QUILT INDEX RECORD
24-20-258
Where are the records for this quilt housed?
Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum
Who documented this quilt?
Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum Collection
Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum accession number:
PQ.1991.001.074
Alternate inventory control number:
CQC1138/B1889
This is a:
Finished quilt
Quilt's title:
Duck Foot
Names for quilt's pattern in common use:
Bear's Paw Variation
How wide is the quilt?
81.000 inches
How long is the quilt?
88.000 inches
Quilt's condition:
Good/moderate use
What is inscribed on the quilt?
Eugenia Mitchell
Time period:
1976-1999
When was the quilt finished?
1976
Describe the quilt's layout:
Block pattern
Arrangement of quilt blocks:
On point or rotated on 45 degrees
Describe the borders:
Dim/Block: 13" x 13" Dim/Sash: none Dim/Border1: 2.75" Dim/Border2: 3.5" Dim/Border3: 3" Dim/Binding: Other Dim Dtls (see Descr)
Fiber types used to make the quilt top:
Cotton
Fabric styles used in the quilt top:
Solid/plain
Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:
Machine Piecing; Hand Piecing
Materials used to make the back:
Cotton
What color is the back of the quilt?
White; Green
Describe the back:
Machine sewn
What kind of filling is used in the quilt?
Polyester
How are the layers held together?
Hand quilting
Thread type used for the quilting:
single cotton/poly
Color of thread used in the quilting:
white
Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:
6
Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:
6
Quilting designs used, overall motifs:
Outline; Clamshell
Quilting designs used, decorative motifs:
Cables; Vines
Describe the quilting designs used:
sun with rays, heart, clover
Features or notes about the quilt's appearance, materials, or construction:
RMQM Search Terms: Other Block: Other Sash: Other Border1: green, all borders butted Other Border2: red Other Border3: green Other Binding: top folded over Other Dim Dtls: Border4: 4.25", red ------------------------------------------------------- Other Artist Names/Info: Blocks pieced by Eugenia Mitchell ------------------------------------------------------- Other Medium/FiberT: Other Material/FabricT: Other Technique/Fab Prts: ------------------------------------------------------- Other Layout Fmt: ------------------------------------------------------- Other Piecing Techn: Other Appliq Techn: Other Novelty Techn: Other Embell Techn & Items: Unique Constr Techn: ------------------------------------------------------- Other Quilting Techn: QStitches/Inch Place1: 6 QStitches/Inch Place2: 6 Thread Type: single cotton/poly Thread Color: white Quilting Designs Used: outline, sun with rays, heart, clover and vine, cable, clamshell ------------------------------------------------------- Overall Color Scheme: Other PredomCol: Other QSpecificCol: ------------------------------------------------------- Batting: polyester Backing: machine-pieced cotton, white with green print Edge Shape: Corner Shape: mitered ------------------------------------------------------- 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:
Shultz, Mary Rose; Shultz, Teresa
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:
One of the original 101 quilts donated by Eugenia Mitchell of Golden, CO, to start the Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum. This quilt is hand and machine pieced of solid red and green cotton fabrics with red and green borders. The batting is polyester. The binding is folded over from the top with mitered corners. The quilt is hand quilted around the pattern pieces and has floral, cable, clamshell, sunburst quilting designs in the plain blocks and the borders. The quilting is even at 6 stitches to the inch, done with white cotton/polyester thread. The backing is machine pieced white and green print cotton fabric. Ownership/History: The quilt blocks were purchased by Eugenia Mitchell at the Astor House Yard Sale in Golden, CO, in 1970. The blocks were pieced by Eugenia Mitchell. The quilt was quilted by Teresa and Mary Rose Shultz of Calhoun, KY. LocMade: unknown, Golden///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
Cite this Quilt
Quiltmaker, Unknow. Duck Foot. 1976. From Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum, Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum Collection. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=24-20-258. Accessed: 03/29/24