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:

Love to Wini

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

various heart patterns

How wide is the quilt?

51.5 inches

How long is the quilt?

51.5 inches

What color is the quilt?

Fuchsia; Pink; Red

Type of inscription:

Date; Message; Multiple Names

What is inscribed on the quilt?

Row 1: (across) (a) Voskuilch, Ada (b) Tresner, Mary Lou (c) Wynn, Sylvia (d) Hastings, Ann Row 2: (a) Steiner, Linda (b) Henlan, Tess (c) unsigned (d) Haner, Bernice Row 3: (a) unsigned, (b) Anderson, Marilyn (c) Buvs, Jane M. - Custer, WA (d) Montague, Hazel Row 4: (a) Dunn, Ann (b) Teter, Georgia (c) Newell, Ruth -1999, (d) Musgrove, Mary Ann On Back: To Wini from her friends of the Northwest Quilting Connection 1999.

What is the date inscribed on the quilt?

1999

Method used to make the inscription:

Ink

Location of inscription:

multiple locations; on back

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

spring 1999

Further information concerning dates:

One block contains the date 1999. Wini was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in Feb and her friends made this quilt by the end of March. On the back of the quilt written in ink is: To Wini from your Northwest Quilting Connection friends 1999. I added a printed label in Jan 2006 with the names of all the block makers when I thought this qult was going to hang in an exhibit.

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Fabric styles used in the quilt top:

Floral; Multiple scrap; Novelty; Print

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Hand Piecing; Machine Piecing

Applique techniques used to make the quilt top:

Blanket, buttonhole, or other decorative applique stitch; Hand Applique

Embellishment techniques used to make the quilt top:

Attachments (beading, charms, buttons, etc)

Describe the techniques used to make the quilt top:

Two blocks are simply a large sqaure of floral fabric with a large heart machine quilted in the center of the block.

Quilt top made by:

Anderson, Marilyn; Buvs, Jane M.; Dunn, Ann; Haner, Bernice; Hastings, Ann; Henlan, Tess; Montague, Hazel; Musgrove, Mary Ann; Newell, Ruth; Steiner, Linda; Teter, Georgia; Tresner, Mary Lou; Voskuilch, Ada; Wynn, Sylvia

Where the quilt was made, county:

Skagit County, WA

Where the quilt was made, country:

United States

Why was the quilt made?

Autograph or friendship; Gift or presentation

Describe the source of the pattern:

Original to maker

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

I am still trying to learn who actually put the blocks together as a quilt after eachindividual made their block. Wini was a founding member of the Northwest Quilting Connection here in Washington State, a past President and their newsletter editor for almsot 13 years.

Related items such as diaries, obituaries, wills, household inventories, or pictures of the quiltmaker:

I have a photograph of Wini and the quilt covering her and cards from her friends plus paperwork from her files covering the years she was president and some of the newsletters she edited for this group.

Quilt owner's name:

Karen Biedler Alexander

Quilt owner's city:

Lopez Island

Quilt owner's country:

United States

Description of quilt:

Made by friends of Winifred Margaret [Waters] Alexander of Lopez Island, WA using various heart patterns to encourage her and express love and appreciation.

Essay:

My mother-in-law was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in Feb 1999. After surgery she was told she had three months to live. The word went out and two different "Cuddle Quilts" were made for her by two different quilt groups that she belonged to at the time. This one was made by members of the Northwest Quilting Connection, a group she helped found in the mid 1980s. She served as president from January 13, 1990-January 11, 1992. She also served as their newsletter editor for a number of years. Wini died on August 23, 1999 one week after her 82nd birthday (August 16, 1917) at home in a special bed in the living room with her son Gary and myself by her side on Lopez Island, Washington. She was in a coma most of the last two days while Gary and I sang to her all the songs she loved so well from what is known as "the American Song Book", i.e Cole Porter, Jerome Kern, Rogers & Hart, etc. Wini was born in Yakima, WA but grew up in Seattle. She had a degree in Home Economics from Univeristy of Washington. She was proficient and talented in many forms of needlework and usually volunteered to be editor of guild newsletters wherever she lived. I saved 30 years of correspondence between Wini amd myself and also inherited al her files, books and quilt studio.

Who photographed this quilt?

Karen B. Alexander

Access and copyright information:

Open/Public Domain

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