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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:

Print

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