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

Alternate inventory control number:

WQJ-78 (1992) (Wini's Quilt Journal Entry code)

Quilt's title:

Golden Friendship

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Looks like "Betsy Wright's Block" from book "The Signature Quilt"

Brackman # or other source & #:

3151 in the center of 2376; There isn't one exactly like it that I can find in Brackman. It looks like 2376 but instead of a plain square in the center, the center block looks like BB3151. I did find the design on page 94 of Pepper Cory's "The Signature Quilt" published in 1995. Here it is called Betsy Wright's Block.

How wide is the quilt?

65 1/2"

How long is the quilt?

67 1/2"

What color is the quilt?

Beige or Tan; Brown; Cream; Gold; Green; Maroon; Rust; Turquoise or Teal; Yellow

Type of inscription:

Multiple Names

What is inscribed on the quilt?

Large cross-stitched label on back reads: The NQC Signature Quilt Golden Friendship Blocks given to former president January 13, 1990 to January 11, 1992 Received, assembled, and Quilted by Wini Alexander Completed February 5, 1993 Names on blocks: Row-1 (A) no signature (B) Mary Minnis (C) Marie Palmer (D) Edith S. [Schwendeman] (E) Charlotte Lamoureux-Shaw Row-2 (A) Kay Kilbreath (B) Reynola Pakusech - 1992 (C) Bernice Haner - Peace Corps Nepal 1991-1993 Row-3 (A) Rita Hupy (B) Blanche Manchester Row-4 (A) Maribeth Donner (B) The Language of Love is Understood by All - Georgia Teter - Bellingham, WA 1992 (C) Jean Pope Row-5 (A) Mary Lou Tresner - 1992 (B) Betty Hall (C) Roberta Nelson (D) Nancy Swenson (E) Gladys Alexander (F) Martie Larson Row-6 (A) Carolyn Worth-Bellingham, WA - 1992 (B) For Wini! Gail Bohrer - 1992 (C) Alice (Patty) VanZandt Row-7 (A) Barbara M. Sherwood (B) Pat Borden Row-8 (A) Mary M. Jenson (B) Wishing you a world of happiness…Gail Carter (C) Anne Dawson. Row-9 (A) Dawn Lease (B) Betty Bliven (C) Vera Parrish (D) Jean Thomas (E) Hazel Montagne - 1992

Time period:

1976-1999

When was the quilt finished?

1992

Further information concerning dates:

Inscribed on several blocks on the quilt. Label on the back of the quilt says "finished Feb 5, 1993".

Describe the quilt's layout:

Medallion or framed center

Size of quilt blocks:

7" x 7"

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

On point or rotated on 45 degrees

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Fabric types used to make the quilt top:

Muslin; Other

Fabric styles used in the quilt top:

Batiks (for contemporary quilts); Conversation Prints; Floral; Multiple scrap; Paisley; Print; Solid/plain

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Hand Piecing; Machine Piecing

Embellishment techniques used to make the quilt top:

Embroidery; Ink drawing

Description of the back:

backing is a heavier textured weave cotton, possibly meant for seating upholstery

Quilt top made by:

Alexander, Winifred Margaret Waters

Quilted by:

Alexander, Gladys; Bliven, Betty; Bohrer, Gail; Borden, Pat; Carter, Gail; Dawson, Anne; Donner, Maribeth; Hall, Betty; Haner, Bernice; Hupy, Rita; Jenson, Mary M.; Kilbreath, Kay; Lamoureux-Shaw, Charlotte; Larson, Martie; Lease, Dawn; Manchester, Blanche; Minnis, Mary; Montagne, Hazel; Nelson, Roberta; Pakusech, Reynola; Palmer, Marie; Parrish, Vera; Pope, Jean; Schwendeman, Edith; Sherwood, Barbara M.; Swenson, Nancy; Teter, Georgia; Thomas, Jean; Tresner, Mary Lou; VanZandt, Alice (Patty); Worth, Carolyn

Where the quilt was made, city:

Lopez Island

Where the quilt was made, county:

San Juan

Where the quilt was made, state:

Washington (WA)

Where the quilt was made, country:

United States

Why was the quilt made?

Autograph or friendship; Commemorative

Details about why the quilt was made:

Out-going President's Quilt from the members of the Northwest Quilters Connection to Winifred (Wini) [Waters] Alexander of Lopez Island, WA. Many guilds across the country make a top or at least blocks for their out-going president. Sometimes they even quilt the quilt, although often it is the responsibility recipient to turn this top or blocks into a finished quilt. Northwest Quilting Connection follows the latter tradition so Wini received her blocks and turned them into a lovely quilt, designing her own layout, borders and back for the blocks.

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

There are more detail images available for this quilt.

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's name:

Karen Biedler Alexander

Quilt owner's city:

Lopez Island

Quilt owner's county:

San Juan

Quilt owner's state:

Washington (WA)

Quilt owner's country:

United States

Who photographed this quilt?

Karen Biedler Alexander

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Karen Biedler Alexander

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