QUILT INDEX RECORD

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Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Kansas State Historical Society

Who documented this quilt?

Kansas Quilt Project

Kansas Quilt Project Number:

AA018

Person filling out this form is:

Quilt owner

This is a:

Finished quilt

Owner's name for quilt:

Dresden Plate

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Kansas Sunflower

Brackman # or other source & #:

3459

Family/owner's date for quilt:

1930'S

Date estimated by an antique dealer, quilt historian or appraiser:

1930, Kansas Quilt Project

Applique techniques used to make the quilt top:

Hand Applique

Quilt top made by:

Walden, Leah (Todd)

Where the quilt was made, city:

Hoxie

Where the quilt was made, county:

Sheridan

Where the quilt was made, state:

Kansas (KS)

Where the quilt was made, country:

United States

Describe anything about the history of the quilt that wasn't already recorded in a previous field:

Quilting was done substantially long after the top was constructed.

Why was the quilt made?

Not described

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's name:

Lela Walden

Quilt owner's city:

Hoxie

Quilt owner's county:

Sheridan

Quilt owner's state:

Kansas (KS)

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Todd

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's birth date:

1875

Quiltmaker's ethnic background/tribal affiliation:

French, Anglo American, including Scots Irish

Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:

Presbyterian

Quiltmaker's occupation:

Housewife

How did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

From Friend

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Kansas Quilt Project