QUILT INDEX RECORD

38-36-2126

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Arizona Quilt Documentation Project

Who documented this quilt?

Arizona Quilt Documentation Project; Arizona Quilt Project 1987-1989

Arizona Quilt Documentation Project Number:

CG022

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

1/24/1987

Where was the documentation day held?

Casa Grande

1. Type of quilt object

Finished quilt

2. Designer's title:

Postage Stamp Mosaic

3. Quilt Width:

78.5"

3. Quilt Length:

82"

4. Shape of edge:

Straight

7. Predominant Color(s):

Blue or Navy; Green; Pink; Purple; White; Yellow

15. Source of Fabric:

Purchased new; Sewing scraps

17. Layout format:

One patch or allover

18.1.1. Block pattern:

Postage Stamp; Floral variation; Postage Mosaic

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

Flower Garden

18.2. Number of quilt blocks:

28

Size of quilt blocks:

10.5x10.5

18.5. Arrangement of quilt blocks: block orientation:

Straight

18.6 Spacing relative to other blocks:

Side by side

22. Borders:

1

23. Fiber used in quilt tops:

Cotton

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

Solid/plain

Other fiber, fabric or fabric print types used:

Muslin weight

25.1 Piecing techniques:

Hand Piecing

Unique binding materials?

The corners are butted. The binding is the same on all sides.

27.3. Construction techniques used in binding:

Back turned to front

If previously undefined, what is the width of the quilt binding:

.5"

28.1. Material used for quilt batting or filling:

Cotton

Other batting:

The batting is commercially made.

28.2. Batting loft:

Thin

29.2. Quilted by:

Crabb, Nannie Catherine

29.3. Quilting technique used:

Hand quilting

29.3.1. Thread type:

Cotton

29.3.1. Thread color:

White

Other quilting designs used:

Outline of pieced shapes, all-over design (each stamp square quilted on 2 sides). The quilting stitches were even.

31.4. Description of back:

Same fabric used throughout

1. Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Name of Quilt Owner:

Ratcliff, Lucy

How was this quilt acquired?

Gift

When was this object acquired? Under what circumstances?

The quilt was previously owned by Lucy Bunkley Williams. Gift from mother

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

Pictures of quiltmaker, letters

3. Quilt maker's name:

Crabb, Nannie Catherine

Gender:

Female

Birth date:

02/13/1872

Death date:

1959, San Angelo, Texas. Stamford, Jones County, Texas.

Ethnic background/Tribal affiliation:

Scotch-Irish

Educational Background:

College-Normal School

Religious affiliation:

Southern Baptist

Quilt maker's occupation:

Sewed for people

Quilt maker's birth city:

Collin County

Quilt maker's country of birth:

United States

In which kind of environment did the quiltmaker grow up:

Rural

City:

Collin County, Anson, Texas (at marriage), Stamford, (re-marriage), Leonard

State:

Texas (TX)

Country:

United States

Quilt maker's maiden name:

Buie

Number of children:

4

6. How did the maker learn to quilt:

From Relative

Why does/did the quiltmaker quilt?

Necessity; Pleasure; Therapy

Explain how and/or why the maker quilts:

Learned to quilt from mother when young.

7. Name of quilting group

The quilter belonged to a quilt group.

9. Available sources for the quilt maker:

There are other quilts by this maker.

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Arizona Quilt Documentation Project

Where the quilt was made, state:

Texas (TX)

Where the quilt was made, country:

United States