QUILT INDEX RECORD

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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:

W2h110.06

Alternate inventory control number:

QHSH-G-351

Person filling out this form is:

Quilt collector; Other

Source of the information on this quilt:

technical reviewer

When was the form filled out?

1998, 2007

Choose the best description of the source to the quilt:

Quilt collector; Other

Describe the relationship to the quilt's maker:

donor, technical reviewer

This is a:

Finished quilt

Owner's name for quilt:

Trip Around the World

How wide is the quilt?

60 in.

How long is the quilt?

64 in.

Shape of edge:

Scalloped

Shape of corners:

Scalloped

What color is the quilt?

Blue or Navy; Cream; Green; Pink

Overall color scheme:

Multicolor; Light or pastel colors

Quilt's condition:

Good/moderate use

Damage:

Dirty

Time period:

1976-1999

Family/owner's date for quilt:

donor dates quilt to ca. 1990s

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

1990-1998

Who estimated the quilt's date?

Jan Wass

Further information concerning dates:

Probably made in China; one of the many inexpensive quilts that flooded American markets during 1990s

Describe the quilt's layout:

One patch or allover

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

On point or rotated on 45 degrees

What is the shape of the quilt blocks?

Squares

Number of borders:

1

Describe the borders:

machine sewn scalloped edge

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton or polyester blend

Fabric types used to make the quilt top:

Broadcloth

Fabric styles used in the quilt top:

Multiple scrap; Solid/plain

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Machine 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 or polyester blend

What color is the back of the quilt?

Cream

Number of pieces of fabric in the quilt back:

2

Width of pieces on the back:

32 in., 29 in.

Describe the back:

Machine sewn; Same fabric used throughout

How is the binding made?

Edges turned in/ no separate binding

What kind of filling is used in the quilt?

Cannot tell

How thick is the quilt?

Medium (3/16?)

How are the layers held together?

Machine quilting

Thread type used for the quilting:

cotton

Color of thread used in the quilting:

white

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

4

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:

4

Width between quilting lines:

1 1/2

Quilting designs used, overall motifs:

Single parallel lines

Describe the quilting designs used:

parallel lines following rings of color

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

Although there is no identifying label, the donor believes this quilt was made in China. It is one of many such inexpensive China-made quilts that flooded the American quilt market in the 1990s. See also W2h110a.06, which is a matching pillow sham of the same appearance and construction.

Where the quilt was made, country:

China

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, received this quilt and its accompanying pillow sham (see W2h110a.06) as gifts in 1999. Kathleen added the quilt and sham to her collection of 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 she taught quilt history and dating from 1996 to about 2001. She used this quilt and its matching sham to demonstrate the types of inexpensive foreign-made reproductions available in the quilt market. 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.

The quilt was made to be used for:

Bedding, daily use

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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