QUILT INDEX RECORD

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Who documented this quilt?

Quilts of Tennessee

The Quilts of Tennessee Documentation Number:

0674

Alternate inventory control number:

0674a

How was this quilt acquired?

Inheritance

Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:

Surveyed owner is the daughter-in-law of the quiltmaker.

Where the quilt was made, city:

Winchester

Where the quilt was made, state:

Tennessee (TN)

Where the quilt was made, country:

United States

Time period:

1901-1929

Family/owner's date for quilt:

c. 1927

Quilt top made by:

Vanzant, Sara

Quilted by:

Vanzant, Sara

How wide is the quilt?

68.5

How long is the quilt?

81

Size of quilt blocks:

9.25 x 9.25

Owner's name for quilt:

Improved Nine Diamond

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Nine Patch

Brackman # or other source & #:

306

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Hand Piecing

Overall condition:

Very good/almost new

Notes on condition, damage, or repairs:

Unwashed

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Fabric styles used in the quilt top:

Multiple Scrap

Overall color scheme:

Multicolor

What color is the quilt?

Pink; Fuchsia; Blue or Navy; White

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Other

Describe the quilt setting:

Elongated oval connecting pieces

Shape of edge:

Scalloped

Describe the edge:

Follows pieced pattern

Materials used to make the back:

Cotton

Description of the back:

Feedsacks

How is the binding made?

Back turned to front

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting

Color of thread used in the quilting:

White

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

5

Width between quilting lines:

1.5

Quilting designs used, overall motifs:

Other

Describe the quilting designs used:

Straight lines: ninety degree angle "elbow"

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Tennessee State Library and Archives

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

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Quilts of Tennessee

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