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

Arizona Quilt Documentation Project Number:

HQD232

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

10/16/1997

1. Type of quilt object

Finished quilt

3. Quilt Width:

63"

3. Quilt Length:

79"

4. Shape of edge:

Straight

5. Shape of Corners:

Straight

Describe the corners:

The binding is butted on the corners.

6. Overall color scheme:

Light or pastel colors

7. Predominant Color(s):

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

9. Overall condition:

Good/moderate use

13.1. Content of inscription(s):

label

14. Date of Quilt:

1930-1949

Further information concerning dates:

1920's or 1930's

Describe the sources of the quilt's materials:

from different households

17. Layout format:

Block pattern

18.1.1. Block pattern:

Pineapple

18.2. Number of quilt blocks:

20

Size of quilt blocks:

15.5" x 15.5"

18.5. Arrangement of quilt blocks: block orientation:

Straight

18.6 Spacing relative to other blocks:

Side by side

23. Fiber used in quilt tops:

Cotton

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

Solid/plain; Floral; Geometric; Dotted; Checked; Plaid; Striped

Other fiber, fabric or fabric print types used:

Muslin weight. White cotton thread was used in the construction of the top.

25.1 Piecing techniques:

Machine Piecing

Unique binding materials?

some applied, some butted

27.3. Construction techniques used in binding:

Separate binding applied; Back turned to front

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

.75"

Other batting:

The commercially made batt, silk? Does not show.

28.2. Batting loft:

Thin

29.2. Quilted by:

Frank, Estella (also spelled Stella) Waterbury

29.3. Quilting technique used:

Machine quilting

29.3.1. Thread type:

Cotton

29.3.1. Thread color:

White

29.4.1. Motif/overall quilting patterns:

Grid/crosshatch

31.1. Fabric fiber types used in quilt back:

Cotton

Other fabric fiber types used in quilt back:

One green novelty print (babies), 2nd is yellow flowers

31.2. Color of backing:

Green; Yellow

31.3. Number of pieces in quilt back:

4

31.3. Size of pieces in quilt back:

14" x 79"; 17" x 79"; 16.75" x 79"' 16.75" x 79"; 2 fabrics, 4 pieces length of quilt

31.4. Description of back:

Different fabrics; Print

1. Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Name of Quilt Owner:

Juneida Schmucker

How was this quilt acquired?

Inheritance

When was this object acquired? Under what circumstances?

Previous owner of the quilt was Zelma Frank Schmucker, granddaughter to Estelle 1988. This quilt was a gift from my mother in 1962. This quilt was inherited from mother, Zelma Frank Schmucker in 1988. This quilt was brought to Arizona in 1956.

3. Quilt maker's name:

Frank, Estella (also spelled Stella) Waterbury

Birth date:

3/9/1867

Death date:

They died in Rapid City, South Dakota on April 11, 1944.

Quilt maker's birth city:

New Cannon

Quilt maker's birth state:

Connecticut (CT)

Quilt maker's country of birth:

United States

Why does/did the quiltmaker quilt?

Necessity

Explain how and/or why the maker quilts:

The quiltmaker learned to quilt about 1877.

Any other notes or stories about the quilt maker:

The quiltmaker also lived in: Union city, S. Dakota, 1878; Hawarden, Iowa, 1902; Rapid city, S. Dakota, 1927.

9. Available sources for the quilt maker:

The quiltmaker made other quilts.

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Arizona Quilt Documentation Project

Where the quilt was made, city:

S. Dakota or Iowa

Where the quilt was made, country:

United States

Details about why the quilt was made:

general use for summer and early fall

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