QUILT INDEX RECORD

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Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum

Who documented this quilt?

Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum Collection

Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum accession number:

PQ.1991.001.084

Alternate inventory control number:

CQC1101

This is a:

Finished quilt

Quilt's title:

Creek Mary's Blood

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Creek Mary's Blood

How wide is the quilt?

79.000 inches

How long is the quilt?

100.000 inches

Shape of corners:

Other

Describe the corners:

mitered

Quilt's condition:

Fair/worn

What is inscribed on the quilt?

Eugenia Mitchell, April 3, 1981

Location of inscription:

other

Describe where the inscription was found:

front corner

Time period:

1976-1999

When was the quilt finished?

1981

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

On point or rotated on 45 degrees

Describe the borders:

Dim/Block: 15" x 15" Dim/Sash: none Dim/Border1: 7.75" Dim/Border2: none Dim/Border3: none Dim/Binding: 0.5" Other Dim Dtls (see Descr)

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton; Cotton or polyester blend

Fabric styles used in the quilt top:

Solid/plain

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Machine Piecing

Materials used to make the back:

Cotton or polyester blend

Describe the back:

Machine sewn

What kind of filling is used in the quilt?

Polyester

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting

Thread type used for the quilting:

single cotton

Color of thread used in the quilting:

white

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

3

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:

4

Quilting designs used, overall motifs:

Outline; Other

Quilting designs used, decorative motifs:

Other

Describe the quilting designs used:

variety of animals teepees bows and arrows

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

RMQM Search Terms: Other Block: 18 full blocks, finishes with half and quarter blocks Other Sash: Other Border1: red Other Border2: Other Border3: Other Binding: bottom folded over, pastel print Other Dim Dtls: ------------------------------------------------------- Other Artist Names/Info: ------------------------------------------------------- Other Medium/FiberT: Other Material/FabricT: Other Technique/Fab Prts: ------------------------------------------------------- Other Layout Fmt: ------------------------------------------------------- Other Piecing Techn: Other Appliq Techn: Other Novelty Techn: Other Embell Techn & Items: Unique Constr Techn: ------------------------------------------------------- Other Quilting Techn: QStitches/Inch Place1: 3 QStitches/Inch Place2: 4 Thread Type: single cotton Thread Color: white Quilting Designs Used: outline, variety of animals, teepees, bows and arrows ------------------------------------------------------- Overall Color Scheme: Other PredomCol: Other QSpecificCol: ------------------------------------------------------- Batting: polyester Backing: machine-pieced poly/cotton, floral print Edge Shape: Corner Shape: mitered ------------------------------------------------------- Add'l Info re Q's Appear/Matls/Constr: Add'l Info re Q's Design/Sources:

Quilt top made by:

Mitchell, Eugenia

Quilted by:

Mitchell, Eugenia

Where the quilt was made, city:

Golden

Where the quilt was made, state:

Colorado (CO)

Where the quilt was made, country:

United States

How was this quilt acquired?

Gift

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

One of the original 101 quilts donated by Eugenia Mitchell of Golden, CO, to start the Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum. This quilt is machine pieced of red and white fabrics with a red border. The batting is polyester. The binding is the backing folded to the front with mitered corners. The quilt is hand quilted around the pattern pieces with teepees, fish, bows and arrows, deer, buffalo, and other animals, and with diamonds in the border. The quilting is uneven at 3 to 4 stitches to the inch, done with white cotton thread. The backing is machine pieced floral print cotton/polyester fabric. Quilted in the front corner in white thread is "Eugenia Mitchell April 3, 1981." Ownership/History: Made by Eugenia Mitchell of Golden, CO from a pattern she found on the inside cover of a book called "Creek Mary's Blood" by D. Brown. LocMade: Golden///CO//USA

Why was the quilt made?

Unknown

The quilt was made to be used for:

Unknown

Quilt is presently used as:

Museum collection

Ownership of this quilt is:

Public Museum, Library or Institution

Quilt owner's name:

Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum

Quilt owner's city:

Golden

Quilt owner's state:

Colorado (CO)

Quilt owner's country:

United States

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum