"My husband's grand...

Wedding Ring

Unknown

Date Made: "My husband's grandmother, Susie , gave it to us in the late 1960's."

Wedding Ring

Creator: Unknown

Location Made: Illinois (IL)

Quilt Size: 72 in. x 84 in.

Quilting Techniques: Tied or tufted

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

Project: Wisconsin Quilt History Project

"My husband's grandmother, Susie Pierce, gave the quilt to us in the late 1960's. She always lived in Polo, IL. Grandmother, Susie, tied the top to the backing, but she did not piece it." Quilt top maker is unknown.

15-11-1646

KID: 15-11-1646

05-11-1968

Wedding Quilt

Ott, Myra Schlatter...

Date Made: 05-11-1968

Wedding Quilt

Creator: Ott, Myra Schlatter

Location Made: West Union, Iowa (IA) United States

Contruction: Machine Piecing, Embroidery, Hand embroidery

Quilt Size: 71" x 88½"

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Broadcloth, Solid/plain

Project: Oregon Quilt Project

This pattern was a favorite on Rodney's grandmother. The quilt came to Oregon when Rodney & Ruth moved in 1970. Our son / granddaughter will inherit this quilt

40-38-1633

KID: 40-38-1633

1/1982

Double Wedding Ri...

Bules, Mary Zimmer

Date Made: 1/1982

Double Wedding Ring

Creator: Bules, Mary Zimmer

Location Made: Harrison, Michigan (MI)

Contruction: Hand Piecing

Quilt Size: 78" x 93"

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Feedsack

Project: Michigan Quilt Project

This was the first quilt quilted by the Clare County Crazy Quilters club. Some experienced and many new quilters. Members of the club who quilted on this include: mother, Freda Oberlin; mother-in-law Jewell Hartsell; aunt Harriet Hartsell; aunt, Jeanette Chamberlain; daughter, Sandy Hartsell and Deb...

12-8-647

KID: 12-8-647

1800-1849

Double Wedding Ri...

Date Made: 1800-1849

Double Wedding Ring quilting design

Contruction: Hand Piecing

Quilt Size: 87 x 89

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Solid/plain, dotted swiss

Project: Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project, MassQuilts; Cape Ann Museum

11-37-7173

KID: 11-37-7173

1800-1849

Indian Double Wed...

Date Made: 1800-1849

Indian Double Wedding Ring

Location Made: United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Other Piecing

Quilt Size: 58 x 68

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Muslin, Paisley, Dotted, Striped, Checked, Solid/plain, Floral, Mourning Prints

Project: Quilts of Tennessee; McMinn County Living Heritage Museum Collection

An additional note was found in ink on the bottom left hand corner of the quilt to Cecil Brocks from his mother.

22-18-1917

KID: 22-18-1917

1800-1849

Single Wedding Ri...

Date Made: 1800-1849

Single Wedding Ring & Snowball

Contruction: Hand Piecing

Quilt Size: 68 x 86

Fabrics: Cotton, Print, plain weave

Project: Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project, MassQuilts

11-37-4450

KID: 11-37-4450

1850-1875

Double Wedding Ri...

Troutman, Eliz. J. ...

Date Made: 1850-1875

Double Wedding Ring

Creator: Troutman, Eliz. J. Turner

Location Made: Charleston, Illinois (IL) United States

Project: Indiana Quilt Registry Project

39-40-1838

KID: 39-40-1838

1850-1875

Barn Door

Date Made: 1850-1875

Barn Door

Location Made: United States

Quilt Size: 70" x 83"

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton

Project: Michigan Quilt Project; Michigan State University Museum Collection

There are Merry Silber appraisals of some of the quilts. There is a receipt from 1841 that includes calico, sewing cotton, ticking etc. There is an Ohio census from 1860, 1870, 1880 that mentions Alice Bay Simms. The quilts were inherited by John & Theresa Dickey from his mother and her sister: ...

12-8-740

KID: 12-8-740

1850-1875

Single Wedding Ri...

Abby Draper, Hudson...

Date Made: 1850-1875

Single Wedding Ring II

Creator: Abby Draper, Hudsonville, IL

Location Made: United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing

Quilt Size: 68 x 84

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Print, Solid/plain

Project: Minnesota Quilt Project (MQP)

Made by Abby Draper, Hudsonville IL; Made as bridal gift; Quilting stitches are 12/in. Pictured in Ladies Circle Patchwork Quilts, Spring 1982.

19-15-4002

KID: 19-15-4002

1872

Double Wedding Ri...

Bunyett, Maggie Lam...

Date Made: 1872

Double Wedding Ring

Creator: Bunyett, Maggie Lambert

Location Made: United States

Contruction: Pieced

Quilt Size: 72 x 74

Fabrics: Cotton, Print

Project: Louisiana Quilt Documentation Project

9-6-1946

KID: 9-6-1946

1876-1900

Red & White Signa...

Date Made: 1876-1900

Red & White Signature

Quilt Size: 72.5 x 90

Quilting Techniques: Not quilted

Fabrics: Cotton, Print, plain weave

Project: Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project, MassQuilts

11-37-1434

KID: 11-37-1434

1876-1900

Double Wedding Ri...

Unknown, quilter

Date Made: 1876-1900

Double Wedding Ring

Creator: Unknown, quilter

Location Made: New Jersey (NJ) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing

Quilt Size: 76 inches x 77 inches

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Print, Solid/plain

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

20-16-1887

KID: 20-16-1887

1876-1900

Wedding Ring

Folman, Mabel

Date Made: 1876-1900

Wedding Ring

Creator: Folman, Mabel

Location Made: Fredericktown, Pennsylvania (PA) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing

Quilt Size: 66.75" x 77"

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Broadcloth, Solid/plain, Striped, Other, oval lines with dots in between

Project: Western Pennsylvania Quilt Documentation Project

30-26-1249

KID: 30-26-1249

1876-1900

Crown of Thorns

Date Made: 1876-1900

Crown of Thorns

Contruction: Machine Piecing

Quilt Size: 74 inches x 82.5 inches

Quilting Techniques: Tied or tufted

Fabrics: Cotton, Unknown, Print, Solid/plain

Project: Iowa Quilt Research Project

6-3-865

KID: 6-3-865

1876-1900

Single Wedding Ri...

Date Made: 1876-1900

Single Wedding Ring

Location Made: United States

Contruction: Machine Piecing

Quilt Size: 69 inches x 80.75 inches

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Unknown, Print, Solid/plain

Project: Iowa Quilt Research Project

6-3-1402

KID: 6-3-1402

1876-1900

New Wedding Ring

Date Made: 1876-1900

New Wedding Ring

Location Made: Chambers, Alabama (AL) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing

Quilt Size: 61.5" x 86"

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Solid/plain, Fugitive dye

Project: North Carolina Quilt Project

Given to owner by her grandmother, Unknown; Quilt was made by someone in the Floyd family (owner's paternal grandmother's family)

21-17-1615

KID: 21-17-1615

1876-1900

Double Wedding Ri...

Sweeten, Lola Demet...

Date Made: 1876-1900

Double Wedding Ring

Creator: Sweeten, Lola Demetia

Location Made: Cleveland, Texas (TX) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing

Quilt Size: 65 in. x 76 in.

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Muslin, hand dyed green; indigo blue

Project: Texas Sesquicentennial Quilt Association, Texas Quilt Search

Quilt maker Lola Sweeten came to Texas in 1896. She was the wife of a farmer and the mother of seven children. She made all the clothing for the family as well as working in the fields. She also crocheted and made doilies. The present owner of the quilt notes that Lola Sweeten "was a quiet, re...

25-21-376

KID: 25-21-376

1876-1900

WEDDING RING, WED...

ASH, IDA JULIA

Date Made: 1876-1900

WEDDING RING, WEDDING RING -

Creator: ASH, IDA JULIA

Location Made: West Virginia (WV) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing

Quilt Size: 84.5 x 83

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Striped, Solid/plain, Other, DOTS

Project: West Virginia Heritage Quilt Search

Pg 2: Pattern ID - Rolling Stone, Nest and Fledgling Pg 5: Binding-2 self-finished front over back, 2 applied straight, Husband's birth year: 1868, Husband's birthplace: PENNSBORO WV, Husband's date of death: year: 1945, Husband's burialplace: ALMA WV, Quiltmaker's burialplace: ALMA WV

26-22-2622

KID: 26-22-2622

1876-1900

Double Wedding Ri...

Forth, Elenora Dais...

Date Made: 1876-1900

Double Wedding Ring

Creator: Forth, Elenora Daisy

Location Made: Champaign, Illinois (IL)

Fabrics: Rings are made of calico prints with lilac, green and yellow in centers.

Project: Indiana Quilt Registry Project; Monroe County History Center Collection

39-40-2176

KID: 39-40-2176

1876-1900

Double Wedding Ri...

Date Made: 1876-1900

Double Wedding Ring

Location Made: Midwest, unknown exact

Contruction: Machine Piecing

Quilt Size: 70" x 86"

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Solid/plain, Floral, Geometric, Dotted, Checked, Plaid, Striped, Muslin weight, cotton thread.

Project: Arizona Quilt Documentation Project; Heritage Quilt Study Group of Sharlot Hall Museum, Prescott, Arizona

The quiltmaker like to do the quilting.

38-36-624

KID: 38-36-624

1876-1900

Double Wedding Ri...

Cochran, Polly

Date Made: 1876-1900

Double Wedding Ring

Creator: Cochran, Polly

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

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

Quilt Size: 100" x 106"

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Print, Solid/plain

Project: New York Quilt Project

The quilt makers’ parents had a lumber and stone quarry business. The current owner of the quilt listened to a tape for the story on how quilt was made.

49-142-5172

KID: 49-142-5172

1876-1900

Double Wedding Ri...

Adams, Mary Gillesp...

Date Made: 1876-1900

Double Wedding Ring

Creator: Adams, Mary Gillespie

Location Made: Central, South Carolina (SC) United States

Quilt Size: 80" x 74"

Fabrics: Multiple scrap

Project: South Carolina Quilt History Project

The maker also lived in Eastator (?) community.

53-155-2892

KID: 53-155-2892

1876-1900

Single Wedding Ri...

Date Made: 1876-1900

Single Wedding Ring

Location Made: United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing

Quilt Size: 69" x 80"

Fabrics: Cotton

Project: Michigan Quilt Project

12-8-7350

KID: 12-8-7350

1876-1900

Double Wedding Ri...

Taylor, Cliffie

Date Made: 1876-1900

Double Wedding Ring

Creator: Taylor, Cliffie

Location Made: United States

Project: Michigan Quilt Project

12-8-8190

KID: 12-8-8190

1876-1900

Fredonia Cross

Beck, Blanche Cochr...

Date Made: 1876-1900

Fredonia Cross

Creator: Beck, Blanche Cochran

Location Made: United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing

Quilt Size: 71.75 inches x 76.5 inches

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Unknown, Print, Solid/plain

Project: Iowa Quilt Research Project

6-3-2039

KID: 6-3-2039

1876-1900

Wedding Ring

Schultz, unknown

Date Made: 1876-1900

Wedding Ring

Creator: Schultz, unknown

Location Made: Tennessee (TN) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing

Quilt Size: 66 inches x 79 inches

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Print, tiny black print on white background, tiny white print on red background

Project: Quilts of Tennessee

22-18-1725

KID: 22-18-1725

1876-1900

Pieced Wedding Ri...

Jacobs, Wilhelmine ...

Date Made: 1876-1900

Pieced Wedding Ring

Creator: Jacobs, Wilhelmine Augusta Lieder Zimmerman

Location Made: Ripon, Wisconsin (WI) United States

Contruction: Machine Piecing

Quilt Size: 65.5 in. x 83.5 in.

Quilting Techniques: Tied or tufted

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

Project: Wisconsin Quilt History Project

The quilt maker was married twice, and widowed both times.

15-11-1136

KID: 15-11-1136

1876-1900

Double Wedding Ri...

Date Made: 1876-1900

Double Wedding Ring Variation

Location Made: Fort Gaines, Georgia (GA) United States

Quilt Size: inches 73 x inches 76

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Project: Minnesota Quilt Project

19-15-950

KID: 19-15-950

1876-1900

Double Wedding Ri...

Heaton, Margaret Co...

Date Made: 1876-1900

Double Wedding Ring

Creator: Heaton, Margaret Cox

Location Made: Arizona (AZ) United States

Contruction: Machine Piecing

Quilt Size: 61.25 inches x 72 inches

Fabrics: Cotton, Dotted, Floral, Multiple scrap, Print, Solid/plain

Project: Arizona Quilt Documentation Project

The names on the quilt were all friends when in their teens and 20's. According to my aunt, Grandma called them her "gang".

38-36-3636

KID: 38-36-3636

1876-1900

Double Wedding Ri...

Willis, Anna Fern

Date Made: 1876-1900

Double Wedding Ring

Creator: Willis, Anna Fern

Location Made: Hannibal, Missouri (MO) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing, The needlework techniques are good.

Quilt Size: 90" x 78"

Quilting Techniques: Not quilted

Fabrics: Multiple scrap

Project: South Carolina Quilt History Project

The quiltmakers had quilts for all beds.

53-155-2119

KID: 53-155-2119

1876-1900

Double Wedding Ri...

Rathbone, Malissa

Date Made: 1876-1900

Double Wedding Ring

Creator: Rathbone, Malissa

Location Made: Burnsville, North Carolina (NC) United States

Project: South Carolina Quilt History Project

53-155-2186

KID: 53-155-2186

1876-1900

Rocky Road to Kan...

Date Made: 1876-1900

Rocky Road to Kansas

Location Made: United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Embroidery

Quilt Size: 62 inches x 72 inches

Quilting Techniques: Tied or tufted

Fabrics: Cotton, Silk, Velvet, Print, Solid/plain

Project: Iowa Quilt Research Project

6-3-193

KID: 6-3-193

1876-1900

Crown of Thorns

Date Made: 1876-1900

Crown of Thorns

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Machine Piecing

Quilt Size: 72 inches x 87 inches

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Unknown, Print, Solid/plain

Project: Iowa Quilt Research Project

6-3-884

KID: 6-3-884

1876-1900

Wedding Ring

Duell, Melissa

Date Made: 1876-1900

Wedding Ring

Creator: Duell, Melissa

Location Made: United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing

Quilt Size: 69.25 inches x 81 inches

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Unknown, Print, Solid/plain

Project: Iowa Quilt Research Project

6-3-1081

KID: 6-3-1081

1876-1900

Wedding Ring

Hennen, Sarah S.

Date Made: 1876-1900

Wedding Ring

Creator: Hennen, Sarah S.

Location Made: Iowa (IA) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing

Quilt Size: 70 inches x 85 inches

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Unknown, Print, Solid/plain

Project: Iowa Quilt Research Project

6-3-1726

KID: 6-3-1726

1876-1900

Single Wedding Ri...

Date Made: 1876-1900

Single Wedding Ring

Location Made: Iowa (IA) United States

Contruction: Machine Piecing

Quilt Size: 69 inches x 85 inches

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Unknown, Print, Solid/plain

Project: Iowa Quilt Research Project

Donated to the Nelson Pioneer Farm.

6-3-2113

KID: 6-3-2113

1876-1900

Double Wedding Ri...

Brown, Della

Date Made: 1876-1900

Double Wedding Ring

Creator: Brown, Della

Location Made: North Carolina (NC) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing

Quilt Size: Unknown x Unknown

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Other, Feedsack, Solid/plain, Feedsack, Home dyed

Project: North Carolina Quilt Project

Made other quilts, Hyde County; Children: Annie, Edison, Walton

21-17-295

KID: 21-17-295

1876-1900

Double Wedding Ri...

Stewart, _________

Date Made: 1876-1900

Double Wedding Ring

Creator: Stewart, _________

Location Made: Lenoir City, Tennessee (TN) United States

Quilt Size: 61.5" x 72"

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

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

Project: Indiana Quilt Registry Project

39-40-5519

KID: 39-40-5519

1876-1900

Reminiscent of th...

Smith, Eula Lowery

Date Made: 1876-1900

Reminiscent of the Wedding Ring var.

Creator: Smith, Eula Lowery

Location Made: Tennessee (TN) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing

Quilt Size: 66 inches x 79 inches

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Solid/plain

Project: Quilts of Tennessee

22-18-963

KID: 22-18-963

1876-1900

Single Wedding Ri...

Date Made: 1876-1900

Single Wedding Ring

Location Made: United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing

Quilt Size: 60.5 inches x 74 inches

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Flannel, Striped, Solid/plain, Multiple Scrap

Project: Quilts of Tennessee

22-18-1583

KID: 22-18-1583

1876-1900

Double Wedding Ri...

Rhoades, Ruth

Date Made: 1876-1900

Double Wedding Ring

Creator: Rhoades, Ruth

Location Made: Harbor Beach, Michigan (MI)

Contruction: Machine Piecing

Quilt Size: 90" x 106"

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton

Project: Michigan Quilt Project

12-8-4625

KID: 12-8-4625

1876-1900

Wedding Ring

Deneault, Octavia P...

Date Made: 1876-1900

Wedding Ring

Creator: Deneault, Octavia Plouff

Contruction: Machine Piecing

Quilt Size: 72.5 x 87.5

Quilting Techniques: Not quilted

Fabrics: Cotton, Print, shirting, plain weave

Project: Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project, MassQuilts

11-37-1414

KID: 11-37-1414

1876-1900

Wedding Ring

Jackson, Annie Marl...

Date Made: 1876-1900

Wedding Ring

Creator: Jackson, Annie Marle

Quilt Size: 36 x 58

Quilting Techniques: Not quilted

Fabrics: Cotton, Solid/plain

Project: Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project, MassQuilts

11-37-1422

KID: 11-37-1422

1876-1900

Single wedding ri...

Siems, unknown

Date Made: 1876-1900

Single wedding ring

Creator: Siems, unknown

Location Made: Chaska, Minnesota (MN) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Machine Piecing

Quilt Size: 81 x 68

Quilting Techniques: Not quilted

Fabrics: Cotton, Print

Project: Minnesota Quilt Project (MQP)

19-15-1805

KID: 19-15-1805

1876-1900

Single Wedding Ri...

Unknown, quilter

Date Made: 1876-1900

Single Wedding Ring III

Creator: Unknown, quilter

Location Made: United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing

Quilt Size: 77 inches x 88 inches

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Print

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

20-16-180

KID: 20-16-180

1876-1900

Pickle Dish

Pinson, Mary

Date Made: 1876-1900

Pickle Dish

Creator: Pinson, Mary

Location Made: Texas (TX) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing

Quilt Size: 65" x 78"

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Solid/plain, Muslin weight

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

38-36-2281

KID: 38-36-2281

1876-1900

Sampler. 4 Patch/...

Date Made: 1876-1900

Sampler. 4 Patch/Jacob's Ladder/Wedding Ring/Album/Broken Dishes/2 plain blocks/strips diagonal across/ WCTU/some original patterns

Quilt Size: 63.5 x 76

Quilting Techniques: Tied or tufted

Fabrics: Cotton, Print, plain weave

Project: Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project, MassQuilts

11-37-5999

KID: 11-37-5999

1876-1900

Wedding ring

Date Made: 1876-1900

Wedding ring

Location Made: United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Machine Piecing

Quilt Size: 72 x 84

Fabrics: Unknown

Project: Minnesota Quilt Project (MQP)

19-15-3030

KID: 19-15-3030

1876-1900

double wedding ri...

Daniels, Anna Libby...

Date Made: 1876-1900

double wedding ring

Creator: Daniels, Anna Libby

Location Made: Lehigh, Iowa (IA) United States

Contruction: Machine Piecing, Hand Piecing

Quilt Size: 94 x 84

Fabrics: Cotton

Project: Minnesota Quilt Project (MQP)

Number of quilts made by quiltmaker:, 3

19-15-3254

KID: 19-15-3254

1876-1900

Single Wedding Ri...

Clearwater, Mrs.

Date Made: 1876-1900

Single Wedding Ring

Creator: Clearwater, Mrs.

Location Made: New Jersey (NJ) United States

Contruction: Machine Piecing

Quilt Size: 34 inches x 90 1/2 inches

Quilting Techniques: Not quilted

Fabrics: Cotton, Print, Solid/plain

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

20-16-1917

KID: 20-16-1917

1876-1900

Single Wedding Ri...

Slaight, Susan

Date Made: 1876-1900

Single Wedding Ring

Creator: Slaight, Susan

Location Made: Morristown, New Jersey (NJ) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Machine Piecing

Quilt Size: 74 1/2 inches x 75 inches

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Solid/plain

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

20-16-2042

KID: 20-16-2042

1876-1900

Single Wedding Ri...

Unknown, quilter

Date Made: 1876-1900

Single Wedding Ring

Creator: Unknown, quilter

Location Made: Stockton, New Jersey (NJ) United States

Contruction: Machine Piecing

Quilt Size: 79 inches x 82 1/2 inches

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Print

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

20-16-2623

KID: 20-16-2623

1876-1900

Single Wedding Ri...

Gustin, Kate Audrey...

Date Made: 1876-1900

Single Wedding Ring

Creator: Gustin, Kate Audrey Parker

Location Made: United States

Project: Indiana Quilt Registry Project

39-40-4808

KID: 39-40-4808

1876-1900

Rolling Stones

Sowerwine, Amanda W...

Date Made: 1876-1900

Rolling Stones

Creator: Sowerwine, Amanda White

Location Made: Wilkinson, Indiana (IN) United States

Contruction: Piecing

Quilt Size: 66 3/4 in x 78 3/4 in

Fabrics: Multiple scrap, Print, Fabrics are typical of clothing patterns from approximately the 1880s to the 1890s. One fabric used in three blocks has a large maroon circle with a light ombre stripe through the center, creating a space-like print. A previous catalog record described some fabrics as "soda cloth."

Project: Indiana Quilt Registry Project; Indiana State Museum Collection

39-40-6687

KID: 39-40-6687

1877

Single Wedding Ri...

Montgomery, Jennie ...

Date Made: 1877

Single Wedding Ring

Creator: Montgomery, Jennie (Gildersleeve)

Location Made: Pennsylvania (PA) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing

Project: Kansas Quilt Project

7-4-9650

KID: 7-4-9650

1890

Ind. Wedding Ring...

Massey, Frances Ken...

Date Made: 1890

Ind. Wedding Ring (Flying Geese Border)

Creator: Massey, Frances Kendrick

Location Made: United States

Contruction: Pieced

Quilt Size: 69 x 80.5

Fabrics: Cotton, Solid/plain, Print

Project: Louisiana Quilt Documentation Project

9-6-1525

KID: 9-6-1525

1900's

Single wedding ri...

Jewell, Elizabeth T...

Date Made: 1900's

Single wedding ring/ squirrel in a cage/ Wheel

Creator: Jewell, Elizabeth Tyson

Quilt Size: 71" x 74"

Fabrics: Cotton

Project: Columbia River Basin Documentation Project; White Bluffs Quilt Museum Collection

46-52-15

KID: 46-52-15

1901-1929

Rolling Stone

Alley, Lillian

Date Made: 1901-1929

Rolling Stone

Creator: Alley, Lillian

Location Made: Marinette, Wisconsin (WI)

Contruction: Machine Piecing

Quilt Size: 69" x 78 1/2"

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton

Project: Michigan Quilt Project

My mother told me that my great Aunt Lillian made lots of these quits for the men's beds. Aunt Lillian and her husband owned a very large dairy farm and the hired hands would come and go. Aunt Lillian used to work by kerosene lamp at night.

12-8-1028

KID: 12-8-1028

1901-1929

Single Wedding Ri...

Date Made: 1901-1929

Single Wedding Ring

Location Made: Jackson, Michigan (MI)

Contruction: Hand Piecing

Quilt Size: 66" x 75 3/4"

Quilting Techniques: Tied or tufted

Fabrics: Cotton

Project: Michigan Quilt Project

12-8-1783

KID: 12-8-1783

1901-1929

Double Wedding Ri...

Kaczander, Helen; H...

Date Made: 1901-1929

Double Wedding Ring

Creator: Kaczander, Helen; Hayder, Cornelia; Hayder, Andrew

Location Made: Detroit, Michigan (MI)

Contruction: Hand Piecing

Quilt Size: 90 1/2" x 104"

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton

Project: Michigan Quilt Project

I consider this quilt an heirloom though it is new and has never been used. Incidentally, the grand daughter who will get this quilt is a graduate of Michigan State!

12-8-9925

KID: 12-8-9925