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| Shirley's Missouri Signature Quilt |
Date: Blocks made from 1903 - 1908. Quilt completed in 1995, by Shirley Lewis
Acquisition Source: An antique shop in Greenwood Mo., in the summer of 1994.
Dimension: 71 x 97
Block Dimension: 10 x 10
Sashing: 2 1/2" wide sashing around each block. Grey/red tiny print fabric.
Corner Blocks: Red cornerstones. Cream inner border, red middle border, grey/red tiny print outer border.
Quilt Method: Blocks were all hand pieced and hand embroidered. Blocks were machine pieced together to form the top. Quilt was hand quilted by me (Shirley).
Color Scheme: Red/cream/grey. Blocks are red, black, green, blue.
Fabric: Cotton
Number of Blocks: 24 (each block refereed to by row number & block letter a-d)
= six rows of 4 blocks each.
= six rows of 4 blocks each.
Block Patterns: Known as: Album patch, album pattern, odd fellow's quilt, courthouse square, arbor window, and the cross patch. Information from the book "One Piece at a Time", published by KC Star. The pattern was published in the newspaper on Sept. 29, 1928. Also known as: Chimney Sweep Quilt Block Washington sidewalk
Signatures: Yes. Dated 1903 - 1908. Most blocks include town and state (Jasper and Bates County) Carthage and Rich Hill, MO.
Signing Method: Hand embroidered in black, red, gold, pink, green, and brown.
... More information: Names and individual photos of each block below ...
3 comments:
How exciting! Is this the first Signature quilt you have attempted to document? You've done a great job of documenting the physical qualities of the quilt itself. Great start! What a great idea to start a blog just to tell this quilt's story as well as to record the history of your own research process! Good luck! KarenQuilt
That is a pretty quilt great job.
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This is our family quilt. I come from the Krattley's in Carthage. My 103 yr old mother was the daughter of mary krattley. thus, the rest of them are sisters and a brother named (ves). My name is Robert Trent . The krattley house is on the corner of Morgan Heights and 170cty rd known as the krattley corner. e-mail shoestringred55@yahoo.com
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