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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; California Heritage Quilt Project

This is a:

Finished quilt

Quilt's title:

A Garden of Friends

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Grandmother's Flower Garden, Signature block, Jack's Chain

How wide is the quilt?

84 inches

How long is the quilt?

96 inches

What color is the quilt?

Blue or Navy; Brown; Green; Pink; Purple; Red; Yellow

Type of inscription:

Date; Message; Multiple Names; Place; Signature

What is inscribed on the quilt?

Because the design is an overall pattern, the names are listed here in alphabetical order: Dorothy Allan Redding, Calif. Mary Allen - Weaverville, CA. Lee Apperson Alpine Quilters Mount Shasta 1990 Kitty Bachand Project City, CA 11/90 Linda Ballard Palo Cedro, Ca 1990 Cheryl Grieder Bradkin Carmichael, California 1990 Katy Bryan Redding, CA 1990 Marian Collins – Cantebury Julia DeLorge Redding, CA. 1990 Jeanne Dillman Etna, Calif 96027 1990 Trudy Flowers – October 1990 Modesto, CA. Linda Gibbs Redding Quilters Sew-Ciety 10-17-90 Edythe B. Goldsworthy Redding 1990 Donna Goodland Yreka, CA. Connie Halter (Redding, CA) Martha A. Hansen Arkansas City, KS Martha Hilbert Redding Calif 1990 Mary Israel Etna, California 1990 Lola Johnson - Yreka, California Kay Jones Dorchester ~ England 1990 Patsy Paul Jones Quilter’s Sew-Ciety Redding, Calif. U.S.A. Mildred Journey Etna, Ca 1990 Halli Keller Redding Ca 11/90 La Verne King 1990 Etna, Ca. (2 blocks) Vada Lady Winfield, Ks. Betty Lyon Redding, Calif - 1990 Jean Maskell 1990 Oxford England 10/90 Kathy Mattox ~ Redding, Ca. U.S.A. Betty McFadyen Cottonwood, Cal. 1990. Roberta L. McLaughlin Redding, California ~1990~ Mary Anne Melmoth Redding, Calif. 1990 Helen Melo Mount Shasta, Ca Carol Millard Redding, CA 1990 Carrie Minor Redding, Calif 11-17-90 Pauline Murphy Redding, California Norma Overbay October 1990 Hugoton Kansas Loyce Pace 1990 Cottonwood, Ca Mary Ross Peard Redding, Ca. 1990 Carolyn Pimentel Pimentel Ranch. Etna, California. Oct. 1990 College of the Siskiyous Quilting Instructor Scarlett Rose 10-90 Anderson, CA Pauline Rumbold 1990 Northampton England Bu Salmonson Moline, Ill. Laurie Short Redding, Calif. 11/90 Pat Simmerley Central Valley, Ca. 1990 Irene M Smith Box 488 Etna, Ca. 96027 1990 Trudy Eddington Smith From Simi Valley CA new to Redding CA I’m glad to belong to the Redding Quilters Sew-Ciety as of 10-10-90. Etna Quilt Club Sadie Starr 1990 Judy Ann Stewart Palo Cedro, Ca 11-6-90 Bea Stone 1990 Mt. Gate, Ca. Helen Storbeck ~ October, 1990 Winfield, Kansas Nancy Stracner Redding 1990 tnt (Tuesday Night Threads, a small group within the Quilter’s Sew-Ciety) Rose Marie Straw Redding, CA. 1990 Karen Swigart Redding, Ca 1990 Barbara Tavolazzi Anderson, California 1990 Janet Taylor Weaverville, Calif. Betty Thompson Winfield, Kansas Dorothy Walls Etna Quilt Club Etna, California 1990 (2 blocks) Mildred Weaver ~ Kansas, 1990 Harrie Whipple Etna, California Marjorie Williams - Arkansas City, Kansas 1990 Diane Wiman Etna, Ca. 1990 There are two duplicate signature blocks in the quilt because Scarlett needed to have 65 signature blocks for this design. Scarlett has self-published this quilt as a retail pattern that she sells through her website at www.ScarlettRose.com

What is the date inscribed on the quilt?

1990

Method used to make the inscription:

Embroidery; Ink

Location of inscription:

multiple locations; on block

Time period:

Timespan

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

ca. 1991

Describe the quilt's layout:

One patch or allover

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton; Cotton or polyester blend

Fabric styles used in the quilt top:

Multiple scrap

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Machine Piecing

Embellishment techniques used to make the quilt top:

Painting

Features or notes about the quilt's appearance, materials, or construction:

The border fabric has glitter fabric paint added to it for sparkle.

Quilt top made by:

Rose, Scarlett

Other people who worked on this quilt:

Bradkin, Cheryl Greider; Goodland, Donna; Storbeck, Helen

Where the quilt was made, city:

Anderson

Where the quilt was made, county:

Shasta

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

The signature blocks were exchanged at an event held in Yreka, CA in October of 1990. A tour group of English quilters were making their way across the USA, picking up American quilters as they travelled. Scarlett drove up to Yreka with members of her local guild, the Quilter's Sew-Ciety of Redding, CA and enjoyed an evening with all the visiting quilters. Each quilter had brought a stack of friendship blocks to trade! After she collected enough signature blocks, Scarlett used them in the Jack's Chain quilt layout along with some Grandmother's Flower Garden blocks she had pieced many years before. The fabrics in those flower garden blocks are from Scarlett's mother's scrap bag, so many of the fabrics are leftovers from clothing that Scarlett wore as a young girl. The yellow print in the background triangles was from yardage that Scarlett's mother hadn't used at all. Since "A Garden of Friends" has such fond memories associated with it, this quilt is a cherished part of Scarlett's quilt collection. This quilt is one of the many friendship quilts that Scarlett has made over the years. Because of its age, several of the signatures on this quilt are from quilters who are now deceased. This quilt has been exhibited at the 1991 Quilt America! show in Indianapolis, IN and the 1992 A Quilter's Gathering in Westford, MA. Two local quilt shows: Chester, CA in 1991 and Redding, CA in 1992.

Describe the source of the pattern:

Traditional pattern variation

Quilt owner's name:

Scarlett Rose

Quilt owner's city:

Anderson

Quilt owner's country:

United States

Any other notes or stories about the quiltmaker:

Cheryl Greider Bradkin is the author of The Seminole Patchwork Book, which was reprinted three times with different publishers as Basic Seminole Patchwork. Helen Storbeck is a founder of National Quilting Day and a longtime member of National Quilting Association. Scarlett Rose is the author of Celtic Style Floral Applique and Baskets: Celtic Style, both published by AQS in the 1990's. Donna Goodland designed and appliqued the Mount Shasta section of the California Sesquicentennial Quilt, which was made in 1997-1998 by members of the California Heritage Quilt Project.

Description of quilt:

Using a Jack's Chain layout, this quilt has Grandmother's Flower Garden blocks mixed with signature blocks to create a special friendship quilt.

Who photographed this quilt?

Scarlett Rose

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

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