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Friendship Quilt; Friendship Square within a Square

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QUILT INDEX RECORD

38-36-2704

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:

T193

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:

70"

3. Quilt Length:

80"

4. Shape of edge:

Straight

5. Shape of Corners:

Rounded

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:

Unknown/Not Rated

14. Date of Quilt:

1930-1949

Date quilt completed:

1935 when the quiltmaker was 23 years old.

17. Layout format:

Block pattern

18.1.1. Block pattern:

Friendship Square within a Square

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

Friendship Quilt

Where did the maker find their pattern?

Commercial/Published source: Book

18.2. Number of quilt blocks:

42

Size of quilt blocks:

7x7

18.5. Arrangement of quilt blocks: block orientation:

Straight

18.6 Spacing relative to other blocks:

Separated by plain sashing

20. Sashing width:

4.5"

22.2. Border descriptions:

3.5" Cotton broadcloth. Plain strips with butted corners.

23. Fiber used in quilt tops:

Cotton

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

Checked; Floral; Geometric; Solid/plain; Striped

Other fiber, fabric or fabric print types used:

Muslin weight

25.1 Piecing techniques:

Machine Piecing

25.4 Other construction technique:

1 name embroidered in each block

26.1. Embellishment techniques:

Embroidery

Unique binding materials?

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

27.3. Construction techniques used in binding:

Separate binding applied; Bias grain

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

.5"

28.1. Material used for quilt batting or filling:

Cotton

28.2. Batting loft:

Medium

29.2. Quilted by:

Bailey, Ethelene

29.3. Quilting technique used:

Hand quilting

29.3.1. Thread type:

Cotton

29.3.1. Thread color:

White

Other quilting designs used:

In-the-ditch, Outline of pieced shapes, All over grid. Grid 1" apart-1 direction in the sashing.

31.3. Number of pieces in quilt back:

Seamed

1. Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Name of Quilt Owner:

Bailey, Ethelene

When was this object acquired? Under what circumstances?

The quilt was brought to Arizona on June 1986.

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

Pictures with quilts

3. Quilt maker's name:

Bailey, Ethelene

Gender:

Female

Birth date:

10-07-1912

Ethnic background/Tribal affiliation:

English

Educational Background:

College

Religious affiliation:

LDS

Quilt maker's occupation:

Homemaker, Typist (1937-1941)

Quilt maker's birth city:

Douglas

Quilt maker's country of birth:

United States

In which kind of environment did the quiltmaker grow up:

Rural

City:

Pomerene, AZ (1912-1937), Tucson, AZ (1937-41), LaGrange, IL (1941-42) Morris, IL (1942-43, Pomerene, AZ (1943-46), Chicago, IL 1946, Pomerene, AZ (1946-47), Austin, TX (1947-55), Starkville, MS (1955-62), Athens, GA (1962-86), Tucson, AZ from 1986 on

Country:

United States

Quilt maker's maiden name:

Scott

Spouse's/spouses' occupation(s):

Full Professor Anthropologist

Number of children:

4

When learned to quilt:

Age 11-19

Why does/did the quiltmaker quilt?

Pleasure

Explain how and/or why the maker quilts:

Learned to quilt when 14 years old

7. Name of quilting group

At home and as Relief Society Pres (3 times). Supervised a large number of quilts for Bazaars-Bi-centennial quilt for [illeg] of Athens, Ga. 1985.

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:

Pomerene

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:

On each person's birthday, the group made a block with their name embroidered on. Enough blocks for the quilt were given on the person's birthday.

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Cite this Quilt

Bailey, Ethelen. Friendship Quilt. 1935 when the quiltmaker was 23 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=38-36-2704. Accessed: 03/19/24