1876-1900

Amish Friendship ...

Friends of Annie Ri...

Date Made: 1876-1900

Amish Friendship Sampler Album

Creator: Friends of Annie Risser Horst

Location Made: Middleton, Pennsylvania (PA)

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Embroidery

Quilt Size: 79 x 79

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton

Project: Michigan Quilt Project; Michigan State University Museum Collection

Based on 2012 research there is evidence for this coming from Middletown instead of Middleton township due to the number of people buried 12 miles away from Middletown who show up on the quilt. Also Annie Horst Risser is most likely the woman's name instead of Risser Horst because no information wa...

12-8-10233

KID: 12-8-10233

1976-1999

An Humble Hearth

Lundquist, Letha

Date Made: 1976-1999

An Humble Hearth

Creator: Lundquist, Letha

Location Made: Port Sanilac, Michigan (MI)

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Hand Applique, Embroidery

Quilt Size: 86" x 102"

Fabrics: Cotton

Project: Michigan Quilt Project

All V.I.P. materials by Cranston Printworks, 100% cotton.

12-8-917

KID: 12-8-917

1901-1929

Bear Claw

Heberer, Caroline

Date Made: 1901-1929

Bear Claw

Creator: Heberer, Caroline

Location Made: New Fane, Wisconsin (WI) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing

Quilt Size: 65 in. x 81 in.

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Broadcloth, Checked, Dotted, Floral, Multiple scrap, Plaid, Print, Solid/plain, Striped

Project: Wisconsin Quilt History Project

The quilt was called a "summer" quilt by the family.

15-11-900

KID: 15-11-900

1930-1949

BEAR CLAW

NIGHTLER, CHRISTIA...

Date Made: 1930-1949

BEAR CLAW

Creator: NIGHTLER, CHRISTIAN ANN

Location Made: MOUNDSVILLE, West Virginia (WV) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing

Quilt Size: 72.75 x 73.75

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Striped, Floral, Solid/plain, Geometric, Muslin, Calico

Project: West Virginia Heritage Quilt Search

Husband's birth month: January, Husband's birth day: 8, Husband's birth year: 1856, Husband's birthplace: MARSHALL COUNTY, WV, Husband's date of death: month: October, Husband's date of death: day: 21, Husband's date of death: year: 1937, Husband's burialplace: MOUNDSVILLE, WV, Quiltmaker's church: ...

26-22-1128

KID: 26-22-1128

1930-1949

BEAR CLAW

Date Made: 1930-1949

BEAR CLAW

Location Made: United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing

Quilt Size: 73 x 64

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Solid/plain, Muslin, Percale

Project: West Virginia Heritage Quilt Search

26-22-2310

KID: 26-22-2310

1876-1900

BEAR PAW

WOODYARD, RHODA

Date Made: 1876-1900

BEAR PAW

Creator: WOODYARD, RHODA

Location Made: PARKERSBURG, West Virginia (WV) United States

Contruction: Machine Piecing, Hand Piecing, Machine Piecing, Hand Piecing

Quilt Size: 76.5 x 74

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Novelty, Plaid, Striped, Shirting, Calico, Gingham

Project: West Virginia Heritage Quilt Search

Husband's burialplace: PARKERSBURG WV, Quiltmaker's church: METHODIST, Quiltmaker's burialplace: PARKERSBURG WV

26-22-3325

KID: 26-22-3325

Bear Paw

Carlisle, Mary Jame...

Bear Paw

Creator: Carlisle, Mary James Forrest

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Machine Piecing

Quilt Size: 78.5" x 83.5"

Fabrics: Cotton, Floral, Solid/plain, Muslin weight

Project: Arizona Quilt Documentation Project; Arizona Quilt Project 1987-1989

38-36-2145

KID: 38-36-2145

1901-1929

BEAR PAW

LEGG, MARY ANN

Date Made: 1901-1929

BEAR PAW

Creator: LEGG, MARY ANN

Location Made: CLIFTY, West Virginia (WV) United States

Contruction: Machine Piecing, Hand Piecing

Quilt Size: 91 x 72

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Solid/plain, Muslin

Project: West Virginia Heritage Quilt Search

Husband's birth month: March, Husband's birth day: 16, Husband's birth year: 1849, Husband's birthplace: LEANDER, FAYETTE CO., Husband's date of death: month: September, Husband's date of death: day: 16, Husband's date of death: year: 1924, Husband's burialplace: MT LOOKOUT, WV, Quiltmaker's church:...

26-22-94

KID: 26-22-94

1996

Bear Paw

Gibbons, Melanie

Date Made: 1996

Bear Paw

Creator: Gibbons, Melanie

Location Made: United States

Contruction: Pieced

Quilt Size: 60 x 71

Quilting Techniques: Machine quilting

Project: Louisiana Quilt Documentation Project

9-6-386

KID: 9-6-386

Bear Paw

Bear Paw

Contruction: Hand Piecing

Quilt Size: 66" x 80"

Fabrics: Cotton, Checked, Dotted, Floral, Geometric, Striped

Project: Arizona Quilt Documentation Project; Arizona Quilt Project 1987-1989

38-36-2540

KID: 38-36-2540

1901-1929

Bear Paw

Davis, Hattie

Date Made: 1901-1929

Bear Paw

Creator: Davis, Hattie

Location Made: Macon, Georgia (GA) United States

Contruction: Machine Piecing

Quilt Size: 50" x 66"

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Dotted, Plaid, Print, Striped

Project: North Carolina Quilt Project

Made other quilts, with other family members

21-17-1243

KID: 21-17-1243

1976-1999

Bear Paw modified...

Bode, Esther Amanda...

Date Made: 1976-1999

Bear Paw modified

Creator: Bode, Esther Amanda

Location Made: Saginaw, Michigan (MI) United States

Contruction: Machine Piecing

Quilt Size: 80" x 105"

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton

Project: Michigan Quilt Project

Esther kept a photo scrapbook from 1988-1998, the first ten years of her quilting period. Many of the photos have completion dates listed on the back. Esther had six living children, 15 grandchildren and 26 great-grandchildren. They currently live in nine states and two countries. Each one of them ...

12-8-5679

KID: 12-8-5679

Bear-Paw-Patch

Crowley, Mary Rhode...

Bear-Paw-Patch

Creator: Crowley, Mary Rhodes Kane

Location Made: Illinois (IL)

Quilt Size: 12 inches x 12 inches

Fabrics: Cotton, Print, Solid/plain

Project: Wisconsin Quilt History Project

Children: Webster Randall Crowley II, and Florance Daniel Crowley (quilt owner's father)

15-11-3185

KID: 15-11-3185

1876-1900

Bear's Claw

Presswood, Asalie

Date Made: 1876-1900

Bear's Claw

Creator: Presswood, Asalie

Location Made: North Carolina (NC) United States

Contruction: Other Piecing

Quilt Size: 51.5" x 69.5"

Quilting Techniques: Tied or tufted, Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Print, Solid/plain, Checked, Various colors

Project: North Carolina Quilt Project

Quilt was purchased from the daughter of the maker, Made other quilts, Henderson County, NC

21-17-2755

KID: 21-17-2755

Bear's Claw

Bear's Claw

Location Made: United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing

Quilt Size: 66" x 80"

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton

Project: Michigan Quilt Project

12-8-3898

KID: 12-8-3898

1850-1875

Bear's Foot

Date Made: 1850-1875

Bear's Foot

Location Made: Ames, Iowa (IA) United States

Quilt Size: 41 inches x 70.5 inches

Fabrics: Cotton, Muslin

Project: Iowa Quilt Research Project; Mary Barton Collection

6-3-923

KID: 6-3-923

1930-1949

Bear's Foot, Bear...

Date Made: 1930-1949

Bear's Foot, Bear's Paw

Contruction: Hand Piecing

Quilt Size: 83" x 96"

Quilting Techniques: Tied or tufted

Fabrics: Cotton, Print, Solid/plain, Plain weave

Project: New Hampshire Quilt Documentation Project, Phase II; Warner Historical Society Collection

56-165-1013

KID: 56-165-1013

1976-1999

Bear's Paw

Lindahl, Signe

Date Made: 1976-1999

Bear's Paw

Creator: Lindahl, Signe

Location Made: Iron River, Michigan (MI)

Contruction: Machine Piecing

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Project: Michigan Quilt Project

12-8-2973

KID: 12-8-2973

1976-1999

Bear's Paw

Caulfield, Mary

Date Made: 1976-1999

Bear's Paw

Creator: Caulfield, Mary

Location Made: Drummond Island, Michigan (MI)

Quilt Size: 91" x 110"

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton

Project: Michigan Quilt Project

12-8-3318

KID: 12-8-3318

1901-1929

Bear's Paw

Thompson, Emma

Date Made: 1901-1929

Bear's Paw

Creator: Thompson, Emma

Location Made: United States

Quilt Size: 74" x 85"

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton

Project: Michigan Quilt Project

12-8-4606

KID: 12-8-4606

1876-1900

Bear's Paw

Cox, Almeda Bennett...

Date Made: 1876-1900

Bear's Paw

Creator: Cox, Almeda Bennett

Location Made: Farragut, Iowa (IA) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing

Quilt Size: 69.5 inches x 69.5 inches

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Unknown, Solid/plain

Project: Iowa Quilt Research Project

Quilt was first given to the maker's daughter, who gave it to her son, who gave it to his niece.

6-3-177

KID: 6-3-177

1901-1929

Bear's Paw

Hatland, Anna

Date Made: 1901-1929

Bear's Paw

Creator: Hatland, Anna

Contruction: Machine Piecing

Quilt Size: 75 inches x 78 inches

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Unknown, Solid/plain

Project: Iowa Quilt Research Project

Anna came to America in about 1880 from Norway.

6-3-391

KID: 6-3-391

2000-2025

Bear's Paw

Smith, Mary Lee

Date Made: 2000-2025

Bear's Paw

Creator: Smith, Mary Lee

Location Made: Litchfield, Michigan (MI)

Contruction: Hand Piecing

Quilt Size: 64" x 85 1/4"

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton

Project: Michigan Quilt Project

I started the blocks after doing some work on a quilt belonging to a friend which was a blue Bear's Paw. I loved the quilt so started hand piecing the blocks over several years. An unfinished project for many years, I decided to finish it.

12-8-1850

KID: 12-8-1850

1930-1949

Bear's Paw

Fargo, Helen?

Date Made: 1930-1949

Bear's Paw

Creator: Fargo, Helen?

Contruction: Piecing

Quilt Size: 73" x 84"

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Solid/plain, plain weave

Project: Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project, MassQuilts

11-37-3107

KID: 11-37-3107

1876-1900

Bear's Paw

Date Made: 1876-1900

Bear's Paw

Contruction: Hand Piecing

Quilt Size: 76 x 84

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton

Project: Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project, MassQuilts

11-37-4162

KID: 11-37-4162

1930-1949

Bear's Paw

Date Made: 1930-1949

Bear's Paw

Contruction: Hand Piecing

Quilt Size: 78 x 92

Quilting Techniques: Machine quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Print, mostly 1920s fabrics; at least one 1930s, plain weave

Project: Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project, MassQuilts; Falmouth Historical Society

11-37-5403

KID: 11-37-5403

1950-1975

Bear's Paw

Kirkpatrick, James

Date Made: 1950-1975

Bear's Paw

Creator: Kirkpatrick, James

Location Made: Chapel Hill, North Carolina (NC) United States

Contruction: Machine Piecing

Quilt Size: 74" x 90"

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton or polyester blend, Cotton, Print, Striped, Solid/plain, Plaid, Dotted

Project: North Carolina Quilt Project

Scraps and purchased, No

21-17-717

KID: 21-17-717

1876-1900

Bear's Paw

Date Made: 1876-1900

Bear's Paw

Location Made: North Carolina (NC) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing

Quilt Size: 71.25" x 86.25"

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Print, Solid/plain

Project: North Carolina Quilt Project

Made other quilts, Baltimore Community, NC

21-17-2310

KID: 21-17-2310

1901-1929

Bear's Paw

Date Made: 1901-1929

Bear's Paw

Location Made: Pennsylvania (PA) United States

Contruction: Other Piecing

Quilt Size: 68" x 82"

Quilting Techniques: Machine quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Print, Striped

Project: North Carolina Quilt Project

Owner purchased the quilt at an antique shop in Califon, NJ in 1983. Dealer's quote - made in Pennsylvania, very early (circa 1900?) completely machine made and quilted

21-17-2697

KID: 21-17-2697

Bear's Paw

Bear's Paw

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Machine Piecing

Quilt Size: 69 1/2" x 70"

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton

Project: Western Pennsylvania Quilt Documentation Project; Westmoreland Museum of American Art Collection

30-26-309

KID: 30-26-309

1976-1999

Bear's Paw

Date Made: 1976-1999

Bear's Paw

Location Made: Pittsburgh, PA, Pennsylvania (PA) United States

Quilt Size: 35 x 44.25

Quilting Techniques: Machine quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Other blends, Checked, Dotted, Floral, Geometric, Novelty, Combination old & new fabrics.

Project: Western Pennsylvania Quilt Documentation Project

30-26-1297

KID: 30-26-1297

1850-1875

Bear's Paw

Maker, Unknown

Date Made: 1850-1875

Bear's Paw

Creator: Maker, Unknown

Location Made: Hilliar Township, Knox County, Ohio (OH) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing

Quilt Size: 82" x 83.5"

Fabrics: Cotton, Broadcloth, Muslin

Project: International Quilt Museum Collection; Ardis and Robert James Collection

36-34-578

KID: 36-34-578

1901-1929

BEAR'S PAW

TENNANT, NANCY AN...

Date Made: 1901-1929

BEAR'S PAW

Creator: TENNANT, NANCY ANN

Location Made: United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing

Quilt Size: 75 x 67

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Dotted, Floral, Solid/plain, Geometric, Percale

Project: West Virginia Heritage Quilt Search

26-22-2075

KID: 26-22-2075

Bear's Paw

Bear's Paw

Contruction: Hand Piecing

Quilt Size: 69 to 69.5 inches x 79.5 to 81 inches

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Muslin, Geometric, Floral, Conversation Prints, Plaid, Striped

Project: Wyoming Quilt Project, Inc.

27-23-498

KID: 27-23-498

1976-1999

Bear's Paw

Samples, Carole C. ...

Date Made: 1976-1999

Bear's Paw

Creator: Samples, Carole C. Parks

Location Made: Nebraska (NE) United States

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Project: Nebraska Quilt Project (Lincoln Quilters Guild)

Quilt maker also quilted it.; Quilt pieced by one person

29-24-1241

KID: 29-24-1241

1930-1949

BEARS PAW

LORAW, OCANNIE

Date Made: 1930-1949

BEARS PAW

Creator: LORAW, OCANNIE

Location Made: BRUCETON MILLS, West Virginia (WV) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing

Quilt Size: 66 x 83

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Feedsack, Floral, Plaid, Solid/plain, Geometric, Percale

Project: West Virginia Heritage Quilt Search

Husband's birth month: September, Husband's birth day: 21, Husband's birth year: 1879, Husband's birthplace: CRELLIN MD, Husband's date of death: month: September, Husband's date of death: year: 1943, Husband's burialplace: CRELLIN MD, Quiltmaker's church: LITTLE SANDY NAZARENE, Quiltmaker's burialp...

26-22-4123

KID: 26-22-4123

Timespan

Bear's Paw

Quiltmaker, Unknown...

Date Made: Timespan

Bear's Paw

Creator: Quiltmaker, Unknown

Location Made: Colorado (CO) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing

Quilt Size: 61.500 inches x 77.500 inches

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Geometric, Floral

Project: Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum Collection

This is part of the Anne Olsen collection. Quilt. Bear Paw. 61 1/2" x 77 1/2". Blue, white, brown. On the label Anne wrote: "This quilt top was bought from Lakewood Antique Mall in Lakewood, Colorado in spring 1992. There was no background documentation available. It was pieced ...

24-20-100

KID: 24-20-100

1901-1929

Bear's Paw

Osborne, Clara Harr...

Date Made: 1901-1929

Bear's Paw

Creator: Osborne, Clara Harrison

Location Made: Tennessee (TN) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing

Quilt Size: 67 x 77

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Dotted, Blue resist

Project: Quilts of Tennessee

22-18-1617

KID: 22-18-1617

Bear's Paw

Bear's Paw

Contruction: The block or design set is horizontal and vertical.

Quilt Size: 68 1/2" x 75 1/2"

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Print, Solid/plain

Project: New York Quilt Project

49-142-2001

KID: 49-142-2001

1901-1929

Bear's Paw

Date Made: 1901-1929

Bear's Paw

Contruction: Machine Piecing

Quilt Size: 78" x 90"

Fabrics: Cotton, Broadcloth, Checked, Conversation prints, Geometric, Solid/plain

Project: Michigan Quilt Project

51-148-204

KID: 51-148-204

1876-1900

Bear's Paw

Brown, Mercy Lena

Date Made: 1876-1900

Bear's Paw

Creator: Brown, Mercy Lena

Location Made: Exeter, Rhode Island (RI) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing

Quilt Size: 84 inches x 95 inches

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Unknown, Print, Solid/plain

Project: Rhode Island Quilt Documentation Project

Quiltmaker believed to be a vampire by the townspeople. When Mercy died of consumption, like her mother and sister before her, her brother began to get sick as well. Mercy's body was exhumed to see if she had blood in her heart, in which case she was a vampire and may be draining her brother of li...

23-19-634

KID: 23-19-634

1901-1929

Bear's Paw

Date Made: 1901-1929

Bear's Paw

Location Made: Jonesborough, Tennessee (TN) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Blocks are machine set

Quilt Size: 63.25 inches x 76 inches

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Print, Solid/plain

Project: Quilts of Tennessee

22-18-1150

KID: 22-18-1150

1876-1900

Bear's Paw

Prater, Mary Fox

Date Made: 1876-1900

Bear's Paw

Creator: Prater, Mary Fox

Location Made: Tennessee (TN) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing

Quilt Size: 75" x 82"

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Solid/plain

Project: Quilts of Tennessee

22-18-225

KID: 22-18-225

1976-1999

Bear's Paw

Blankenship, Helen ...

Date Made: 1976-1999

Bear's Paw

Creator: Blankenship, Helen L.

Location Made: Flint, Michigan (MI)

Contruction: Machine Piecing

Quilt Size: 97" x 76"

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton

Project: Michigan Quilt Project

12-8-1886

KID: 12-8-1886

1976-1999

Bear's Paw

Donaldson, Beth

Date Made: 1976-1999

Bear's Paw

Creator: Donaldson, Beth

Location Made: Lansing, Michigan (MI)

Quilt Size: 64" x 76"

Fabrics: Cotton

Project: Michigan Quilt Project

One of my first attempts at pieced borders. The outer edge of sawtooths were twice as large as the inner set. It works visually because the contrast on the outer edge is much more subtle than on the inside.

12-8-2414

KID: 12-8-2414

1976-1999

Bear's Paw

Magnus, Rebecca

Date Made: 1976-1999

Bear's Paw

Creator: Magnus, Rebecca

Location Made: Bloomfield Hills, Michigan (MI)

Contruction: Machine Piecing

Quilt Size: 63" x 80 1/2"

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton

Project: Michigan Quilt Project

Quilted by Amish quilters in Ohio 1985-6 for $166.86

12-8-3694

KID: 12-8-3694

1876-1900

Bear's Paw

Hendershot, Hannah

Date Made: 1876-1900

Bear's Paw

Creator: Hendershot, Hannah

Contruction: Hand Piecing

Quilt Size: 71 x 82

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton

Project: Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project, MassQuilts

11-37-3837

KID: 11-37-3837

1876-1900

Bear's Paw

Date Made: 1876-1900

Bear's Paw

Quilting Techniques: Quilted

Project: Illinois Quilt Research Project; Bureau County Historical Society Collection

5-2-1826

KID: 5-2-1826

1800-1849

Bear's Paw

Date Made: 1800-1849

Bear's Paw

Quilt Size: 70 x 70

Quilting Techniques: Not quilted

Fabrics: Cotton, Print, plain weave

Project: Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project, MassQuilts

11-37-1167

KID: 11-37-1167

1850-1875

Bear's Paw

Newton, Sarah

Date Made: 1850-1875

Bear's Paw

Creator: Newton, Sarah

Location Made: Troy, New York (NY) United States

Quilt Size: 80 inches x 81 inches

Fabrics: Cotton, Print

Project: The Heritage Quilt Project of New Jersey, Inc.

20-16-442

KID: 20-16-442

1950-1975

Bear's Paw

Ghormley, Mary E. C...

Date Made: 1950-1975

Bear's Paw

Creator: Ghormley, Mary E. Campbell

Location Made: Nebraska (NE) United States

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Project: Nebraska Quilt Project (Lincoln Quilters Guild)

Quilt maker also quilted it.; Quilt pieced by one person

29-24-767

KID: 29-24-767

1976-1999

Bear's Paw

Olsen, Joan E. Shef...

Date Made: 1976-1999

Bear's Paw

Creator: Olsen, Joan E. Sheffield

Location Made: Nebraska (NE) United States

Project: Nebraska Quilt Project (Lincoln Quilters Guild)

Quilt maker did not quilt it.; Quilt pieced by one person

29-24-1617

KID: 29-24-1617

1950-1975

Bear's Paw

Arp, Pamela K. Lipp...

Date Made: 1950-1975

Bear's Paw

Creator: Arp, Pamela K. Lippincott

Location Made: Nebraska (NE) United States

Project: Nebraska Quilt Project (Lincoln Quilters Guild)

Quilt maker did not quilt it.; Quilt makers were part of a family; Quilt pieced by one person

29-24-4272

KID: 29-24-4272

1800-1849

Bear's Paw

Maker, Unknown

Date Made: 1800-1849

Bear's Paw

Creator: Maker, Unknown

Location Made: Probably made in New England United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing

Quilt Size: 79" x 70"

Fabrics: Cotton

Project: International Quilt Museum Collection; Ardis and Robert James Collection

36-34-931

KID: 36-34-931

Timespan

Bear's Paw

Sweet, June [Great-...

Date Made: Timespan

Bear's Paw

Creator: Sweet, June [Great-grandmother]

Location Made: Groton City or McLean, New York (NY) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Piecing, The block or design set is horizontal and vertical.

Quilt Size: 77 1/2" x 85 1/2"

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Plaid, Print, Solid/plain, Striped

Project: New York Quilt Project

The family were farmers and had a farm. The current owner's grandmother and her cousins also quilted.

49-142-3516

KID: 49-142-3516

1976-1999

Bear's Paw

Riggs, Marguerite E...

Date Made: 1976-1999

Bear's Paw

Creator: Riggs, Marguerite E. Hyfield

Location Made: Bloomington, Indiana (IN) United States

Project: Indiana Quilt Registry Project

39-40-4051

KID: 39-40-4051

1976-1999

Bear's Paw

Bode, Esther Amanda...

Date Made: 1976-1999

Bear's Paw

Creator: Bode, Esther Amanda

Location Made: Saginaw, Michigan (MI) United States

Contruction: Machine Piecing

Quilt Size: 72" x 97"

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton

Project: Michigan Quilt Project

Esther kept a photo scrapbook from 1988-1998, the first ten years of her quilting period. Many of the photos have completion dates listed on the back. Esther had six living children, 15 grandchildren and 26 great-grandchildren. They currently live in nine states and two countries. Each one of them ...

12-8-5614

KID: 12-8-5614

2000

Bear's Paw

Thornton, Jeannine

Date Made: 2000

Bear's Paw

Creator: Thornton, Jeannine

Location Made: United States

Contruction: Hand Applique, Machine Applique, Pieced

Quilt Size: 59 x 71

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton

Project: Louisiana Quilt Documentation Project

Learned to quilt from: Her mother quilted for cover when she was a child. She played under the quilt. Jeannine started quilting in the late 60's, making mostly scrap quilts (from sewing her own clothes). She also made a quilt for relatives, a Bee quilt applique. In the 1970s Other quilts by the q...

9-6-29

KID: 9-6-29

1850-1875

Bear's Paw

Munroe, Mary C.

Date Made: 1850-1875

Bear's Paw

Creator: Munroe, Mary C.

Contruction: Hand Piecing

Quilt Size: 61.75 x 81.5

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Print

Project: Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project, MassQuilts; Lexington Historical Society Collection

Oldest daughter of Col. Uroe's youngest son Edward

11-37-465

KID: 11-37-465

1876-1900

Bear's Paw

Chilson, Mrs. John

Date Made: 1876-1900

Bear's Paw

Creator: Chilson, Mrs. John

Location Made: United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing

Quilt Size: 66 inches x 81.5 inches

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Unknown, Print, Solid/plain

Project: Iowa Quilt Research Project

Quilt was given as a wedding present in 1885 to Mrs. Jerome Chilson.

6-3-1190

KID: 6-3-1190