QUILT INDEX RECORD
11-37-5223
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:
2575
Ownership of this quilt is:
Private
Quilt owner's country:
United States
Width:
69.5
Length:
85
Quilt top made by:
Hunt, Margaret Doyd
Quiltmaker's D.O.B.:
1890c
Birthplace, city:
St Louis
Birthplace, state:
Missouri (MO)
Birthplace, country:
United States
How did owner acquire quilt?
Inheritance
Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:
given to husband by his mother/ quilt made by his grand-mother
Time period:
1930-1949
Format:
Finished quilt
Technique, piecing:
Hand Piecing
Describe the techniques used to make the quilt top:
Each flower has center (yellow); next ring solid; next ring print; outer ring white. Joined with diamond sash; fussy cut on print petals - captured flowers in center of hexagon
Vertical rows, horizontal rows and number of blocks:
11 vertical rows, 11 horizontal rows
Block shape:
Hexagons
Block size:
7 x 7.5
Fabric fibers:
Cotton
Patterns:
Describe the fibers or fabrics in the quilt top:
plain weave
Predominant colors:
White
Overall color scheme:
Multicolor
Quilting:
Hand quilting
Motif design, overall:
Echo
Quilting stitches per inch, place 1:
8
Binding and edging:
Separate binding applied
Binding; fiber:
Cotton
Binding; weave:
Plain weave
Batting:
Cotton
Backing, number of pieces:
one piece
Backing, fiber:
Cotton
Backing, weave and pattern:
muslin
Backing, predominant color:
White
Condition:
Excellent/like new
Condition, damage:
Fading
Condition, structurally sound?
This quilt is structurally sound.
Pattern name, no. and source:
425.2
Pattern name, variations and comments:
Grandmother's Flower Garden
Date estimated by an antique dealer, quilt historian or appraiser:
1935c
Access and copyright information:
Restricted
Copyright holder:
Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project (MassQuilts)
Cite this Quilt
Hunt, Margaret Doy. Grandmother's Flower Garden. 1930-1949. From Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project - MassQuilts, Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project, MassQuilts. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=11-37-5223. Accessed: 04/26/24