QUILT INDEX RECORD

25-21-264

Who documented this quilt?

Winedale Quilt Collection, Kathleen H. McCrady Quilt History Collection, 1890-2001

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Briscoe Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin

Texas Quilt Search Number:

W2h97.06

Alternate inventory control number:

QHSH-A-410

Person filling out this form is:

Quilt collector; Other

Source of the information on this quilt:

technical reviewer

When was the form filled out?

2003, 2007

Choose the best description of the source to the quilt:

Other

Describe the relationship to the quilt's maker:

donor, technical reviewer

This is a:

Finished quilt

Owner's name for quilt:

Carpenter's Wheel

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Star of Bethlehem

Brackman # or other source & #:

3809

How wide is the quilt?

74 in.

How long is the quilt?

94 in.

Shape of edge:

Straight

Shape of corners:

Rounded

What color is the quilt?

Blue or Navy; Green; White

Antique colors:

Chrome Green; Indigo Blue; Prussian Blue or Lafayette Blue

Overall color scheme:

Multicolor

Quilt's condition:

Poor/very worn

Damage:

Disintegration of fabric; Fading; Open seams; Stains; Tears or holes; Wear to edge or binding

Notes on condition, damage, or repairs:

Broken patches, inding frayed

Time period:

1800-1849

Family/owner's date for quilt:

donor dates quilt to ca. 1825-1850

Date estimated by an antique dealer, quilt historian or appraiser:

1840-1860

Who estimated the quilt's date?

Jan Wass

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Number of quilt blocks:

12

Size of quilt blocks:

13 1/2 in. x 13 1/2 in.

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Separated by plain sashing; Separated by inner only sashing (no sashing along outer edge of outer blocks)

Number of different block patterns used in the quilt:

1

What is the shape of the quilt blocks?

Squares

Sashing width:

5 7/8 in.

Number of borders:

3

Describe the borders:

4 in. white border; 4 in. green border; 3 7/8 in. white border

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Fabric types used to make the quilt top:

Broadcloth

Fabric styles used in the quilt top:

Print; Solid/plain

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Hand Piecing

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?

White

Number of pieces of fabric in the quilt back:

3

Width of pieces on the back:

24 1/2 in., 23 1/2 in., 25 in.

Describe the back:

Same fabric used throughout; Solid/plain

Materials used in the quilt binding:

Cotton

Fabric structure of the binding:

Plain weave

How is the binding made?

Hand sewn; Home cut; Straight grain

What is the width of the binding (measure on the top only)?

less than a half inch

What kind of filling is used in the quilt?

Cotton

How thick is the quilt?

Thin (Less than 3/16?)

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting

Thread type used for the quilting:

cotton

Color of thread used in the quilting:

white

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

7

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:

7

Width between quilting lines:

1

Can you see any knots on the front or back of the quilt?

no

Quilting designs used, overall motifs:

Single parallel lines; Other

Quilting designs used, decorative motifs:

Feathering; Other

Quilting designs used, background fills:

Other

Describe the quilting designs used:

diagonal lines in pieced blocks; feathered bands in vertical sashing; long feathers in horizontal sashing and white border; zigzag quilting in green border

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

Kathleen McCrady purchased this quilt as a good example of chrome green fabric and good piecing and quilting skills.

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:

Kathleen McCrady, a life-long and award-winning quiltmaker and quilt historian from Austin, Texas, acquired this quilt in December 2003 as a gift from a friend in Austin, Texas. Ultimately it joined her many other quilts, quilt blocks, feedsacks, patterns, quilt publications, and other quilt ephemera to form the inventory of her Quilt History Study Hall in Austin, where Kathleen taught quilt history and dating from 1996 to about 2001. She donated this quilt and the contents of her extraordinary Quilt History Study Hall to the Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin, beginning in 2002. Her collection, the Kathleen H. McCrady Quilt History Collection, 1890-2001, is available for research at the Center for American History. Additional information about Kathleen McCrady can be found in Kathleen H. McCrady, My Journey with Quilts: Over 70 Years of Quiltmaking 1932-2003 (Austin: 2005). The transcript of an interview with Kathleen McCrady is available at www.centerforthequilt.org/qsos/qsos/html.

Was the quilt used for something other than what it is used for now?

teaching, study

Quilt is presently used as:

Museum collection; Study or teaching aid

Publications (including web sites) where this quilt or maker was featured:

Additional information about Kathleen McCrady can be found in Kathleen H. McCrady, My Journey with Quilts: Over 70 Years of Quiltmaking 1932-2003 (Austin: 2005). The transcript of an interview with Kathleen McCrady is available at www.centerforthequilt.org/qsos/qsos/html.

Ownership of this quilt is:

Public Museum, Library or Institution

Quilt owner's name:

Winedale, Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin

Quilt owner's city:

Round Top

Quilt owner's county:

Fayette

Quilt owner's state:

Texas (TX)

Quilt owner's country:

United States

Who photographed this quilt?

Billy Moore

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Assistant Director Winedale

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