QUILT INDEX RECORD

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Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Arizona Quilt Documentation Project

Who documented this quilt?

Arizona Quilt Documentation Project; Arizona Historical Society

Arizona Quilt Documentation Project Number:

TUC150030

Museum Accesssion Number:

77.49.12

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

03-24-2015

Where was the documentation day held?

Tucson, Arizona

1. Type of quilt object

Finished quilt

2. Designer's title:

Monkey Wrench

3. Quilt Width:

68.25 inches

3. Quilt Length:

82 inches

4. Shape of edge:

Straight

5. Shape of Corners:

Straight

6. Overall color scheme:

Two color

7. Predominant Color(s):

Blue or Navy; White

9. Overall condition:

Fair/worn

10. Damage to quilt:

Disintegration of fabric; Fading; Quilting thread broken or ties missing; Stains; Tears or holes; Wear to edge or binding

Other damage to quilt:

White fabrics have yellowed or greyed, quilt back has stains and fading.

14. Date of Quilt:

1901-1929

Date quilt completed:

1913

By whom:

Museum (1913) AHS

16. Subject of the quilt:

Monkey Wrench

17. Layout format:

Block pattern

18.1.1. Block pattern:

Monkey wrench

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

Hole in Barn Door

18.1.5. Brackman # or Other source & #:

1850

18.2. Number of quilt blocks:

16

Size of quilt blocks:

12.5 x 12.5 inches

18.5. Arrangement of quilt blocks: block orientation:

On point or rotated on 45 degrees

18.6 Spacing relative to other blocks:

Alternating with plain squares

18.7. Number of different block patterns present:

one block pattern, Monkey Wrench

22. Borders:

1

22.2. Border descriptions:

Single 4 inch border at top and bottom, fabric same as quilt

23. Fiber used in quilt tops:

Cotton

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

Solid/plain

25.1 Piecing techniques:

Machine Piecing

27.1. Materials used in binding:

Cotton

27.2. Fabric structure used in binding:

Plain weave

27.3. Construction techniques used in binding:

Separate binding applied; Straight grain; Machine sewn

27.5. Width of binding:

less than a half inch

28.1. Material used for quilt batting or filling:

Cotton

28.2. Batting loft:

Thin (Less than 3/16?)

29.3. Quilting technique used:

Hand quilting; Machine quilting

29.3.1. Thread type:

cotton

29.3.1. Thread color:

white

29.3.2. Number of quilting stitches per inch (Place 1):

4

29.3.2. Number of quilting stitches per inch (Place 2):

6

Distance between quilting lines:

1.5

29.4.1. Motif/overall quilting patterns:

Single parallel lines

29.4.3. Background fill patterns:

Parallel lines

Other quilting designs used:

parallel lines. plain blocks are quilted north to south, monkey wrench blocks are quilted east to west

31.1. Fabric fiber types used in quilt back:

Cotton

31.2. Color of backing:

Blue or Navy; White

31.3. Number of pieces in quilt back:

6

31.3. Size of pieces in quilt back:

23.1 x 78.5, 23.75 x 78.5, 24.75 x 4, 24.75 x 78.5, 24.5x 3.5, 24 x3.75

31.4. Description of back:

Hand sewn; Same fabric used throughout

30. Quilt notes and observations:

quilt back has checked fabric. One strip looks like the same fabric but isn't.

1. Ownership of this quilt is:

Public Museum, Library or Institution

Name of Quilt Owner:

Arizona Historical Society

Quilt Owner's City:

Tucson, Arizona

Quilt Owner's County:

Pima

Quilt Owner's State:

Arizona (AZ)

Quilt Owner's Country:

United States

When was this object acquired? Under what circumstances?

1977 donation from Flossie Whipple Hagan

3. Quilt maker's name:

Hagan, Flossie Whipple

Gender:

Female

Birth date:

1894

Explain how and/or why the maker quilts:

This quilt made in 1913, age 19. See AHS files

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Arizona Quilt Documentation Project

Where the quilt was made, city:

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