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38-36-2594

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:

T116

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

1/9/1988

Where was the documentation day held?

Tucson Park Mall

1. Type of quilt object

Finished quilt

3. Quilt Width:

81.5"

3. Quilt Length:

89"

4. Shape of edge:

Scalloped

6. Overall color scheme:

Light or pastel colors

7. Predominant Color(s):

Beige or Tan; Black; Blue or Navy; Brown; Gold; Gray; Green; Maroon; Orange; Pink; Purple; Red; White; Yellow

9. Overall condition:

Good/moderate use

14. Date of Quilt:

1930-1949

Date quilt completed:

1934 when the quiltmaker was 21 years old.

15. Source of Fabric:

Purchased new

17. Layout format:

Block pattern

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

Grandmother's Flower Garden

Where did the maker find their pattern?

Commercial/Published source: Newspaper; Original to maker

Size of quilt blocks:

9x9

18.5. Arrangement of quilt blocks: block orientation:

Straight

18.6 Spacing relative to other blocks:

Side by side

Describe other spacing style:

Alternating with a single row of diamonds

23. Fiber used in quilt tops:

Cotton

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

Dotted; Floral; Plaid; Solid/plain

Other fiber, fabric or fabric print types used:

Muslin weight

25.1 Piecing techniques:

Hand Piecing

Unique binding materials?

The binding is the same on all sides.

27.3. Construction techniques used in binding:

Bias grain; Commercial

27.5. Width of binding:

less than a half inch

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

.25"

28.1. Material used for quilt batting or filling:

Cotton

28.2. Batting loft:

Medium

29.2. Quilted by:

Price, Charlotte Alice

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):

7

Other quilting designs used:

Outline of pieced shapes. The quilting stitches were even.

31.1. Fabric fiber types used in quilt back:

Cotton

31.2. Color of backing:

White

31.3. Number of pieces in quilt back:

Seamed

31.4. Description of back:

Same fabric used throughout

30. Quilt notes and observations:

Piecing well done. Garden path makes this more interesting than most flower gardens.

1. Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Name of Quilt Owner:

Price, Charlotte

When was this object acquired? Under what circumstances?

The quilt was brought to Arizona in 1958

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

Picture of the quiltmaker

3. Quilt maker's name:

Price, Charlotte Alice

Gender:

Female

Birth date:

1913

Ethnic background/Tribal affiliation:

English, Scotch-Irish

Educational Background:

High school

Religious affiliation:

Methodist

Quilt maker's occupation:

Homemaker

Quilt maker's birth city:

Canton

Quilt maker's country of birth:

United States

In which kind of environment did the quiltmaker grow up:

Rural

City:

Kansas in early life and moved many places with both husbands.

State:

Kansas (KS)

Country:

United States

Quilt maker's maiden name:

Tinsley

Spouse's/spouses' occupation(s):

Exploration/driller

Number of children:

1

6. How did the maker learn to quilt:

From Relative; Self-Taught

When learned to quilt:

Under 10 years of age

Why does/did the quiltmaker quilt?

Pleasure

Explain how and/or why the maker quilts:

"for the love of quilting"

7. Name of quilting group

Maybe when she was young. May have taught a neighbor class.

Any other notes or stories about the quilt maker:

Maker was on graduation trip to visit grandparents. Quilt was enlarged at later time. It was quilted in Kansas. Grandmother said she would buy all quiltmaker wanted to make, so she made 12. Maker made her own designs, including an Indian design for sister in law. She made doll quilts when she was six or 8. Her grandmother quilted. Several quilts she made are worn out, and some not quilted. She won a dressmakers award in high school.

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:

Pasadena

Where the quilt was made, state:

California (CA)

Where the quilt was made, country:

United States

Cite this Quilt

Price, Charlotte Alic. Grandmother's Flower Garden. 1934 when the quiltmaker was 21 years old.. 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=38-36-2594. Accessed: 03/28/24