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7-4-9850

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Kansas State Historical Society

Who documented this quilt?

Kansas Quilt Project

Kansas Quilt Project Number:

BC086

Person filling out this form is:

Quilt owner

This is a:

Finished quilt

Owner's name for quilt:

Butterfly

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Appliqued Butterfly

What is the date inscribed on the quilt?

1943

Family/owner's date for quilt:

1943

Date estimated by an antique dealer, quilt historian or appraiser:

1943, Kansas Quilt Project

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Hand Piecing

Applique techniques used to make the quilt top:

Hand Applique

Quilt top made by:

Griffin, Hilda

Where the quilt was made, city:

Logan

Where the quilt was made, county:

Phillips

Where the quilt was made, state:

Kansas (KS)

Where the quilt was made, country:

United States

Why was the quilt made?

Wedding

Related items such as diaries, obituaries, wills, household inventories, or pictures of the quiltmaker:

Photographs, Scrapbook

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's name:

Bertha Whitney

Quilt owner's city:

Phillipsburg

Quilt owner's county:

Phillips

Quilt owner's state:

Kansas (KS)

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's birth date:

1917

Quiltmaker's ethnic background/tribal affiliation:

Anglo American, including Scots Irish

Quiltmaker's occupation:

Housewife

Quiltmaker's county:

Phillips County

Quiltmaker's city:

Logan

Quiltmaker's state:

Kansas (KS)

How did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

From Friend

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Kansas Quilt Project

Cite this Quilt

Griffin, Hild. Butterfly. From Kansas State Historical Society, Kansas Quilt Project. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=7-4-9850. Accessed: 03/29/24