QUILT INDEX RECORD

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Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project - MassQuilts

Who documented this quilt?

Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project, MassQuilts

MASS-Quilts ID Number:

2577

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's country:

United States

Width:

81

Length:

85.5

Pattern name (maker/owner/historical):

Wheel of Life

Quilt top made by:

Wingard, Elizabeth

Quiltmaker's state:

Pennsylvania (PA)

Quiltmaker's country:

United States

Birthplace, city:

Mundorf

Birthplace, state:

Pennsylvania (PA)

Birthplace, country:

United States

Occupation:

homemaker

Date of death and location:

1941 in Pennsylvania.

Ethnic group:

German

Spouse's occupation:

farmer

# of Children:

12

How did owner acquire quilt?

Inheritance

Time period:

1930-1949

Format:

Finished quilt

Technique, piecing:

Hand Piecing

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Side by side

Vertical rows, horizontal rows and number of blocks:

6 vertical rows, 6 horizontal rows, 39 whole; 6 halfs blocks

Block shape:

Hexagons

Block size:

13 x 14.5

Fabric fibers:

Cotton

Patterns:

Print

Describe the fibers or fabrics in the quilt top:

plain weave

Predominant colors:

White

Overall color scheme:

Multicolor

Quilting:

Hand quilting

Motif design, overall:

Echo

Quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

7

Border; technique, fiber, weave, pattern:

Cotton, sashing around all blocks

Binding and edging:

Separate binding applied

Binding; fiber:

Cotton

Binding; weave:

Plain weave

Batting:

Cotton

Backing, number of pieces:

three pieces

Backing, fiber:

Cotton

Backing, predominant color:

White

Condition:

Excellent/like new

Condition, damage:

Fading

Describe the damage:

binding is faded

Condition, structurally sound?

This quilt is structurally sound.

Pattern name, no. and source:

160e

Pattern name, variations and comments:

Grandmother's Flower Garden

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

1940c

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project (MassQuilts)