QUILT INDEX RECORD

26-22-2642

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:

40088

Source of the information on this quilt:

EDELENE WOOD, GRAND DAUGHTER

When was the form filled out?

June 13, 1992

If you are the quilt owner, how did you acquire this quilt?

Received as a gift

Interviewer:

JONI HOFFMAN, Key by: GB

Where was the quilt documentation day held?

PARKERSBURG

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

FRIENDSHIP BASKET

Brackman # or other source & #:

749, p. 76

How wide is the quilt?

70.5

How long is the quilt?

85.5

Shape of edge:

Straight

Describe the corner treatment:

Mitered

What color is the quilt?

Red; White

Overall color scheme:

Bright or primary colors

Quilt's condition:

Excellent/like new

Damage:

Pencil or pen or marking lines

Type of inscription:

Other

Time period:

1930-1949

When was the quilt finished?

Quilted 1980

Family/owner's date for quilt:

1930

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Number of quilt blocks:

20

Size of quilt blocks:

10.5 X 10.5

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

On point or rotated 45 degrees

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Alternating with plain squares

Sashing width:

No sashing

Number of borders:

1

Describe the borders:

Same fabric for all

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Fabric types used to make the quilt top:

Chintz

Fabric styles used in the quilt top:

Solid/plain

Describe the fibers or fabrics in the quilt top:

Percale, Textured weave

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Hand Piecing

Can you feel or see paper on the quilt that was used as a construction aid?

no

Describe the back:

Same fabric used throughout

How is the binding made?

Straight grain

What kind of filling is used in the quilt?

Other

Describe the quilt filling:

POLYESTER

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting

Thread type used for the quilting:

Single thread, Other , COTTON/POLY

Color of thread used in the quilting:

OFF WHITE

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

4

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:

7

Width between quilting lines:

1.25, 2

Can you see any knots on the front or back of the quilt?

no

Quilting designs used, overall motifs:

Outline; Single parallel lines

Quilting designs used, background fills:

Parallel lines

Quilt top made by:

WATKINS, ALMA

Other people who worked on this quilt:

Statler, Janet; Wood, Edelene

Where the quilt was made, city:

LIVERPOOL

Where the quilt was made, county:

ROANE

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:

1930

Why was the quilt made?

Gift or presentation; Other

The quilt was made to be used for:

Bedding, daily use

Where did the maker get their materials?

Purchased new

Commercial name of the pattern for the top:

Laura Wheeler, Pattern 511, Friendship Basket

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

Pg 1: Family's name for quilt: A Basket of Wild Friendship INFORMATION SHEET QUILT TITLED "A BASKET OF WILD FRIENDSHIP" (REAL NAME UNKNOWN) QUILT TOP WAS PIECED AND JOINED IN 1930'S BY MRS. ALMA WILLIAMS WATKINS OF LIVERPOOL, WV. MRS. WATKINS WAS A NATIVE OF ROANE COUNTY AND HER LIFE SPANNED THE 54 YEARS OF 1883 - 1937. THE QUILT WAS HAND QUILTED BY HER GRANDDAUGHTER EDELENE WOOD AS A FIRST TIME QUILTING EFFORT AND WAS FINISHED OFF BY PROFESSIONAL QUILTER JANET STATLER OF BELMONT, WV. THE QUILT, WHICH IS A RED LE MOYNE STAR IN A BASKET OF DEPRESSION ERA PINK AND GREEN CHINTZ WAS FEATURED ON THE COVER OF QUILT WORLD MAGAZINE OF JUNE 1991 WITH ACCOMPANYING STORY BY EDELENE WHO IS SHOWN WITH MRS. WATKINS IN THIS FIVE GENERATION PICTURE. MRS. WATKINS IS CENTER PERSON AND HER FATHER AND GRANDMOTHER ARE TO HER RIGHT AND DAUGHTER AND GRANDDAUGHTER TO HER LEFT. 6/11/92

Publications (including web sites) where this quilt or maker was featured:

Photographs, QUILT WORLD

Related items such as diaries, obituaries, wills, household inventories, or pictures of the quiltmaker:

Photographs

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

WILLIAMS

Quiltmaker's birth date:

1883

Quiltmaker's birthplace, city:

ROANE CO

Quiltmaker's birthplace, state:

West Virginia (WV)

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

1937

Quiltmaker's ethnic background/tribal affiliation:

ENGLISH

Quiltmaker's educational background:

Grade School

Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:

METHODIST

In which kind of environment did the quiltmaker live?

Rural

Quiltmaker's spouse's/spouses' and /or partner's/partners' name(s):

WATKINS, EDWARD

Quiltmaker's spouse's/spouses' and/or partner's/partners' ethnic/tribal background:

ENGLISH

Quiltmaker's spouse's/spouses' and/or partner's/partners' occupation:

FARMER

Notes on how the quiltmaker learned, and how and why they quilt:

Quiltmaker learned to quilt from: MYSELF

Does/did the quiltmaker sell quilts?

no

Describe any favorite patterns, tools, etc. used by the quiltmaker:

Place to quilt: HOME, Type of frame: HOOP&FLOOR

Any other notes or stories about the quiltmaker:

Husband's birth year: 1883, Husband's birthplace: ROANE CO WV, Husband's date of death: year: 1954, Husband's burialplace: JACKSON CO WV, Quiltmaker's church: LIVERPOOL, Quiltmaker's burialplace: JACKSON CO WV

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

West Virginia Heritage Quilt Search