QUILT INDEX RECORD
23-19-699
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:
56
Person filling out this form is:
Quilt owner; Blood relative of quiltmaker
Source of the information on this quilt:
Great niece of quiltmaker
When was the form filled out?
03/07/1992
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
This is a:
Other
Quilt's title:
Yo-Yo
How wide is the quilt?
inches
How long is the quilt?
inches
What color is the quilt?
Blue or Navy
Time period:
1930-1949
Family/owner's date for quilt:
1930s
Further information concerning dates:
Brackman, Clues in the Calico, pp. 109-110
Describe the quilt's layout:
Other
What is the shape of the quilt blocks?
None
Fabric styles used in the quilt top:
Multiple scrap
Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:
Other Piecing
Novelty techniques used to make the quilt top:
Yo-yo
Quilt top made by:
White, May
Where the quilt was made, city:
Malden
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:
Found by owner's mother (quiltmaker's niece) in a trunk, given to owner by her mother.
Why was the quilt made?
Not described
The quilt was made to be used for:
Unknown
Quilt is presently used as:
Unknown
Where did the maker get their materials?
Sewing scraps
Where did the maker find their pattern?
Unknown
Ownership of this quilt is:
Private
Quilt owner's state:
Rhode Island (RI)
Quilt owner's country:
United States
Quiltmaker's maiden name:
White
Quiltmaker's gender:
Female
Quiltmaker's birth date:
1888
Quiltmaker's birthplace, city:
Malden
Quiltmaker's birthplace, state:
Massachusetts
Quiltmaker's birthplace, country:
United States
Quiltmaker's ethnic background/tribal affiliation:
Welsh
Quiltmaker's educational background:
High School
Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:
Catholic
In which kind of environment did the quiltmaker live?
Urban
Quiltmaker's father's name:
White, James
Quiltmaker's father's birthplace:
Cardiff, Wales
Quiltmaker's father's ethnic/tribal background:
Welsh
Notes on how the quiltmaker learned, and how and why they quilt:
Made during Depression era.
Any other notes or stories about the quiltmaker:
Quiltmaker never married. Niece remembers quiltmaker sitting in a rocking chair in the kitchen making the "yo-yos" for the quilt during the Depression.
Copyright holder:
Linda Welters
Cite this Quilt
White, Ma. Yo-Yo. 1930-1949. From University of Rhode Island, Rhode Island Quilt Documentation Project. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=23-19-699. Accessed: 03/29/24