QUILT INDEX RECORD
11-37-5147
Where are the records for this quilt housed?
Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project - MassQuilts
Who documented this quilt?
Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project, MassQuilts
MASS-Quilts ID Number:
2458
Ownership of this quilt is:
Private
Quilt owner's country:
United States
Width:
78
Length:
85
Quilt top made by:
____, Aunt Mamie
Quiltmaker's state:
Missouri (MO)
Quiltmaker's city:
Silver Spring
Quiltmaker's country:
United States
How did owner acquire quilt?
Inheritance
Time period:
1901-1929
Format:
Finished quilt
Technique, piecing:
Machine Piecing
Arrangement of quilt blocks:
On point or rotated on 45 degrees
Spacing of quilt blocks:
Alternating with plain squares
Vertical rows, horizontal rows and number of blocks:
8 vertical rows, 7 horizontal rows, 56 blocks
Block shape:
Squares
Block size:
7.25
Fabric fibers:
Cotton
Patterns:
Describe the fibers or fabrics in the quilt top:
plain weave
Predominant colors:
Blue or Navy
Quilting:
Hand quilting
Motif design, overall:
Grid diamond
Describe the quilting designs used:
Shoofly in straight line/ plain block: diamond grid/border quilting is diagonal lines 3/4" apart
Quilting stitches per inch, place 1:
8
Width between quilting lines:
3/4"
Number of borders:
1
Border; technique, fiber, weave, pattern:
Cotton, plain weave
Binding and edging:
Back turned to front
Binding; fiber:
Cotton
Binding; weave:
Plain weave
Batting:
Cotton
Backing, number of pieces:
one piece
Backing, fiber:
Cotton
Backing, weave and pattern:
muslin sheet
Backing, predominant color:
Cream
Condition:
Very good/almost new
Condition, damage:
Stains
Describe the damage:
stained front and back
Condition, structurally sound?
This quilt is structurally sound.
Pattern name, no. and source:
1645
Pattern name, variations and comments:
ShooFly
Date estimated by an antique dealer, quilt historian or appraiser:
1920c
Access and copyright information:
Restricted
Copyright holder:
Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project (MassQuilts)
Cite this Quilt
____, Aunt Mami. ShooFly. 1901-1929. From Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project - MassQuilts, Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project, MassQuilts. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=11-37-5147. Accessed: 03/29/24