QUILT INDEX RECORD

17-13-3128

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Connecticut Quilt Search

Who documented this quilt?

Connecticut Quilt Search Project

Where was the quilt documentation day held?

Woodstock

Connecticut Quilt Search Documentation Project Number:

241

Source of the information on this quilt:

Husband's Great Aunt

When was the form filled out?

11/7/1992

This is a:

Finished quilt

Owner's name for quilt:

Album

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Album, Scrap, Streak of Lightening

How wide is the quilt?

81.5

How long is the quilt?

64.25

What color is the quilt?

White; Yellow; Red

Overall color scheme:

Multicolor

Notes on condition, damage, or repairs:

Unwashed, Unused

What is inscribed on the quilt?

Made by Celia Burnnell about 1920 Given to Laura 1986 from Grandma Martin

Time period:

1930-1949

When was the quilt finished?

Post-1950

Number of quilt blocks:

29

Size of quilt blocks:

8.5 square

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

On point or rotated 45 degrees

Describe the borders:

No border

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Fabric types used to make the quilt top:

Muslin

Fabric styles used in the quilt top:

Novelty; Geometric; Floral; Dotted; Checked; Solid/plain; Striped

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Macine Piecing

Materials used to make the back:

Cotton

Description of the back:

Backing fabric print is soild, Backing condition is great

How is the binding made?

Straight grain; Great

What kind of filling is used in the quilt?

Cannot tell

How thick is the quilt?

Thin (Less than 3/16")

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting

Color of thread used in the quilting:

White

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

4-5

Quilting designs used, overall motifs:

Grid/crosshatch

Quilting designs used, background fills:

Parallel lines

Describe the quilting designs used:

Simple quilting

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

1920 blocks assembled and quilted at a later date

Quilt top made by:

Burnnell, Celia

Where the quilt was made, country:

United States

Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:

Inherited

Quiltmaker's birth date:

1880

Quiltmaker's birthplace, country:

Canada

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

1940

Biography of the quiltmaker:

Where quiltmaker lived: Canada; Where quiltmaker died: Quinnebaug, CT

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Connecticut Quilt Search Project