bottom right. #1 Letha’s Electric Fan (Brackman 3522). 8.375” square. Blue center on multi prints. One small pink solid, 1930s fabric on white muslin, hand pieced. #2 Flagstones, Improved Nine Patch, Snowball, Mystery Snowball, Federal Chain, Aunt Patty’s Favorite, Aunt Patsy’s Pet, Four and Nine Patch, Snowball and Nine Patch, New Nine Patch, Grandmother’s Short Quilt (Brackman 1001). 8” square, blue, red, white, yellow, navy geometric fabric C.1930s, 1940s. White muslin, hand pieced. #3 Bachelor’s Puzzle, Pinwheel, Building Blocks, Road to Jerusalem (Brackman 2537). 9.25” square,hand pieced 1930s & 1940s brown floral with orange & white flowers, blue, orange, yellow, white,flowers on blue dot background. White muslin. #4 Bride’s Bouquet, Nosegay (Brackman 1131). 8.5” square, 3 types of 1930s & 1940s fabrics – blue/red flowers on blue ground, red/yellow flowers w/blue foliage on white ground, blue, yellow, navy dots on blue and white checkerboard ground. Pattern set with muslin. Machine pieced.

Where the quilt was made, city:

Ames

Where the quilt was made, county:

Story

Where the quilt was made, state:

Iowa (IA)

Where the quilt was made, country:

United States

How was this quilt acquired?

Made by owner

Why was the quilt made?

Teaching or learning sample

The quilt was made to be used for:

Other

Quilt is presently used as:

Museum collection; Study or teaching aid

Where did the maker get their materials?

Unknown

Ownership of this quilt is:

Public Museum, Library or Institution

Quilt owner's state:

Iowa (IA)

Quilt owner's country:

United States

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Registrar,State Historical Society of Iowa