QUILT INDEX RECORD

38-36-2363

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:

PG014

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

7/9/1988

Where was the documentation day held?

Page

1. Type of quilt object

Finished quilt

3. Quilt Width:

68"

3. Quilt Length:

82"

4. Shape of edge:

Straight

Describe the corners:

Square corners

Describe any colors not included in the other color fields:

All colors, plus navy

9. Overall condition:

Poor/very worn

Other damage to quilt:

Heavy wear

14. Date of Quilt:

1930-1949

Date quilt completed:

1936-37

15. Source of Fabric:

Feed or flour sacks

Describe the sources of the quilt's materials:

Flour sacks ("Southwest Flour and Feed Co. Phs, Gendale, Tempe" on back). Old blankets and pants were used as batting.

17. Layout format:

Block pattern

18.1.1. Block pattern:

Hexagon and Diamond variation

Where did the maker find their pattern?

Original to maker

Size of quilt blocks:

4.25 (see sketch)

Describe other spacing style:

Two shapes alternating.

23. Fiber used in quilt tops:

Cotton

Other fiber, fabric or fabric print types used:

Muslin weight

25.1 Piecing techniques:

Machine 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"-1.5"

Other batting:

Old pants, Levis, blankets, etc. The batting is homemade.

28.2. Batting loft:

Thin

29.2. Quilted by:

Clonts, Alice Low

29.3. Quilting technique used:

Machine quilting

29.3.1. Thread type:

Cotton

29.3.1. Thread color:

Brown, white

Other quilting designs used:

Outline of pieced shapes.

Other fabric fiber types used in quilt back:

Flour sacks

31.3. Number of pieces in quilt back:

seamed or one piece

31.4. Description of back:

Same fabric used throughout

30. Quilt notes and observations:

Very soiled!

1. Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Name of Quilt Owner:

Mosier, Hessie

How was this quilt acquired?

Gift

When was this object acquired? Under what circumstances?

Gift from dad in 1949 in Safford after mother died.

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

Pictures, Family Bible records.

3. Quilt maker's name:

Clonts, Alice Low

Gender:

Female

Birth date:

1880

Death date:

1949, Safford, AZ

Ethnic background/Tribal affiliation:

German/French/English

Educational Background:

Blue Back Speller

Religious affiliation:

Church of Christ

Quilt maker's occupation:

Teacher before marriage. Homemaker.

City:

Safford (1917-49)

Country:

United States

Quilt maker's maiden name:

Kagall

Spouse's/spouses' occupation(s):

Rancher

Number of children:

14

6. How did the maker learn to quilt:

From Relative

Why does/did the quiltmaker quilt?

Necessity

Explain how and/or why the maker quilts:

Learned to quilt from mother when she married

7. Name of quilting group

Friends would sometimes get together.

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, city:

Safford

Where the quilt was made, state:

Arizona (AZ)

Where the quilt was made, country:

United States

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

Quilted with strings from flour sacks. Tops were hand-ginned cotton.

Source of the information on this quilt:

Maker is owner's mother.