QUILT INDEX RECORD

15-11-1014

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Wisconsin Quilt History Project

Who documented this quilt?

Wisconsin Quilt History Project

Wisconsin Quilt History Project Number:

A343

Person filling out this form is:

Quilt owner; Relative of quiltmaker

When was the form filled out?

10-08-2005

Choose the best description of the source to the quilt:

Quilt owner

If you are the quilt owner, how did you acquire this quilt?

Inherited

Interviewer:

Adair, Sylvia

Where was the quilt documentation day held?

Hoard Historical Museum

This is a:

Finished quilt

Owner's name for quilt:

Four Patch

How wide is the quilt?

66.75 in

How long is the quilt?

69 in

Shape of edge:

Straight

Shape of corners:

Straight

What color is the quilt?

Brown; Pink

Antique colors:

Chocolate Brown or Hershey Brown; Double Pink; Madder Brown

Overall color scheme:

Multicolor

Quilt's condition:

Excellent/like new

Time period:

Timespan

When was the quilt started?

c.1890

When was the quilt finished?

c.2005

Family/owner's date for quilt:

c.1930

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Size of quilt blocks:

5 in x 5 in

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

On point or rotated on 45 degrees

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Alternating with plain squares

What is the shape of the quilt blocks?

Squares

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Fabric styles used in the quilt top:

Checked; Multiple scrap; Plaid; Print; Solid/plain; Striped

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

English template Piecing; Hand Piecing

Describe the techniques used to make the quilt top:

Blocks were whip-stitched together, possibly English piecing technique

Materials used to make the back:

Cotton

What color is the back of the quilt?

Brown

Describe the back:

Same fabric used throughout

How is the binding made?

Hand sewn; Machine sewn

What kind of filling is used in the quilt?

Cotton

How are the layers held together?

Machine quilting

Color of thread used in the quilting:

tan

Quilting designs used, overall motifs:

All-over-design

Describe the quilting designs used:

Machine quilted pantograph design

Quilt top made by:

Crosby, Mildred ?

Quilted by:

Unknown

Where the quilt was made, city:

Janesville

Where the quilt was made, state:

Wisconsin (WI)

Where the quilt was made, country:

United States

How was this quilt acquired?

Inheritance

Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:

Quilt top found when the estate of Mildred Crosby, Jack Crosby's grandmother, was dissolved. The family assumed it was made by Mildred (1892-1976). However, the fabrics date it to definitely before 1900. It may have been made by some other member of the family.

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

There were four quilt tops, assumed to be made for the four grandchildren. Other three tops are in possession of the owner's siblings, the other grandchildren.

Where did the maker get their materials?

Old clothes

Where did the maker find their pattern?

Public domain/traditional pattern

Where did the quiltmaker find the pattern for the quilting design on the quilt?

Commercial pattern

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's birth date:

08-06-1892

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

04-25-1976

Quiltmaker's occupation:

farm wife

Quiltmaker's city:

Janesville

Quiltmaker's state:

Wisconsin (WI)

Quiltmaker's country:

United States

Quiltmaker's spouse's/spouses' and/or partner's/partners' occupation:

carpenter, farmer

Number of children:

2

Estimated number of quilts made by this quiltmaker:

1-5 quilts

Any other notes or stories about the quiltmaker:

Quiltmaker was adopted

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Wisconsin Museum of Quilts & Fiber Arts