QUILT INDEX RECORD

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Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Quilt Alliance

Who documented this quilt?

Quilt Alliance; Inspired By

Quilt Alliance Inventory Number:

68

Quilt Title:

May Basket 2014

Width:

16 inches

Length:

16 inches

Time period:

2000-2025

Date:

June 1, 2014

Materials:

Cotton fabrics/ploy batting/beads and sequins; machine piecing and quilting, embellishments added by hand

Quiltmaker:

Gordon, Maggi

City:

Sierra Madre

State:

California

Artist's Statement:

It was already May, and I love baskets and basket blocks. I've tried many and particularly liked this one, called Grape Basket by its original nineteenth-century (and almost without saying, unknown) maker, for its simplicity. And I'm passionate about red with black and white prints. It all came together nicely but cried out for some bling. Hence the deep dive into my bead and sequin boxes. I sewed while Nikki, my beloved daughter-in-law, sorted colors!

Inspiration quilt:
 

 

Maker not recorded. Grape Basket. c. 1880. From Quilts of Tennessee.