QUILT INDEX RECORD
38-36-2555
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:
SV008
When was the documentation day held? Or when was the form collected?
10/15/1988
Where was the documentation day held?
Sierra Vista
1. Type of quilt object
Finished quilt
2. Designer's title:
Turkey Tracks
3. Quilt Width:
70"
3. Quilt Length:
83"
4. Shape of edge:
Straight
Describe the corners:
Square corners
7. Predominant Color(s):
Black; Brown; Gold; Green; Maroon; Pink; Red; White
9. Overall condition:
Good/moderate use
Other damage to quilt:
Moderate wear/faded
15. Source of Fabric:
Old clothes; Purchased new
17. Layout format:
Block pattern
18.1.1. Block pattern:
Turkey Tracks
18.2. Number of quilt blocks:
35 pieced, 30 red print alternate blocks
Size of quilt blocks:
6x6
18.6 Spacing relative to other blocks:
Alternating with plain squares
22. Borders:
4
22.2. Border descriptions:
4 (1.5" each), plain strips with butted corners.
23. Fiber used in quilt tops:
Cotton
24. Fabric patterns, styles, motifs, or print categories used in quilt top:
Dotted; Floral; Geometric; Paisley; Solid/plain
25.1 Piecing techniques:
Hand Piecing
Unique binding materials?
The corners are mitered. The binding is the same on all sides.
27.3. Construction techniques used in binding:
Separate binding applied; Straight grain; Home cut
28.1. Material used for quilt batting or filling:
Cotton
Other batting:
The batting is commercially made.
28.2. Batting loft:
Medium
29.2. Quilted by:
Unknown
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):
8
Other quilting designs used:
Outline of pieced shapes. Also cross hatched, straight #. 2 circles with .75" straight lines (see sketch) in the plain blocks. Diagonal lines 1" apart in the border. The quilting stitches were even.
31.3. Number of pieces in quilt back:
Seamed
31.4. Description of back:
Same fabric used throughout
30. Quilt notes and observations:
A visually effective quilt, because the red alternate blocks are so vivid. However the pieced blocks are faded.
1. Ownership of this quilt is:
Private
Name of Quilt Owner:
Marlowe, Glenice M.
How was this quilt acquired?
Inheritance
When was this object acquired? Under what circumstances?
The quilt was previously owned by Lola Erickson (maker's daughter) from 1943-86. Inherited Dec. 1986 from Lola Erickson (owner's mother-in-law). The quilt was brought to Arizona in 1986.
2. Other related items such as publications, image, oral history, or ephemera:
Pictures of quiltmaker, with quilts, Family Bible records, Letters, Diaries, Wills, Newspaper clippings, complete genealogical records
3. Quilt maker's name:
Crossett, Anna J.
Gender:
Female
Birth date:
03-02-1876
Death date:
1942, Wyanet, Ill.
Ethnic background/Tribal affiliation:
French
Educational Background:
High School?
Religious affiliation:
Congregational
Quilt maker's occupation:
Homemaker, school teacher
Quilt maker's birth city:
Wyanet
Quilt maker's country of birth:
United States
In which kind of environment did the quiltmaker grow up:
Rural
City:
Wyanet, IL (1896-1906), NE (1906-17), FL (1917-21), Wyanet, IL (1921-42)
State:
Illinois (IL)
Country:
England
Quilt maker's maiden name:
Stoutenburg
Spouse's/spouses' occupation(s):
Station master of railroad
6. How did the maker learn to quilt:
From Relative
Why does/did the quiltmaker quilt?
Church; Gifts; Necessity; Pleasure
Explain how and/or why the maker quilts:
Learned to quilt from mother and sister.
7. Name of quilting group
Quilting Bees through church to make quilts for missionaries.
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
Describe anything about the history of the quilt that wasn't already recorded in a previous field:
Unknown
Cite this Quilt
Crossett, Anna J. Turkey Tracks. From Arizona Quilt Documentation Project, Arizona Quilt Documentation Project; Arizona Quilt Project 1987-1989. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=38-36-2555. Accessed: 03/28/24