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Going Dotty, Aunt Sarah!

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QUILT INDEX RECORD

52-152-503

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Quilt Alliance

Who documented this quilt?

Quilt Alliance; Inspired By

Quilt Alliance Inventory Number:

29

Quilt Title:

Going Dotty, Aunt Sarah!

Width:

16 inches

Length:

16 inches

Time period:

2000-2025

Date:

June 1, 2014

Materials:

Cotton fabric, buttons. Machine pieced, machine and hand applique, machine quilted, yo-yo embellishment

Quiltmaker:

Hernandez, Ellen

City:

San Antonio

State:

Texas

Artist's Statement:

Honorable Mention: Judge's Choice Award (Judge: Mark Lipinski)

My inspiration account turned out to be an exciting family history discovery. Searching by Longbottom, my (Knox Co, TN) grandmother's maiden name, there was one item – a 1915 red, blue and orange Lone Star quilt by Sarah Jane Longbottom Davidson, from the Quilts of Tennessee project, Knox County. Thanks to the personal information included on the Index and my genealogy records, I was able to confirm that this was my great grand aunt Sarah, sister to my great grandfather Benjamin Longbottom. What a small world, after all!

Inspiration quilt:
 

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Davidson, Sarah Jane Longbottom. Lone Star. c. 1915. From Quilts of Tennessee.

Cite this Quilt

Hernandez, Elle. Going Dotty, Aunt Sarah!. June 1, 2014. From Quilt Alliance, Quilt Alliance; Inspired By. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=52-152-503. Accessed: 03/28/24