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AUNT LOTTIE'S YO YO; YO YO, YO YO, YO YO, TACKED TO SHEET

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QUILT INDEX RECORD

26-22-3404

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

West Virginia Department of Archives and History

Who documented this quilt?

West Virginia Heritage Quilt Search

The West Virginia Heritage Quilt Search Number:

50165

Source of the information on this quilt:

GREAT NIECE

When was the form filled out?

August 8, 1992

If you are the quilt owner, how did you acquire this quilt?

Inherited

Interviewer:

MM, Key by: MM

Where was the quilt documentation day held?

CHARLESTON

Owner's name for quilt:

AUNT LOTTIE'S YO YO

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

YO YO, YO YO, YO YO, TACKED TO SHEET

Brackman # or other source & #:

192, p. 22

How wide is the quilt?

90.5

How long is the quilt?

78

Shape of edge:

Rounded

Describe the edge treatment:

Hexagons

What color is the quilt?

Purple; Red

Overall color scheme:

Bright or primary colors; Multicolor

Quilt's condition:

Excellent/like new

Type of inscription:

Other

Time period:

1930-1949

Family/owner's date for quilt:

1935

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

1935

Number of quilt blocks:

70

Size of quilt blocks:

8 X 8

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

On point or rotated 45 degrees

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Separated by plain sashing

Sashing width:

1.5

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Fabric styles used in the quilt top:

Plaid; Checked; Dotted; Floral; Striped; Solid/plain; Geometric; Novelty

Describe the fibers or fabrics in the quilt top:

Muslin, Calico

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Hand Piecing

Novelty techniques used to make the quilt top:

Yo-yo

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

no

How are the layers held together?

Not quilted

Quilt top made by:

SMITH, LOTTIE HOWARD

Other people who worked on this quilt:

Gunnoe, Lydia Mundy

Where the quilt was made, city:

CHARLESTON

Where the quilt was made, county:

KANAWHA

Where the quilt was made, state:

West Virginia (WV)

Where the quilt was made, country:

United States

Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:

1988

Why was the quilt made?

Personal enjoyment

Where did the maker get their materials?

Sewing scraps

Describe the source of the pattern:

TRADITIONAL

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

THIS QUILT DESIGNED AND PIECED BY LOTTIE HOWARD SMITH, ASSISTED BY HER MOTHER, FAYE GUNNOE, IN THE LATE 1930'S AND EARLY 40'S. iT WAS SAID THAT HER SISTER, CLARA, WANTED THE QUILT. SHE KEPT IT FOR A SHORT TIME AND SAID THE QUILT CAME APART ANE SHE PUT IT IN A BAG FOR STORAGE, BUT THE QUILT IS INTACT. LOTTIE WAS ONE OF 13 CHILDREN, A TWIN OF BROTHER BOB.

Related items such as diaries, obituaries, wills, household inventories, or pictures of the quiltmaker:

Photographs, Sewing tools related to the quiltmaker

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

GUNNOW

Quiltmaker's birth date:

February 14, 1906

Quiltmaker's birthplace, city:

CHARLESTON

Quiltmaker's birthplace, state:

West Virginia (WV)

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

February 2, 1988

Quiltmaker's ethnic background/tribal affiliation:

FRENCH

Quiltmaker's educational background:

Grade School

Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:

METHODIST

Quiltmaker's occupation:

MANICURIST/ HOLLY HOTEL

In which kind of environment did the quiltmaker live?

Rural

Quiltmaker's spouse's/spouses' and/or partner's/partners' occupation:

COL MINE OWNER

When did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

Under 10 years of age

Notes on how the quiltmaker learned, and how and why they quilt:

Quiltmaker learned to quilt from: MOTHER

Does/did the quiltmaker sell quilts?

no

Describe any favorite patterns, tools, etc. used by the quiltmaker:

Type of frame: WOODEN

Any other notes or stories about the quiltmaker:

Quiltmaker's church: MORRIS MEMORIAL METHODIST, Quiltmaker's burialplace: SOUTH CHARLESTON

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

West Virginia Heritage Quilt Search

Cite this Quilt

SMITH, LOTTIE HOWAR. AUNT LOTTIE'S YO YO. 1930-1949. From West Virginia Department of Archives and History, West Virginia Heritage Quilt Search. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=26-22-3404. Accessed: 03/29/24