QUILT INDEX RECORD

21-17-2715

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

North Carolina Museum of History

Who documented this quilt?

North Carolina Quilt Project

North Carolina Quilt Project Number:

FA48

Alternate inventory control number:

FA048

Person filling out this form is:

Quilt owner

When was the form filled out?

12-02-1985; St. James Episcopal Church, Hendersonville, NC

Choose the best description of the source to the quilt:

Quilt owner

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

Purchased the quilt

This is a:

Finished quilt

Owner's name for quilt:

Basic Nine Patch or Shoo Fly

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Shoo Fly

Brackman # or other source & #:

1645

How wide is the quilt?

87.25"

How long is the quilt?

88.75"

Shape of edge:

Straight

Shape of corners:

Straight

What color is the quilt?

Blue or Navy; White

Quilt's condition:

Good/moderate use

Time period:

1876-1900

Family/owner's date for quilt:

Prior to 1900

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

1890

Who estimated the quilt's date?

KH

Size of quilt blocks:

12" x 12"

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Separated by plain sashing

Describe the quilt setting:

Single 4" white with blue cotton print sashing

Sashing width:

4"

Number of borders:

3

Describe the borders:

Triple border

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Fabric styles used in the quilt top:

Print

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Other Piecing

Materials used to make the back:

Other

Description of the back:

Domestic

Number of pieces of fabric in the quilt back:

3

Width of pieces on the back:

20.75", 33", 32"

Describe the back:

Hand sewn

Describe the binding:

Hand sewn; Applied binding; White with blue

How is the binding made?

Front turned to back; Straight grain

What is the width of the binding (measure on the top only)?

less than a half inch

How wide is the binding (measure on the top only)?

1/4"

What kind of filling is used in the quilt?

Cotton

How thick is the quilt?

Medium (3/16")

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting

Thread type used for the quilting:

Single thread

Color of thread used in the quilting:

White

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

20

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:

20

Quilting designs used, overall motifs:

Other

Quilting designs used, background fills:

Parallel lines

Describe the quilting designs used:

Crosshatch; Diagonal

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

Quilt was made in Ohio or Midwest

Where the quilt was made, state:

Ohio (OH)

Where the quilt was made, country:

United States

How was this quilt acquired?

Purchase

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

Owner purchased the quilt in 1982 for $250.00.

Why was the quilt made?

Unknown

Where did the maker get their materials?

Purchased new

Where did the maker find their pattern?

Unknown

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's city:

Edneyville

Quilt owner's county:

Henderson County

Quilt owner's state:

North Carolina (NC)

Quiltmaker's birth date:

Unknown

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

Unknown

Quiltmaker's ethnic background/tribal affiliation:

Unknown

Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:

Unknown

Who photographed this quilt?

Brown, J.E.

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

North Carolina Museum of History