QUILT INDEX RECORD
26-22-3323
Where are the records for this quilt housed?
West Virginia Department of Archives and History
Who documented this quilt?
West Virginia Heritage Quilt Search
The West Virginia Heritage Quilt Search Number:
50088
Source of the information on this quilt:
JOAN V GUTHRIE, DAUGHTER
When was the form filled out?
August 7, 1992
If you are the quilt owner, how did you acquire this quilt?
Inherited
Interviewer:
FAWN VALENTINE, Key by: JR
Where was the quilt documentation day held?
CHARLESTON
Owner's name for quilt:
PRIDE OF WV
Names for quilt's pattern in common use:
PRIDE OF WEST V, SAWTOOTH DIAMOND VARIATIO
Brackman # or other source & #:
3985, p. 550
How wide is the quilt?
75
How long is the quilt?
76
Shape of edge:
Rounded
Describe the corner treatment:
Mitered
What color is the quilt?
Lavender; White
Overall color scheme:
Light or pastel colors
Quilt's condition:
Good/moderate use
Damage:
Fading; Stains
Describe the damage:
filling/batting visible, Repaired
Type of inscription:
Other
Time period:
1930-1949
Family/owner's date for quilt:
1935
Date estimated by an antique dealer, quilt historian or appraiser:
1930
Describe the quilt's layout:
Medallion or framed center
Arrangement of quilt blocks:
On point or rotated 45 degrees
Sashing width:
No sashing
Number of borders:
3
Describe the borders:
Variety of fabrics
Fiber types used to make the quilt top:
Cotton
Fabric styles used in the quilt top:
Solid/plain
Describe the fibers or fabrics in the quilt top:
Percale
Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:
Machine Piecing; Hand Piecing
Can you feel or see paper on the quilt that was used as a construction aid?
no
Description of the back:
Percale
What color is the back of the quilt?
Lavender; White
Describe the back:
Same fabric used throughout; Different fabrics; Machine sewn
How is the binding made?
Hand sewn, Machine sewn; Straight grain
What kind of filling is used in the quilt?
Cotton
How are the layers held together?
Hand quilting
Thread type used for the quilting:
Single thread, Cotton thread
Color of thread used in the quilting:
WHITE
Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:
8
Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:
8
Width between quilting lines:
1.25
Quilting designs used, overall motifs:
Outline; Other
Quilting designs used, background fills:
Grid/crosshatch
Features or notes about the quilt's appearance, materials, or construction:
Pieced back, even stitching
Quilt top made by:
VICKERS, LINNIE ERIE
Other people who worked on this quilt:
Corbin, Mary Virginia
Where the quilt was made, city:
ELKVIEW
Where the quilt was made, county:
KANAWHA
Where the quilt was made, state:
West Virginia (WV)
Where the quilt was made, country:
United States
Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:
1980
Describe anything about the history of the quilt that wasn't already recorded in a previous field:
Registered quilt with WVHQS
Why was the quilt made?
Gift or presentation; Personal enjoyment
Where did the maker get their materials?
Purchased new
Describe the source of the pattern:
TRADITIONAL
Describe anything about the design of the quilt that wasn't already recorded in a previous field:
PAGE 5: MEDALLION CENTER IS 10.5 X 10.5 19 X 18 29 X 29 SET IN - 45/2 X 45, MAKER ALSO MADE A GREEN & WHITE OF SAME PATTERN AND SHELLEY MOORE, WIFE OF GOVERNOR MOORE, BOUGHT IT. iNCLUDES HUMILITY PATCHES LINNIE ERIE FABER VICKERS CALLED THIS QUILT PRIDE OF WEST VIRGINIA. HER MOTHER, MARY VIRGINIA CORBIN PIECED THE QUILT AROUND 1935AND LINNIE QUILTED IT. SHE GAVE IT TO HER MOTHER-IN-LAW AS A GIFT. IT WAS LATER RETURNED AFTER HER MOTHER-IN-LAW, MARY ALICE JARRETT VICKERS DIED IN 1953.
Related items such as diaries, obituaries, wills, household inventories, or pictures of the quiltmaker:
Photographs, Quilt patterns
Quiltmaker's maiden name:
FABER
Quiltmaker's birth date:
January 27, 1888
Quiltmaker's birthplace, city:
GOLDTOWN
Quiltmaker's birthplace, state:
West Virginia (WV)
Quiltmaker's date and place of death:
November 26, 1985
Quiltmaker's ethnic background/tribal affiliation:
GERMAN/ENGLISH
Quiltmaker's educational background:
Other
Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:
BAPTIST
Quiltmaker's occupation:
HOMEMAKER/TEACHER
In which kind of environment did the quiltmaker live?
Rural
Quiltmaker's spouse's/spouses' and/or partner's/partners' ethnic/tribal background:
ENGLISH & IRISH
Quiltmaker's spouse's/spouses' and/or partner's/partners' occupation:
DAIRY FARMER
Number of children:
6
How many of the quiltmaker's children were girls?
3
How many of the quiltmaker's children were boys?
3
When did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?
Under 10 years of age
Notes on how the quiltmaker learned, and how and why they quilt:
Quiltmaker learned to quilt from: MOTHER
Estimated number of quilts made by this quiltmaker:
100
Does/did the quiltmaker sell quilts?
no
Describe any favorite patterns, tools, etc. used by the quiltmaker:
Place to quilt: DINING ROO, Favorite pattern: DOGWOOD, Type of frame: WOODEN
Any other notes or stories about the quiltmaker:
Quiltmaker was paid to sew, Husband's birth month: March, Husband's birth day: 3, Husband's birth year: 1889, Husband's birthplace: FRAME WV, Husband's date of death: month: June, Husband's date of death: day: 27, Husband's date of death: year: 1967, Husband's burialplace: ELKVIEW WV JARRETT C, Quiltmaker's church: ELKVIEW BAPTIST, Quiltmaker's burialplace: ELKVIEW WV JARRETT CEMETE
Access and copyright information:
Restricted
Copyright holder:
West Virginia Heritage Quilt Search
Cite this Quilt
VICKERS, LINNIE ERI. PRIDE OF WV. 1930-1949. From West Virginia Department of Archives and History, West Virginia Heritage Quilt Search. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=26-22-3323. Accessed: 04/20/24