QUILT INDEX RECORD

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Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Signature Quilt Pilot Project

Who documented this quilt?

Signature Quilt Project Public Submission

This is a:

Finished quilt

Quilt's title:

Embroidered friendship quilt

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Floral embroidery

How wide is the quilt?

66"

How long is the quilt?

77"

What color is the quilt?

Beige or Tan

Type of inscription:

Date; Initials; Multiple Names; Place

What is inscribed on the quilt?

A1:Emma A Madsen, age 45, Gunnisan, Utah, Apr 16, 1929 A2: Olga Hess, Oenaville, Texas A3: Ola Snyder, Indianapolis, Indiana, E-C Club A4: Elizabeth M. Parks, Regina, New Mexico A5: Glenna LaBud, Berlin, Wisconsin A6: Ida McIntyre, Kansas City, MO A7: Ethel (no last name), San Francisco, CA B1: Gwen Yanney, Reading, PA B2: Daisey Bolen, Snow Hill, Maryland, Mar 1930 B3: Louise B. Parkey, Barnstead, NH B4: Marion Hardy, Albany, New York B5: Mrs. Hilda Rintoul (Puntoul?, Detroit, Michigan B6: Ruth Gregory, Gerlach, Nevada B7: Mrs Cain Brunt, Medicine Bow, Wyoming C1: Maude I (J?) Grant, Roslindale, Massachusetts C2: Lillian F (T?) Spark(s), Louisville, Kentucky, August 27th, 1929 C3: Elsie Deveau, Yarmouth North, Nova Scotia C4: Hannah Maxfield, Bristol, RI, age 74 C5: Nina M. Leigh, Beatrice, Nebraska C6: Mrs. Lizzie Clark, Shawnee Place, Rosedale, Kansas, 1929 C7: Mae Kirk, Box 623, Welch, West Virginia D1: Beatrice Morris, Vardaman, Mississippi, Feb 4, 1930 D2: Julia Turner, West Rutland, Vermont D3: Cordel Hottle, Indpls. Ind. D4: Elsie Stacy, Chicago Illinois D5: Miss Eva Louise Tomlinson, Christopher, Illinois 1930 D6: Rose Paraish, Tacoma, Wash 1930 D7: Susie Newton, Crawfordville, Oregon E1: Helen D Ricker, Old Orchard, Maine E2: Florence Sith, Lima, Ohio E3: Nettie White, Winnfield, Louisiana E4: Margaret Williams, Englewood, Tenn E5: Myrtle Russell, Madill Okla E6: Mrs Eva Zetterwall, Iowa City Iowa 1929 E7: Gladys Phillips, Pueblo, Colo F1: Mrs Martha Borcherding, Highmore, So Dak, Jan 8, 1882 F2: Perlina Barber, Vincent Ala F3: Nell Idol, Guilford College, N.C. age 28 F4: Mattie Stalling(s), Leesburg, Florida F5: Coralee Clark, Beach, North Dakota F6: Jennie Scott, Miner, Mont F7: Ella May Burhart, Chloride, AZ

What is the date inscribed on the quilt?

1929, 1930 also a birth date 1882

Method used to make the inscription:

Embroidery

Location of inscription:

on block

Time period:

Timespan

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

ca.1930

Further information concerning dates:

dates of 1929 and 1930 are embroidered on a number of the blocks.

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Fabric styles used in the quilt top:

Solid/plain

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Machine Piecing

Embellishment techniques used to make the quilt top:

Embroidery

Other people who worked on this quilt:

Madsen, Emma A; Yanney, Gwen; Grant, Maude I (J?); Morris, Beatrice; Ricker, Helen D.; Borcherding, Martha; Barbar, Perlina; Smith, Florence; Turner, Julia; Sparks, Lillian F; Bolen, Daisie; Hess, Olga; Snyder, Ola; Parkey, Louise B.; Elsie Deveau; Hottle, Cordel; White, Nettie; Idol, Nell; Stalling(s), Mattie; Williams, Margaret; Stacy, Elsie; Maxfield, Hannah; Hardy, Marion; Parks, Elizabeth M; LaBudd, Glenna; Rintoul, Hilda (Puntoul?); Leigh, Nina M; Tomlinson, Eva Louise; Russell, Myrtle; Clark, Coralee; Scott, Jennie; Zetterwall, Eva; Paraish, Rose; Clark, Lizzie; Gregory, Ruth; McIntyre Ida; Ethel; Brunt, Cain; Kirk, Mae; Newton, Suzie; Phillips, Gladys; Burhart, Ella May

Where the quilt was made, state:

Florida

Where the quilt was made, country:

United States

Why was the quilt made?

Autograph or friendship

Describe the source of the pattern:

Other

Quilt owner's name:

Mary Anne Randall

Quilt owner's city:

Gainesville

Quilt owner's state:

Florida

Quilt owner's country:

United States

Any other notes or stories about the quiltmaker:

Each participant added their location: Chloride, AZ Pueblo, CO Crawfordsville, OR Welch, WV Medicine Bow, WY San Francisco, CA Kansas City, MO Gerlach, NV Rosedale, KS Tacoma, WA Iowa City, IA Miner, MT Beach, ND Madill, OK Christopher, IL Beatrice, NE Detroit, MI Berlin, WI Regina, NM Albany, NY Bristol, RI Chicago, IL Englewood, TN Leesburg, FL Guilford College, NC Winnfield, LA Indianapolis, IN Yarmouth North, Nova Scotia Barnstead, NH Oenaville, TX Snow Hill, MD West Rutland, VT Lima, OH Vincent, AL Highmore, SD Old Orchard ME Vardaman, MS Roslindale, MA Reading, PA Gunnisan,UT

Description of quilt:

Floral embroidered blocks (42) with names and locations from a wide variety of US states and Canada with dates of 1929-30.

Essay:

One of two purchased in Ocala, FL antique store. One block is from Leesburg, FL, about 30 miles south of Ocala. I can only guess that this is the person who collected the blocks and put them together into two quilts. Was there a publication or pattern-maker who sponsored a nationwide block exchange at that time? This quilt has a block from Canada; the second similar quilt has a block from England.

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