QUILT INDEX RECORD
38-36-3634
Where are the records for this quilt housed?
Arizona Quilt Documentation Project
Who documented this quilt?
Arizona Quilt Documentation Project
Arizona Quilt Documentation Project Number:
PSC1500069
When was the documentation day held? Or when was the form collected?
11-10-2015
Where was the documentation day held?
Prescott, Arizona
1. Type of quilt object
Finished quilt
2. Designer's title:
Pink & Scrap Log Cabin
3. Quilt Width:
73 inches
3. Quilt Length:
84.38 inches
4. Shape of edge:
Straight
5. Shape of Corners:
Straight
6. Overall color scheme:
Multicolor
7. Predominant Color(s):
Pink
8. Identifiable Quilt Specific colors:
Cadet Blue
9. Overall condition:
Good/moderate use
10. Damage to quilt:
Disintegration of fabric; Fading; Stains
14. Date of Quilt:
1901-1929
Date quilt begun:
1910
Family/owner's date for quilt:
1910
15. Source of Fabric:
Unknown
17. Layout format:
Block pattern
18.1.1. Block pattern:
Log Cabin
18.2. Number of quilt blocks:
42
Size of quilt blocks:
18.4. Block style (shape):
Squares
18.5. Arrangement of quilt blocks: block orientation:
Straight
23. Fiber used in quilt tops:
Cotton
24. Fabric patterns, styles, motifs, or print categories used in quilt top:
Multiple scrap
25.1 Piecing techniques:
Hand Piecing; Machine Piecing
Paper remains:
no
27.3. Construction techniques used in binding:
Edges turned in/ no separate binding
28.1. Material used for quilt batting or filling:
Cotton
28.2. Batting loft:
Thin (Less than 3/16?)
29.2. Quilted by:
Cool, Muriel Lee Post
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):
5
29.3.2. Number of quilting stitches per inch (Place 2):
4
Distance between quilting lines:
1 inch
29.4.1. Motif/overall quilting patterns:
In-the-ditch; Other
29.4.3. Background fill patterns:
None
Other quilting designs used:
X in center for motif/overall pattern.
31.1. Fabric fiber types used in quilt back:
Cotton
31.2. Color of backing:
Pink
31.3. Number of pieces in quilt back:
3
31.3. Size of pieces in quilt back:
26.5 x 73 inches; 30 x 73 inches; 28.5 x 73 inches
31.4. Description of back:
Machine sewn; Same fabric used throughout; Solid/plain
30. Quilt notes and observations:
Quit was not commercially manufactured.
1. Ownership of this quilt is:
Private
Name of Quilt Owner:
Hanna, Georgeanne
Quilt Owner's State:
Arizona (AZ)
Quilt Owner's Country:
United States
How was this quilt acquired?
Made by owner
When was this object acquired? Under what circumstances?
Georgeanne Hanna received this quilt in 1998 when her grandmother, Muriel Lee (Post) Cool passed away.
3. Quilt maker's name:
Cool, Muriel Lee Post
Gender:
Female
Birth date:
09-21-1891
Death date:
02-16-1988
Ethnic background/Tribal affiliation:
Caucasian
Educational Background:
High School
Religious affiliation:
Methodist
Quilt maker's occupation:
School Teacher/Homemaker
Quilt maker's birth city:
New Britain, Hartford
Quilt maker's birth state:
Connecticut
Quilt maker's country of birth:
United States
In which kind of environment did the quiltmaker grow up:
Rural
Country:
United States
Quilt maker's maiden name:
Post
5. Father's name:
Post, Gerritt (Vander)
Father's ethnic/tribal background:
Caucasian
Mother's name:
Barkentin, Harriet Jane
Mother's ethnic/tribal background:
Caucasian
Number of children:
2 living; 1 died after birth
Number of female children:
1
Number of male children:
1
6. How did the maker learn to quilt:
From Relative
When learned to quilt:
Age 20-29
Why does/did the quiltmaker quilt?
Necessity; Pleasure
8. Estimated number of quilts made:
5-20 quilts
Does/did the quiltmaker sell quilts?
no
Does/did quiltmaker teach quilting?
no
Any other notes or stories about the quilt maker:
Muriel Lee (Post) Cool did custom dressmaking after being widowed. She taught Georgeanne Hanna how to sew.
Access and copyright information:
Restricted
Copyright holder:
Arizona Quilt Documentation Project
Where the quilt was made, state:
Arizona (AZ)
Where the quilt was made, country:
United States
Details
Cite this Quilt
Cool, Muriel Lee Pos. Pink & Scrap Log Cabin. 1901-1929. From Arizona Quilt Documentation Project, Arizona Quilt Documentation Project. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=38-36-3634. Accessed: 03/29/24