Timespan

A Garden of Frien...

Rose, Scarlett

Date Made: Timespan

A Garden of Friends

Creator: Rose, Scarlett

Location Made: Anderson

Contruction: Machine Piecing, Painting

Quilt Size: 84 inches x 96 inches

Fabrics: Cotton, Cotton or polyester blend, Multiple scrap

Project: Signature Quilt Project Public Submission; California Heritage Quilt Project

The signature blocks were exchanged at an event held in Yreka, CA in October of 1990. A tour group of English quilters were making their way across the USA, picking up American quilters as they travelled. Scarlett drove up to Yreka with members of her local guild, the Quilter's Sew-Ciety of Redding,...

2-33-14

KID: 2-33-14

1976-1999

Branches of a Tre...

Rose, Scarlett

Date Made: 1976-1999

Branches of a Tree Upon Which Friendship Blooms

Creator: Rose, Scarlett

Location Made: Anderson, California United States

Contruction: Machine Piecing, Hand Applique, Other novelty technique, Attachments (beading, charms, buttons, etc)

Quilt Size: 78 inches x 93 inches

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

Project: Signature Quilt Project Public Submission; California Heritage Quilt Project

This quilt was made from the signature blocks exchanged at the second retreat organized by Laurie Short of Redding, California. Because each person made four blocks for each of the other people attending, there were a large number of blocks to put together in one quilt. Scarlett was inspired to t...

2-33-37

KID: 2-33-37

1976-1999

Carrie's Rooster ...

Minor, Carrie

Date Made: 1976-1999

Carrie's Rooster Quilt

Creator: Minor, Carrie

Location Made: Redding United States

Contruction: Machine Piecing, Blanket, buttonhole, or other decorative applique stitch, Hand Applique, Machine Applique, Attachments (beading, charms, buttons, etc), Embroidery

Quilt Size: 90 inches x 108 inches

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Cotton or polyester blend, Multiple scrap

Project: Signature Quilt Project Public Submission; California Heritage Quilt Project

Carrie Minor collected ceramic roosters throughout her life. After she passed away in the early 90s, her collection was given away to family and friends, each of whom got to chose a rooster to keep in her memory. Carrie was a founding member of the Quilter's Sew-Ciety of Redding and she asked the me...

2-33-29

KID: 2-33-29

2000-2025

EuroSwap 2002 yel...

Rose, Scarlett

Date Made: 2000-2025

EuroSwap 2002 yellow quilt top

Creator: Rose, Scarlett

Location Made: Anderson, California United States

Contruction: Machine Piecing, Machine Applique

Quilt Size: 44 inches x 44 inches

Fabrics: Cotton, Cotton or polyester blend, Multiple scrap

Project: Signature Quilt Project Public Submission; California Heritage Quilt Project

For many years, Scarlett participated in several online group swaps. Besides EuroSwap, she also traded blocks as a member of the Nifty Fifty Quilters. This quilt top is one of a series that Scarlett intended to make with the large number of EuroSwap blocks she received, since they were made with...

2-33-30

KID: 2-33-30

2000-2025

Japanese friendsh...

Shima, Michiko

Date Made: 2000-2025

Japanese friendship quilt

Creator: Shima, Michiko

Location Made: Osaka Japan

Quilt Size: 43 1/2 inches x 43 1/2 inches

Fabrics: Cotton

Project: Signature Quilt Project Public Submission; California Heritage Quilt Project

Scarlett met Michiko Shima in 2002, during her first trip to Japan to teach in Nagoya for the Brother Sewing Machine company. She kept up contact with Michiko, meeting with her in Paducah and Houston at the international quilt shows held in those locations. In July 2003, Scarlett organized a Celt...

2-33-21

KID: 2-33-21

1976-1999

Scarlett & Dan's ...

Rose, Scarlett

Date Made: 1976-1999

Scarlett & Dan's Wedding Quilt

Creator: Rose, Scarlett

Location Made: Anderson, California (CA) United States

Contruction: Machine Piecing, Hand Applique, Attachments (beading, charms, buttons, etc), Embroidery, Other embellishment technique

Quilt Size: 77" x 71"

Fabrics: Cotton, Cotton or polyester blend, Polyester, Rayon, Silk, Other blends, Satin, brocade, sueded polyester

Project: Signature Quilt Project Public Submission; California Heritage Quilt Project

Many of the guests at Scarlett & Dan's wedding signed printed muslin blocks that Scarlett put into this quilt, which also uses most of the fabrics left over from her making of the wedding party's outfits. Scarlett had taken apart a used Japanese wedding kimono, bought in San Francisco, and rever...

2-33-48

KID: 2-33-48

Timespan

Sixty Years of Re...

Rose, Scarlett

Date Made: Timespan

Sixty Years of Remembrances

Creator: Rose, Scarlett

Location Made: Anderson, California United States

Contruction: Machine Piecing, Blanket, buttonhole, or other decorative applique stitch, Hand Applique, Embroidery

Quilt Size: 94 inches x 94 inches

Fabrics: Cotton or polyester blend, Floral, Geometric, Multiple scrap, Novelty, Solid/plain

Project: Signature Quilt Project Public Submission; California Heritage Quilt Project

My grandmother passed away in 1983 and I inherited several trunks that included a couple of her quilts, a stack of appliqued blocks and lots of fabric scraps. I made a double bed sized quilt, that I machine pieced and hand quilted, from the best of the appliqued blocks and I used this quilt on my be...

2-33-12

KID: 2-33-12

1976-1999

Stargazing

Quilter's Sew-Ciety...

Date Made: 1976-1999

Stargazing

Creator: Quilter's Sew-Ciety of Redding, CA

Location Made: Anderson, California United States

Contruction: Machine Piecing, Attachments (beading, charms, buttons, etc)

Quilt Size: 92 x 92

Fabrics: Cotton, Cotton or polyester blend, Multiple scrap, Print, Solid/plain

Project: Signature Quilt Project Public Submission; California Heritage Quilt Project

When Scarlett joined the Quilter's Sew-Ciety of Redding, California in January of 1983, she wanted to participate in the friendship blocks that members were talking about making for each other. The first person who asked for friendship blocks was Carrie Minor and her Rooster quilt top is currently i...

2-33-35

KID: 2-33-35

1950-1975

Whirling Stars Ni...

Rose, Helen Irene (...

Date Made: 1950-1975

Whirling Stars Nine Patch

Creator: Rose, Helen Irene (Porterfield)

Location Made: California (CA) United States

Contruction: Machine Piecing

Quilt Size: 57 inches x 86 inches

Quilting Techniques: Machine quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Cotton or polyester blend, Checked, Floral, Geometric, Multiple scrap, Novelty, Plaid

Project: California Heritage Quilt Project

51-148-111

KID: 51-148-111