QUILT INDEX RECORD
11-37-5945
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:
3764
Ownership of this quilt is:
Private
Quilt owner's country:
United States
Width:
60
Length:
79
Quilt top made by:
Meade, Etta [owner]
Quiltmaker's state:
Massachusetts (MA)
Quiltmaker's country:
United States
Quiltmaker's D.O.B.:
1917
Birthplace, city:
Lewiston
Birthplace, state:
Maine (ME)
Birthplace, country:
United States
Spouse's occupation:
manager
# of Children:
4
Quiltmaker's mother's name:
LeClair, Alma
Quiltmaker's mother's birthplace and birthdate:
ME
Quiltmaker's Mother's Ethnic/Racial Group:
French/Irish
Quiltmaker's father's name:
Boucher, Alfred
Quiltmaker's Father's Ethnic/Racial Group:
French
Anything else known about the quiltmaker (including where quiltmaker lived most of their life and other quilts made)?
owner sewed blocks together in 2000
Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:
found in home in Auburn, ME in 1990
Time period:
Timespan
Format:
Finished quilt
Spacing of quilt blocks:
Side by side
Sashing width:
3"
Vertical rows, horizontal rows and number of blocks:
4 vertical rows, 6 horizontal rows, 20 full/4 partial blocks
Block shape:
Squares
Block size:
9.5
Fabric fibers:
Cotton
Patterns:
Describe the fibers or fabrics in the quilt top:
plain weave
Predominant colors:
Blue or Navy
Quilting:
Tied or tufted
Number of borders:
2
Border; technique, fiber, weave, pattern:
Cotton
Binding and edging:
Edges turned in/ no separate binding
Batting:
Polyester
Backing, fiber:
Cotton
Backing, weave and pattern:
grain bags with printing/also some blocks
Backing, predominant color:
White
Condition:
Very good/almost new
Condition, damage:
Fading
Condition, structurally sound?
This quilt is structurally sound.
Pattern name, variations and comments:
9 Patch
Details
Date estimated by an antique dealer, quilt historian or appraiser:
1890c-2000
Access and copyright information:
Restricted
Copyright holder:
Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project (MassQuilts)
Cite this Quilt
Meade, Etta [owner. 9 Patch. Timespan. From Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project - MassQuilts, Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project, MassQuilts. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=11-37-5945. Accessed: 03/29/24