QUILT INDEX RECORD

24-20-230

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.1997.007.003

Alternate inventory control number:

CQC5180/B3740

This is a:

Finished quilt

Quilt's title:

Lazy Daisy variation

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Lazy Daisy variation

How wide is the quilt?

70.500 inches

How long is the quilt?

81.000 inches

Shape of corners:

Rounded

Quilt's condition:

Poor/very worn

Time period:

1800-1849

When was the quilt started?

1825

When was the quilt finished?

1849

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

On point or rotated on 45 degrees

Describe the borders:

Dim/Block: 12.5" x 12.5" Dim/Sash: 3" Dim/Border1: 3.5" top, bottom; Dim/Border2: 2.75" all sides Dim/Border3: none Dim/Binding: 0.25" Other Dim Dtls (see Descr)

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Fabric styles used in the quilt top:

Solid/plain; Dotted

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Hand Piecing

Embellishment techniques used to make the quilt top:

Other embellishment technique

Materials used to make the back:

Cotton

What color is the back of the quilt?

White

Describe the back:

Hand sewn

Materials used in the quilt binding:

Cotton

How is the binding made?

Straight grain; Hand sewn

What kind of filling is used in the quilt?

Cotton

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting

Thread type used for the quilting:

single cotton

Color of thread used in the quilting:

11

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

9

Describe the quilting designs used:

trapunto featherd wreaths, channel, grid, crosshatch

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

RMQM Search Terms: Other Block: 12 full blocks: solid white with feathered trapunto wreath quilting Other Sash: pieced diamonds, squares, triangles in red/black/white that form red/black chevrons and stars at posts Other Border1: white, top and bottom only Other Border2: alternating red/black squares, pieced and set on point Other Border3: Other Binding: hand, straight, quilter-made, white cotton 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: trapunto raised work Unique Constr Techn: ------------------------------------------------------- Other Quilting Techn: QStitches/Inch Place1: 11 QStitches/Inch Place2: 9 Thread: single cotton Quilting Designs Used: trapunto feathered wreaths, channel, grid, crosshatch ------------------------------------------------------- Overall Color Scheme: Other PredomCol: Other QSpecificCol: ------------------------------------------------------- Batting: cotton Backing: hand-pieced cotton, white Edge Shape: Corner Shape: rounded ------------------------------------------------------- Add'l Info re Q's Appear/Matls/Constr: Add'l Info re Q's Design/Sources:

Quilt top made by:

Lemmon, Jean; Lemmon, Laura Lee

Quilted by:

Lemmon, Jean; Lemmon, Laura Lee

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 three quilts at the Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum that were made by the Lemmon sisters, Lura Lee Lemmon and Jean Lemmon Benson. The sisters demonstrated great skill with their exceptional hand quilting. This quilt has beautiful double feather wreaths quilted in the white background between the geometric rows done in red and green. This quilt apeared in Quiltmaker magazine Sept/Oct 98. HowAcquired: Donated to the Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum by Judith Trager of Boulder, CO. Ownership/History: Made by Jean Lemmon Benson and Lura Lee Lemmon of Warrensburg, MO. Given to their grand-neice, Natalie Parker of Longmont, CO, who gave it to the donor, Judith Trager, of Boulder, CO. LocMade: Warrensburg///MO//United States

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