QUILT INDEX RECORD

38-36-1491

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Arizona Quilt Documentation Project

Who documented this quilt?

Arizona Quilt Documentation Project

Arizona Quilt Documentation Project Number:

SVA140047

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

03-22-2014

Where was the documentation day held?

Sierra Vista, Arizona

1. Type of quilt object

Finished quilt

2. Designer's title:

Tumbling Block

3. Quilt Width:

83 inches

3. Quilt Length:

69 inches

4. Shape of edge:

Other

Describe the edge:

Geometric

5. Shape of Corners:

Other

Describe the corners:

Geometric

6. Overall color scheme:

Multicolor

9. Overall condition:

Good/moderate use

10. Damage to quilt:

Open seams; Stains

14. Date of Quilt:

1930-1949

Date quilt begun:

c. 1943

Date quilt completed:

c. 2005

Further information concerning dates:

top hand pieced by owner's grandmother-in-law

15. Source of Fabric:

Old clothes

17. Layout format:

Block pattern

18.1.1. Block pattern:

Hexagon

18.1.2. Alternate name(s) for block pattern in common use:

Tumbling Block

18.1.5. Brackman # or Other source & #:

196

Size of quilt blocks:

inches

18.4. Block style (shape):

Hexagons

18.5. Arrangement of quilt blocks: block orientation:

Straight

18.7. Number of different block patterns present:

1

23. Fiber used in quilt tops:

Cotton

23. Fabric used in quilt tops:

Feedsack

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

Floral; Print; Solid/plain; Striped

25.1 Piecing techniques:

Hand Piecing

27.1. Materials used in binding:

Cotton

27.2. Fabric structure used in binding:

Plain weave

27.3. Construction techniques used in binding:

Separate binding applied; Bias grain

27.5. Width of binding:

half inch - one inch

28.1. Material used for quilt batting or filling:

Cotton

28.2. Batting loft:

Thin (Less than 3/16?)

29.3. Quilting technique used:

Hand quilting

29.3.1. Thread type:

Cotton

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

6

29.3.2. Number of quilting stitches per inch (Place 2):

5

29.4.1. Motif/overall quilting patterns:

Patches outlined/in the ditch

31.1. Fabric fiber types used in quilt back:

Cotton

Other fabric fiber types used in quilt back:

Muslin used on back; bought in c.2000

31.2. Color of backing:

White

31.3. Number of pieces in quilt back:

1

31.4. Description of back:

Hand sewn

30. Quilt notes and observations:

30.5 One block is acetate knit but in keeping with the period fabrics. Binding is 1930's reproduction fabric. Hexagons form tumbling block pattern.

1. Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Name of Quilt Owner:

Connie Worden

Quilt Owner's State:

Arizona (AZ)

Quilt Owner's Country:

United States

When was this object acquired? Under what circumstances?

1999; my father-in-law wanted to know if I could finish it.

2. Other related items such as publications, image, oral history, or ephemera:

Oral History: Lorraine Worden, my mother-in-law, said that Granny was making the topper on her way out to CA from KS. They were migrant workers. She never finished the topper.

3. Quilt maker's name:

Worden, Nita

Other people who worked on this quilt:

Worden, Connie

Gender:

Female

Birth date:

05-24-1904

Death date:

10-18-1986

Ethnic background/Tribal affiliation:

White

Educational Background:

4th grade; her mother died and she had to take care of family

Religious affiliation:

Catholic

Quilt maker's occupation:

Housewife

Quilt maker's birth city:

Pratt County

Quilt maker's birth state:

Kansas

Quilt maker's country of birth:

United States

In which kind of environment did the quiltmaker grow up:

Rural

Quilt maker's maiden name:

Wirt

5. Father's name:

Wirt, Frank W.

Father's birthplace:

Iowa

Mother's name:

Wirt, Elizabeth Penrose

Mother's ethnic/tribal background:

White

Number of children:

9

Number of female children:

1

Number of male children:

8

6. How did the maker learn to quilt:

From Relative

When learned to quilt:

Age 11-19

Why does/did the quiltmaker quilt?

Necessity

8. Estimated number of quilts made:

20-50 quilts

Does/did the quiltmaker sell quilts?

no

Does/did quiltmaker teach quilting?

only informally

Describe the quiltmaker's unique or favorite materials, patterns, quilting techniques, etc.:

She used flour sack for dresses and shirts, when they grew our of them, she made a quilt out of them. She used any available material.

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

She was a very tough and strict woman. She was all about family. She repurposed clothes and made quilts for family.

Any other notes or stories about the quilt maker:

She loved to travel and she read all the historical markers along her way. She had a VW bug that was repurposed with a bed and a cooking area for her travelling.

9. Available sources for the quilt maker:

In later years (1974) she would make lap quilts for the great grandkids and she bought flanel. She had a pair of Raggedy Ann and Andy dolls for her great grandkids. She did cleaning and repair of the high school football uniforms for many years.

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Arizona Quilt Documentation Project

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