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; California Heritage Quilt Project

This is a:

Finished quilt

Quilt's title:

Carrie's Rooster Quilt

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Various rooster applique designs

How wide is the quilt?

90 inches

How long is the quilt?

108 inches

What color is the quilt?

Beige or Tan; Brown; Red; Rust

Type of inscription:

Date; Initials; Multiple Names; Signature

What is inscribed on the quilt?

1A Dee 83 (Deanna Charlton) 2A Judy Hafner 3A Candy '83 (last name Bally?) 4A Edith Huckleberry 5A Marge Winters 1B DC 84 (Julia DeLorge's granddaughter?) 2B GS (Ginger Strange) 3B Carol Millard 4B CH (Connie Halter, Deanna Charlton's sister) 5B 1(cent mark symbol) 83 (Penny Lockwood) 1C J. Good (Joyce) 2C JF (Jane Ferris?) 3C MRP (Mary Ross Peard) 4C Scarlett Rose 6-8-83 5C Susie Harris 7-4-83 1D Joyce Harris July 1983 (Susie's Mom) 2D unsigned (Carrie's block) 3D Edy G (Goldsworthy) 4D Jody Cloud 5D Pat Coulson 83

Method used to make the inscription:

Embroidery; Ink

Location of inscription:

on block

Time period:

1976-1999

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

1983

Further information concerning dates:

These friendship blocks were made by Quilter's Sew-Ciety members in 1983 & 1984, then set together by Carrie Minor. She passed away in abt. 1992, after which her daughter Carrie gave the partly finished top to Scarlett Rose, who added the border fabric and appliqued the lattice corner squares.

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

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

Applique techniques used to make the quilt top:

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

Embellishment techniques used to make the quilt top:

Attachments (beading, charms, buttons, etc); Embroidery

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting

Color of thread used in the quilting:

The muslin blocks were hand quilted with ecru thread, the sashing with red thread and the border is yellow thread.

Name of the group that made the quilt:

The Frontier Quilters; Quilter's Sew-Ciety

Quilt top made by:

Bally, Candy?; Charlton, Deanna; Cloud, Jody; Coulson, Pat; Ferris, Jane?; Goldsworthy, Edy; Good, Joyce; Hafner, Judy; Halter, Connie; Harris, Joyce; Harris, Susie; Huckleberry, Edith; Lockwood, Penny; Millard, Carol; Peard, Mary Ross; Rose, Scarlett; Strange, Ginger; Winters, Marge; Minor, Carrie

Quilted by:

Baczkowshi, Penny; Clark, Kathy; Haung, Carol; Lahey, Ann; Lohuis, Patty; Lucero, Judi; Rose, Scarlett; Spinks, Alice; Tinker, Wanda

Where the quilt was made, city:

Redding

Where the quilt was made, county:

Shasta

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:

Carrie Minor collected ceramic roosters throughout her life. After she passed away in the early 90s, her collection was given away to family and friends, each of whom got to chose a rooster to keep in her memory. Carrie was a founding member of the Quilter's Sew-Ciety of Redding and she asked the membership to make her rooster friendship blocks. 19 members made blocks, so along with her own, this makes up the 20 blocks in this quilt top. There were very few patterns available at the time, so members used whatever resources they could find to get a rooster design that they could applique for Carrie. The hand quilting was done in 2019 by the Frontier Quilters of Anderson. Scarlett paid to have the hand quilting done, with the money going to support the Frontier Senior Center in Anderson, CA.

Why was the quilt made?

Autograph or friendship

Contests entered:

This quilt was entered in the Inter-Mountain Fair in MacArthur, California. It won third place in the group quilt category and received the June Boster Award for Best Hand Stitched Quilt of 2019.

Quilt owner's name:

Scarlett Rose

Quilt owner's city:

Anderson

Quilt owner's country:

United States

Description of quilt:

This quilt top features applique blocks made by 20 members of the Quilter's Sew-Ciety of Redding, CA, in 1983. Membership in the Sew-Ciety was at about 35 quilters at that time.

Who photographed this quilt?

Scarlett Rose

Access and copyright information:

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