QUILT INDEX RECORD

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Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Arizona Quilt Documentation Project

Who documented this quilt?

Arizona Quilt Documentation Project; Heritage Quilt Study Group of Sharlot Hall Museum, Prescott, Arizona

Arizona Quilt Documentation Project Number:

HQD439

When was the documentation day held? Or when was the form collected?

4/18/2002

1. Type of quilt object

Finished quilt

3. Quilt Width:

69"

3. Quilt Length:

83.5"

4. Shape of edge:

Sawtooth

6. Overall color scheme:

Light or pastel colors

7. Predominant Color(s):

Red; Blue; Yellow; Green; Orange; Purple; White; Brown; Pink; Gold

9. Overall condition:

Good/moderate use

14. Date of Quilt:

1901-1929

Family/owner's date for quilt:

1920-1930

17. Layout format:

One patch or allover

18.1.1. Block pattern:

Grandmothers Flower Garden (diamond set)

18.1.5. Brackman # or Other source & #:

yes

18.2. Number of quilt blocks:

60 whole; 12 half

Size of quilt blocks:

8.75" x 13.75"

18.4. Block style (shape):

Hexagons

18.5. Arrangement of quilt blocks: block orientation:

Straight

23. Fiber used in quilt tops:

Cotton

24. Fabric patterns, styles, motifs, or print categories used in quilt top:

Solid/plain; Floral; Geometric; Plaid

Other fiber, fabric or fabric print types used:

Muslin weight fabric. Thread used in contstruction was white cotton.

Unique binding materials?

Corners are rounded.

27.3. Construction techniques used in binding:

Bias grain; Commercial

28.1. Material used for quilt batting or filling:

Cotton

28.2. Batting loft:

Thin

29.2. Quilted by:

McLaughlin, Ida May Crosby, great grandmother

29.3. Quilting technique used:

Hand quilting

29.3.1. Thread type:

Cotton

29.3.1. Thread color:

white

29.3.2. Number of quilting stitches per inch (Place 1):

6

Knots visible:

no

29.4.1. Motif/overall quilting patterns:

Outline

Other quilting designs used:

The quilting stitches are uneven.

31.3. Number of pieces in quilt back:

3

31.3. Size of pieces in quilt back:

10" x 83.5"; 31" x 83.5"; 31" x 84"

31.4. Description of back:

Same fabric used throughout

1. Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Name of Quilt Owner:

Gloria M. Carlson

How was this quilt acquired?

Inheritance

When was this object acquired? Under what circumstances?

This was inherited from my grandmother Maude Foss. This quilt came to Arizona in 1963.

3. Quilt maker's name:

McLaughlin, Ida May Crosby, great grandmother

Birth date:

2/26/1864

Death date:

1/23/1950 in Madelia, Minnesota

Quilt maker's birth city:

Sparta,

Quilt maker's birth state:

Wisconsin (WI)

Any other notes or stories about the quilt maker:

The quiltmaker lived in: Sparta, Wisconsin, 1864-1860; Ottertail, Minnesota, ?; Faribault, Minnesota, ?; Madelia, Minnesota, 1872-1950.

9. Available sources for the quilt maker:

The quilter made other quilts.

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Arizona Quilt Documentation Project

Where the quilt was made, city:

Southern Minnesota

Where the quilt was made, state:

Minnesota (MN)

Where the quilt was made, country:

United States

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