QUILT INDEX RECORD

38-36-4132

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Arizona Quilt Documentation Project

Who documented this quilt?

Arizona Quilt Documentation Project; Heritage Quilt Study Group of Sharlot Hall Museum, Prescott, Arizona

Arizona Quilt Documentation Project Number:

HQD115

1. Type of quilt object

Finished quilt

3. Quilt Width:

69.5"

3. Quilt Length:

89"

4. Shape of edge:

Straight

5. Shape of Corners:

Straight

6. Overall color scheme:

Light or pastel colors

7. Predominant Color(s):

Red; Blue; Yellow; Green; Orange; Purple; White; Pink; Gold

9. Overall condition:

Good/moderate use

14. Date of Quilt:

1930-1949

Other external or professional date estimation:

1930

Further information concerning dates:

1936

Describe the sources of the quilt's materials:

Possible Prescott or Phoenix

17. Layout format:

Block pattern

18.1.1. Block pattern:

Grandmother's Flower Garden

18.2. Number of quilt blocks:

39

Size of quilt blocks:

8.5"

18.5. Arrangement of quilt blocks: block orientation:

Straight

Describe other spacing style:

7 hexagons forming a pyramid, white garden path

22.2. Border descriptions:

Plain strips, butted corners. 1.5" wide yellow cotton.

23. Fiber used in quilt tops:

Cotton

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

Solid/plain; Floral; Geometric; Dotted; Paisley; Checked; Plaid; Feedsack

Other fiber, fabric or fabric print types used:

Muslin weight; small, medium and large florals; small geometrics; small dots. 5 stitches per inch. White cotton thread.

25.1 Piecing techniques:

Hand Piecing

Unique binding materials?

Lap over corners.

27.3. Construction techniques used in binding:

Back turned to front

28.1. Material used for quilt batting or filling:

Cotton

Other batting:

No filler shows. Commercially made batt.

28.2. Batting loft:

Medium

29.2. Quilted by:

Wells, Mrs. Elmer Albert (Rose)

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

29.4.1. Motif/overall quilting patterns:

Elbow/fan

Other quilting designs used:

Baptist fan. Quilting stitches are uneven.

31.1. Fabric fiber types used in quilt back:

Cotton

Other fabric fiber types used in quilt back:

Some stains, hole in back

31.2. Color of backing:

Yellow

31.3. Size of pieces in quilt back:

35" x 89"; 35" x 89"

Name of Quilt Owner:

KerI Ritter Shaw Delphia (Tom and Phoebe Ritter, PO box 10, Kirkland, AS 86332, 442-3278)

How was this quilt acquired?

Inheritance

When was this object acquired? Under what circumstances?

The quilt was inherited from Nora Mattie Spillers Ritter in December of 1993. Prior owners of the quilt were: Keri Nell Ritter Delphia, 1994; Nora Mattie Spillers Ritter, 1936-1994.

3. Quilt maker's name:

Spillers, Malvina Delia Hamblin (Mr. Fred N.)

Birth date:

3/20/1900

Death date:

4/30/1994

Quilt maker's birth city:

Eden

Quilt maker's birth state:

Arizona (AZ)

Quilt maker's country of birth:

United States

Why does/did the quiltmaker quilt?

Necessity; Pleasure; Church

Explain how and/or why the maker quilts:

The quiltmaker pieced, appliqued and quilted. The maker made other quilts. One was a nine patch.

Any other notes or stories about the quilt maker:

The quiltmaker lived in: Cactus Flats (near Safford) 1901-1915; married Fred Nelson Spiller (Clifton, AZ), 5/30/1917-husband died 1954; Salf River Valley off and on; Peeples Valley Kirkland off and on. Resides in The Arizona Pioneers Home, Prescott, AZ.

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Arizona Quilt Documentation Project

Where the quilt was made, city:

Peeples Valley

Where the quilt was made, state:

Arizona (AZ)

Where the quilt was made, country:

United States

Why was the quilt made?

Wedding

Details about why the quilt was made:

Made for her daughter, Nora Mattie Spillers (Mrs. Curtis) Ritter as a wedding present. The design was made by Pearl (Mrs. Willy) Singleton and Pearl helped with the piecing.

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