QUILT INDEX RECORD
25-21-278
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:
W2h111.06
Alternate inventory control number:
QHSH-C-444
Person filling out this form is:
Quilt collector; Other
Source of the information on this quilt:
technical reviewer
When was the form filled out?
2005, 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:
Printed Lone Star
How wide is the quilt?
33 1/4 in.
How long is the quilt?
33 1/4 in.
Shape of edge:
Straight
Shape of corners:
Rounded
What color is the quilt?
Beige or Tan; Blue or Navy; Brown; Purple; Red
Overall color scheme:
Multicolor; Dark colors
Quilt's condition:
Fair/worn
Damage:
Disintegration of fabric
Describe the damage:
quilt back fabric is deteriorating
Repairs:
Stabilized with netting
Describe the repairs:
Bridal Illusion placed over entire quilt back, 2005
Notes on condition, damage, or repairs:
back stabilized by Bridal Illusion by donor, Novmeber 2005
Time period:
1976-1999
Family/owner's date for quilt:
donor dates quilt to 1880-1900
Date estimated by an antique dealer, quilt historian or appraiser:
1976-1900
Who estimated the quilt's date?
Jan Wass
Further information concerning dates:
Note marked difference of opinion on quilt date between technical reviewer and donor, both of whom are quilt historians.
Describe the quilt's layout:
Medallion or framed center
Number of quilt blocks:
Preprinted pieced Lone Star fabric panel as center medallion
Number of borders:
2
Describe the borders:
two borders are preprinted on fabric panel
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:
Cheater (fabric with pre-printed appliqué or pieced design)
Describe the techniques used to make the quilt top:
Enite quilt top, inluding center medallion pieced Lone Star and two borders is preprinted onto a single fabric panel.
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?
Beige or Tan
Number of pieces of fabric in the quilt back:
1
Describe the back:
Same fabric used throughout; Solid/plain
Materials used in the quilt binding:
Cotton
How is the binding made?
Hand sewn; Home cut; Machine sewn; Straight grain
What is the width of the binding (measure on the top only)?
half inch - one inch
What kind of filling is used in the quilt?
Wool
How thick is the quilt?
Medium (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:
6
Quilting designs used, overall motifs:
Other
Describe the quilting designs used:
Quilted along preprinted quilting lines on entire fabric panel; sunflowers quilted at four corners; parallel lines and leaves on border.
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, purchased this quilt in October 2005. She aquired it for her Quilt History Study hall as an expample of pre-printed panels or fabrics that are known as far back as the 1850s. She believes this quilt may have come from Indiana. Kathleen added the quilt 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 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
Where did the maker get their materials?
Purchased new
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
Details
Cite this Quilt
Printed Lone Star. 1976-1999. From Briscoe Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin, Winedale Quilt Collection, Kathleen H. McCrady Quilt History Collection, 1890-2001. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=25-21-278. Accessed: 03/29/24