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:

AA187

Person filling out this form is:

Quilt owner

This is a:

Quilt top with unfinished edge

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Big Dipper

Brackman # or other source & #:

1195A

Family/owner's date for quilt:

1950'S

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

1940, Kansas Quilt Project

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Hand Piecing

Quilt top made by:

Moats, Clara

Where the quilt was made, city:

Silver Lake

Where the quilt was made, county:

Shawnee

Where the quilt was made, state:

Kansas (KS)

Where the quilt was made, country:

United States

Why was the quilt made?

Not described

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's name:

Evelyn Walden

Quilt owner's city:

Hoxie

Quilt owner's county:

Sheridan

Quilt owner's state:

Kansas (KS)

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's birth date:

1888

Quiltmaker's ethnic background/tribal affiliation:

German, Anglo American, including Scots Irish

Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:

Methodist

Quiltmaker's occupation:

Homemaker

How did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

From Friend

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Kansas Quilt Project