QUILT INDEX RECORD

27-23-345

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Wyoming Quilt Project, Inc.

Who documented this quilt?

Wyoming Quilt Project, Inc.

Wyoming Quilt Project Documentation Number:

wqp.0297

Person filling out this form is:

Relative of quiltmaker

When was the form filled out?

1-14-95

Choose the best description of the source to the quilt:

Quilt owner

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

Inherited

This is a:

Quilt top with unfinished edge

Quilt's title:

Cake Stand

Owner's name for quilt:

Friendship Quilt

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Basket, Fruit Basket

Brackman # or other source & #:

707

How wide is the quilt?

65.25 - 65.5 inches

How long is the quilt?

73.5 - 74.5 inches

Shape of edge:

Straight

Shape of corners:

Straight

What color is the quilt?

Blue or Navy; Beige or Tan; Pink

Overall color scheme:

Multicolor; Bright or primary colors

Quilt's condition:

Good/moderate use

Damage:

Stains

Type of inscription:

Multiple Names

What is inscribed on the quilt?

12 names on large white triangle blocks. Top row: A. Fos, Anna Krewater, Mrs. Sampson; Row 2: Nora K., Lu Rica, Lois Alligin; Row 3: Opal, Millie Wallis, Letha Walters; Row 4: Sally, Copey, Flora Rogers

Method used to make the inscription:

Embroidery

Location of inscription:

other

Describe where the inscription was found:

In large white triangles

Time period:

1930-1949

When was the quilt started?

unknown

When was the quilt finished?

unknown

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

circa 1940s

Who estimated the quilt's date?

Wyoming quilt project

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Subject of the quilt:

Baskets

Number of quilt blocks:

24 total (12 plain, 12 pieced), 12 plain half blocks

Size of quilt blocks:

11.5 inches x 11.5 inches

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

On point or rotated on 45 degrees

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Alternating with plain squares; Side by side

Number of different block patterns used in the quilt:

1

What is the shape of the quilt blocks?

Same block throughout

Number of borders:

1

Describe the borders:

Tan fabric also used in alternate blocks - border on top edge only.

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Embellishment techniques used to make the quilt top:

Embroidery

Describe the techniques used to make the quilt top:

Names of friends who made quilt.

Materials used to make the back:

Cotton

What color is the back of the quilt?

Yellow

Number of pieces of fabric in the quilt back:

8

Width of pieces on the back:

unknown

Describe the back:

Machine sewn

Materials used in the quilt binding:

Cotton

Fabric structure of the binding:

Plain weave

How is the binding made?

Front turned to back; Hand sewn

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?

Thick (More than 3/16?)

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting

Thread type used for the quilting:

single 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:

6

Quilting designs used, overall motifs:

Echo; Outline

Describe the quilting designs used:

diagonal grid, rings, circles, border has straight grid, .25 inch between circles, arcs in squares, 3 lines through alternate blocks makes grid in centers

Where the quilt was made, state:

Idaho (ID)

Where the quilt was made, country:

United States

How was this quilt acquired?

Inheritance

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

Mary Weaver Slater was a school teacher. The quilt may have been made when she left to start teaching, or when she left teaching on Indian reservation by her friends.

Why was the quilt made?

Commemorative

The quilt was made to be used for:

Unknown

Quilt is presently used as:

Keepsake/memento

Where did the maker get their materials?

Sewing scraps

Describe the sources of the quilt's materials:

Purchased new

Where did the maker find their pattern?

Public domain/traditional pattern

Where did the quiltmaker find the pattern for the quilting design on the quilt?

Unknown

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

Photos of great grandmother and grandmother as a child.

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's name:

Paula Slater

Quilt owner's city:

Restricted

Quilt owner's county:

Albany

Quilt owner's state:

Wyoming (WY)

Quilt owner's country:

United States

Who photographed this quilt?

Wyoming Quilt Project, Inc.

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Wyoming Quilt Project, Inc.