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Old Oaken Bucket

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QUILT INDEX RECORD

28-30-201

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Florida Quilt Project; Sunshine State Quilters Association

Who documented this quilt?

Florida Quilt Project; Quilt Discovery Days

Florida Quilt Project Number:

SSQAAS062

Person filling out this form is:

Quilt owner

If you are a relative of the quiltmaker, how are you related? The quiltmaker is my:

Grandmother

When was the form filled out?

03-19-2011

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

Inherited

If the source helped design the quilt, describe their input:

Designed quilt motif

This is a:

Quilt top with unfinished edge

Owner's name for quilt:

Old Oaken Bucket

How wide is the quilt?

63 1/2 inches

How long is the quilt?

70 inches

Shape of edge:

Straight

Describe the edge:

Untrimmed

Shape of corners:

Straight

Overall color scheme:

Multicolor

Quilt's condition:

Fair/worn

Type of inscription:

Message

Any other notes on inscriptions:

Wide Spreading Stream, "Deer Tangled within Orchard"

What is inscribed on the quilt?

Song- Old Oaken Bucket The Meadow Creek"

Method used to make the inscription:

Embroidery; Ink

Location of inscription:

multiple locations; on block

Time period:

1930-1949

Describe the quilt's layout:

Crazy

Subject of the quilt:

Farm stead

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Fabric types used to make the quilt top:

Broadcloth

Fabric styles used in the quilt top:

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

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Hand Piecing; Machine Piecing

Embellishment techniques used to make the quilt top:

Embroidery; Ink drawing

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

no

Embellishments used:

Cotton thread

Name of the group that made the quilt:

Anna L. Myers 1930

Where the quilt was made, city:

Springfield

Where the quilt was made, state:

Oregon (OR)

Where the quilt was made, country:

United States

How was this quilt acquired?

Inheritance

Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:

1960

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

Pioneer woman - taught school in a sod house in Kansas - Husband ran Cherokee strip in 1893 went to Oregon in 1901.

Why was the quilt made?

Personal enjoyment

The quilt was made to be used for:

Bedding, daily use

Quilt is presently used as:

Keepsake/memento

Where did the maker get their materials?

Sewing scraps

Where did the maker find their pattern?

Original to maker

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's name:

Betty Jo Mikesell

Quilt owner's city:

Jacksonville

Quilt owner's county:

Duval

Quilt owner's state:

Florida (FL)

Quilt owner's country:

United States

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Browning

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's birth date:

12-24-1869

If the quilt was made by a group, when did the group disband?

1962

Quiltmaker's educational background:

Caldwell Teachers College

Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:

Christian Church

Quiltmaker's father's name:

James Jackson Browning

Quiltmaker's mother's name:

Adelaide Mann

Quiltmaker's mother's birthplace:

England

Number of children:

4

How many of the quiltmaker's children were girls?

1

How many of the quiltmaker's children were boys?

3

How did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

Self-Taught

When did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

Age 11-19

Why does the quiltmaker quilt?

Necessity; Pleasure

Estimated number of quilts made by this quiltmaker:

20-50 quilts

Does/did the quiltmaker sell quilts?

no

Does/did the quiltmaker teach quilting?

no

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

Scraps

Describe any unique traditions, quilting related customs, beliefs, songs or rhymes used by the quiltmaker:

Sang Old Oaken Bucket - hymn

Who photographed this quilt?

Sandy Onsager

Cite this Quilt

Anna L. Myers 1930. Old Oaken Bucket. 1930-1949. From Florida Quilt Project, Florida Quilt Project; Quilt Discovery Days. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=28-30-201. Accessed: 03/28/24