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QUILT INDEX RECORD

25-21-297

Who documented this quilt?

Winedale Quilt Collection

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Briscoe Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin

Texas Quilt Search Number:

TMM2023-3

Person filling out this form is:

Other

Source of the information on this quilt:

donor, technical reviewer

When was the form filled out?

1966, 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:

One Patch

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Checkerboard

How wide is the quilt?

24 in.

How long is the quilt?

32 1/2 in.

Shape of edge:

Straight

Shape of corners:

Rounded

What color is the quilt?

Cream; Gold

Overall color scheme:

Two color; Light or pastel colors

Quilt's condition:

Fair/worn

Damage:

Fading; Stains; Tears or holes

Repairs:

Stabilized with netting

Describe the repairs:

Quilt top has been covered with crepeline.

Notes on condition, damage, or repairs:

This quilt may have been repaired and/or stabilized in 1984-1985 when members of the Austin Area Quilt Guild helped a professional textile conservator repair and/or stabilize approximately thirty quilts then owned by the Texas Memorial Museum, University of Texas at Austin.

Time period:

1901-1929

Family/owner's date for quilt:

Texas Memorial Museum dated quilt to ca. 1915.

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

1910-1930

Who estimated the quilt's date?

Jan Wass

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Subject of the quilt:

Peach and cream checkerboard; cream may have faded from light blue and peach may have originally been gold.

Number of quilt blocks:

450

Size of quilt blocks:

1 1/2 in. x 1 1/2 in., varies slightly

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Side by side

Number of different block patterns used in the quilt:

1

What is the shape of the quilt blocks?

Same block throughout; Squares

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Rayon; Silk

Fabric styles used in the quilt top:

Solid/plain

Describe the fibers or fabrics in the quilt top:

fabric possibly is plain weave rayon

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Hand Piecing

Embellishment techniques used to make the quilt top:

Embroidery

Describe the techniques used to make the quilt top:

feather stitch embroidery around binding seam

Can you feel or see paper on the quilt that was used as a construction aid?

no

Embellishment materials used in quilt top:

Silk thread

Materials used to make the back:

Silk

Description of the back:

possibly rayon or silk on back; peach colored

What color is the back of the quilt?

Gold

Number of pieces of fabric in the quilt back:

7

Width of pieces on the back:

irregular seaming

Describe the back:

Hand sewn; Same fabric used throughout; Solid/plain

Materials used in the quilt binding:

Silk; Other

Fabric structure of the binding:

Plain weave

Describe the binding:

Very small pieces seamed together to make binding; 1/2 inch wide rayon or silk binding is blind stitched to the back and attached with a feather stitch to the front.

How is the binding made?

Hand 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?

Cannot tell

How thick is the quilt?

Medium (3/16?)

Describe the quilt filling:

batting is probably cottton

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:

5

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:

5

Quilting designs used, overall motifs:

Outline

Describe the quilting designs used:

quilting is approximately 1/4 inch from seam line

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

Size suggests quilt was made for a child. Made from silk, this quilt was perhaps a keepsake quilt rather than utilitarian.

Where the quilt was made, state:

Texas (TX)

Where the quilt was made, country:

United States

How was this quilt acquired?

Gift

Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:

Texas Memorial Museum donor record indicates that Susan Ann McCuiston of Travis County, Texas, may have been the quiltmaker.

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

This quilt is one of approximately forty-two quilts that the Texas Memorial Museum (TMM) at the University of Texas at Austin transferred to the University’s Center for American History (CAH) in April 2003 as part of TMM’s transfer of selected material culture objects from its collections to CAH and other research facilities on the UT-Austin campus. These TMM quilts are now part of CAH’s Winedale Quilt Collection. Information relating to each quilt’s provenance is based on documentation recorded by TMM staff at the time of acquisition, which began in the early 1940s and continued until 2003. This quilt was donated to the Texas Memorial Museum in 1966.

Why was the quilt made?

Baby or crib

Quilt is presently used as:

Museum collection; Study or teaching aid

Exhibitions where this quilt was displayed:

"From Our Hands: A Sesquicentennial Celebration of Quilts," February 16 - March 29, 1986, Texas Memorial Museum, University of Texas at Austin

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

Described in exhibition catalog "From Our Hands: A Sesquicentennial Celebration of Quilts," Texas Memorial Museum, University of Texas at Austin, 1986.

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

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's state:

Texas (TX)

Who photographed this quilt?

Billy Moore

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Assistant Director Winedale

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Cite this Quilt

One Patch. 1901-1929. From Briscoe Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin, Winedale Quilt Collection. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=25-21-297. Accessed: 03/29/24