QUILT INDEX RECORD

23-19-87

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

University of Rhode Island

Who documented this quilt?

Rhode Island Quilt Documentation Project

Rhode Island Quilt Documentation Project Number:

324

Person filling out this form is:

Daughter of quiltmaker; Blood relative of quiltmaker; Quilt owner

When was the form filled out?

09/19/1992

Choose the best description of the source to the quilt:

Quilt owner; Other

How did the quiltmaker participate in the creation of the quilt?

Quilted or tied the top; Other

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

Inherited

This is a:

Finished quilt

Quilt's title:

Sunbonnet Sally, Overall Sam

How wide is the quilt?

34 inches

How long is the quilt?

58 inches

Shape of edge:

Straight

Shape of corners:

Straight

What color is the quilt?

White; Blue or Navy

Overall color scheme:

Bright or primary colors; Multicolor

Quilt's condition:

Very good/almost new

Time period:

1930-1949

Family/owner's date for quilt:

ca. 1936

Further information concerning dates:

Made while waiting for the birth of a child.

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Number of quilt blocks:

15

Size of quilt blocks:

10 inches x 11 inches

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Alternating with plain squares; Side by side

Number of different block patterns used in the quilt:

1

What is the shape of the quilt blocks?

Squares

Number of borders:

1

Describe the borders:

1 3/4 inch plain border on four sides with mitered corners.

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Fabric styles used in the quilt top:

Solid/plain

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Machine Piecing

Applique techniques used to make the quilt top:

Machine Applique

Can you feel or see paper on the quilt that was used as a construction aid?

no

Materials used to make the back:

Cotton

What color is the back of the quilt?

Blue or Navy

Number of pieces of fabric in the quilt back:

1

Describe the back:

Machine sewn

How is the binding made?

Edges turned in/ no separate binding

What kind of filling is used in the quilt?

No filling

How are the layers held together?

Tied or tufted

Color of thread used in the quilting:

White

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

Backed with a pre-quilted fabric, but no additional filling is used.

Quilt top made by:

Cellemme, Josephine

Quilted by:

Hagan, Jean

Other people who worked on this quilt:

Masciarotte, Julia

Where the quilt was made, city:

Swansea

Where the quilt was made, state:

Massachusetts (MA)

Where the quilt was made, country:

United States

How was this quilt acquired?

Inheritance

Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:

Given to owner by her mother.

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

Originally made for a child that did not survive. It was not completed until daughter of quiltmaker and a friend finished it in 1989.

Why was the quilt made?

Baby or crib

The quilt was made to be used for:

Bedding, daily use

Quilt is presently used as:

Keepsake/memento; Artwork/wall hanging; Other

Describe present uses of the quilt:

Hangs on the wall of quiltmaker's nursing home to decorate and bring happiness to her.

Where did the maker get their materials?

Sewing scraps; Other

Describe the sources of the quilt's materials:

Grain bags and Swansea Textiles where quiltmaker's father-in-law worked.

Where did the maker find their pattern?

Commercial/Published source: Magazine

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

Public domain

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

Welters, Linda and Margaret Ordonez (eds.), Down by the Old Mill Stream, Kent, OH: Kent State University Press, 2000.

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's state:

Rhode Island (RI)

Quilt owner's country:

United States

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Zucchi

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's birth date:

1908

Quiltmaker's birthplace, city:

Warren

Quiltmaker's birthplace, state:

Rhode Island

Quiltmaker's birthplace, country:

United States

Quiltmaker's marriage date(s):

06/25/1935

Quiltmaker's ethnic background/tribal affiliation:

Swiss and Italian

Quiltmaker's educational background:

2 year Theological School in MA.

Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:

Protestant

Quiltmaker's occupation:

Ran a mission school up until 1930s. Ran one of the first day cares in the 1950s. Nursing home aide until 70 years old.

Quiltmaker's father's name:

Rev. Zucchi, Timothy E.

Quiltmaker's father's birthplace:

Como, Italy

Quiltmaker's father's ethnic/tribal background:

Italian

Quiltmaker's mother's name:

Casillini, Maria

Quiltmaker's mother's birthplace:

Pujevna, Switzerland

Quiltmaker's mother's ethnic/tribal background:

Swiss

Quiltmaker's spouse's/spouses' and /or partner's/partners' name(s):

Cellemme, Matthew

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

Master Plumber

How did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

From Relative

When did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

Under 10 years of age

Why does the quiltmaker quilt?

Other

Notes on how the quiltmaker learned, and how and why they quilt:

One for each child

Estimated number of quilts made by this quiltmaker:

1-5 quilts

Does/did the quiltmaker sell quilts?

no

Does/did the quiltmaker teach quilting?

only informally

Any other notes or stories about the quiltmaker:

Quiltmaker sewed many family clothes. Taught daughter to sew and embroider. At time of documentation, original quiltmaker was suffering from Alzheimer's in the third stage. Quilt was placed on her wall in the rest home. She smiled when she looked at it. Sewing was one of the last things she could do.

Who photographed this quilt?

RIQDP

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Linda Welters