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:

Double Friendship Sampler

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

8-Pointed Star, Star and Crescen, Mexican Star, Bear Paw, Log Cabin, Drnkard's Path, School House, Churn Dash, Penny, Tippecanoe

How wide is the quilt?

71 inches

How long is the quilt?

92 inches

What color is the quilt?

Gold; Green; Rust

Type of inscription:

Date; Multiple Names; Signature

What is inscribed on the quilt?

1A Patty Gamble 3-84 1B Catherine Litwinow 1984 1C Candy Chesney 2A Jennifer Bass 2B Eileen Lopshire 1984 2C Phyllis Roe 1984 3A Betty McCasland March 84 3B Marigene Finch 1984 3C Emily Melton 4A Sally Ann Mettler 1984 4B Cathy Litwinow Jan 84 4C Linda Haugen

What is the date inscribed on the quilt?

4-84; 1984; March 84; Jan 84; 4-84

Method used to make the inscription:

Embroidery

Location of inscription:

on block

Time period:

1976-1999

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

1984

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Hand Piecing

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

Hand quilted

Quilt top made by:

Nimble Thimbles sit and sew group

Other people who worked on this quilt:

Catherine Litwinow

Where the quilt was made, city:

Bettendorf

Where the quilt was made, county:

Scott County

Where the quilt was made, state:

Iowa

Where the quilt was made, country:

United States

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

The month before being hostess, the Nimble Thimbles club members cut out their blocks using fabric brought by the next hostess. Next month members brought the blocks back. The St. John's United Methodist quilters did the quilting at the Parish house.

Why was the quilt made?

Autograph or friendship

Quilt owner's name:

Catherine Noll Litwinow

Quilt owner's city:

Bettendorf

Quilt owner's state:

Iowa

Quilt owner's country:

United States

Description of quilt:

Sampler quilt of twelve 16-inch blocks; patterns are Star and Crescent, Mexican Star, Bear Paw, Log Cabin, Drunkard's Path, School House, Churn Dash, Peony, and Tippecanoe, The blocks are set togeether with a garden maze lattice,framed by a 4-inch outer border.

Access and copyright information:

Open/Public Domain