QUILT INDEX RECORD

24-20-209

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum; Quilts and Human Rights

Who documented this quilt?

Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum Collection

Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum accession number:

PQ.1991.012.001

Alternate inventory control number:

CQC1120

This is a:

Finished quilt

Quilt's title:

Japanese Crazy Quilt

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Crazy

How wide is the quilt?

55.000 inches

How long is the quilt?

83.000 inches

Shape of corners:

Rounded

Quilt's condition:

Excellent/like new

Time period:

Timespan

When was the quilt started?

1940

When was the quilt finished?

1970

Describe the quilt's layout:

Crazy

Subject of the quilt:

Nature - Landscape

Describe the borders:

Dim/Block: none Dim/Sash: none Dim/Border1: none Dim/Border2: none Dim/Border3: none Dim/Binding: 0.5" Other Dim Dtls (see Descr)

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Polyester; Silk

Fabric types used to make the quilt top:

Satin

Fabric styles used in the quilt top:

Geometric; Plaid; Solid/plain; Striped

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Hand Piecing

Embellishment techniques used to make the quilt top:

Embroidery; Painting

Materials used to make the back:

Flannel

What color is the back of the quilt?

Beige or Tan

Describe the back:

Hand sewn

How is the binding made?

Bias grain; Hand sewn; Machine sewn

What kind of filling is used in the quilt?

No filling

How are the layers held together?

Not quilted

Describe the quilting designs used:

Embroidery holds quilt together

Features or notes about the quilt's appearance, materials, or construction:

RMQM Search Terms: Other Block: Other Sash: Other Border1: Other Border2: Other Border3: Other Binding: hand/machine-bound, bias, from scraps Other Dim Dtls: ------------------------------------------------------- Other Artist Names/Info: ------------------------------------------------------- Other Medium/FiberT: Other Material/FabricT: Other Technique/Fab Prts: ------------------------------------------------------- Other Layout Fmt: medallion center with wagon-wheel rays and two outer circular borders surrounding a center circle with a hand-painted landscape ------------------------------------------------------- Other Piecing Techn: Other Appliq Techn: Other Novelty Techn: Other Embell Techn & Items: cotton hand embroidery, hand-painted center medallion Unique Constr Techn: ------------------------------------------------------- Other Quilting Techn: Embroidery holds the quilt together QStitches/Inch Place1: QStitches/Inch Place2: Thread: Quilting Designs Used: ------------------------------------------------------- Overall Color Scheme: Other PredomCol: multi Other QSpecificCol: ------------------------------------------------------- Batting: none Backing: hand-pieced tan flannel sheet Edge Shape: Corner Shape: rounded ------------------------------------------------------- Add'l Info re Q's Appear/Matls/Constr: Add'l Info re Q's Design/Sources:

Quilt top made by:

Quiltmaker, Unknown

Quilted by:

Mitchell, Eugenia

Other people who worked on this quilt:

Mitchell, Eugenia

Where the quilt was made, city:

Golden

Where the quilt was made, state:

Colorado (CO)

Where the quilt was made, country:

United States

How was this quilt acquired?

Gift

Describe anything about the history of the quilt that wasn't already recorded in a previous field:

This quilt is hand pieced with solid, plaid, striped, and geometric prints and embroidered with cotton embroidery floss in green, navy, and rose. There is no batting. The binding is made of bias multicolored fabrics with rounded corners. There is no quilting. The backing is a handsewn pieced tan flannel sheet. The quilt is made from ties brought from Japan by the maker who was born in Japan, immigrated to California, and was sent to Colorado during World War II. She met Eugenia Mitchell at a museum in Littleton. HowAcquired: donation Ownership/History: Made by a Japanese woman who originally immigrated to California, but was placed in an internment camp in Colorado during WWII. She says she met Eugenia Mitchell at a "little depot museum" in Littleton, CO. The unknown Japanese woman started the quilt and Eugenia Mitchell finished it. LocMade: ///CO//USA

Why was the quilt made?

Unknown

The quilt was made to be used for:

Unknown

Quilt is presently used as:

Museum collection

Ownership of this quilt is:

Public Museum, Library or Institution

Quilt owner's name:

Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum

Quilt owner's city:

Golden

Quilt owner's state:

Colorado (CO)

Quilt owner's country:

United States

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum