1976-1999

Double Wedding Ri...

Young, Essie

Date Made: 1976-1999

Double Wedding Ring

Creator: Young, Essie

Location Made: Louisville, Kentucky (KY) United States

Fabrics: Cotton, Solid/plain, Print

Project: Kentucky Quilt Project

8-5-623

KID: 8-5-623

1850-1875

Rose Applique

York, Lou Darnall

Date Made: 1850-1875

Rose Applique

Creator: York, Lou Darnall

Location Made: Kentucky (KY) United States

Project: Kentucky Quilt Project

8-5-715

KID: 8-5-715

1800-1849

Basket of Flowers...

Yelton, ??

Date Made: 1800-1849

Basket of Flowers variation

Creator: Yelton, ??

Location Made: Butler, Kentucky (KY) United States

Project: Kentucky Quilt Project

8-5-43

KID: 8-5-43

1850-1875

Pieced

Yeager, Susan Riney...

Date Made: 1850-1875

Pieced

Creator: Yeager, Susan Riney

Location Made: Kentucky (KY) United States

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Solid/plain

Project: Kentucky Quilt Project

8-5-372

KID: 8-5-372

1976-1999

Lilies of Autumn

Yeager, Juanita Gib...

Date Made: 1976-1999

Lilies of Autumn

Creator: Yeager, Juanita Gibson

Location Made: Louisville, Kentucky (KY) United States

Contruction: Hand Applique

Quilt Size: 70.000 inches x 74.000 inches

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Project: National Quilt Museum Collection; Women of Color Quilters Network

10-7-280

KID: 10-7-280

Cow Two Redux

Wright, Kathryn Wag...

Cow Two Redux

Creator: Wright, Kathryn Wagar

Location Made: Morehead, Kentucky

Quilt Size: 16 inches x 16 inches

Project: Quilt Alliance; New from Old

52-152-86

KID: 52-152-86

June 1, 2012

Kentucky Quilt Ba...

Wright, Kathryn Wag...

Date Made: June 1, 2012

Kentucky Quilt Barn

Creator: Wright, Kathryn Wagar

Location Made: Morehead, Kentucky

Quilt Size: 15 inches x 19.5 inches

Project: Quilt Alliance; Home Is Where the Quilt Is

52-152-335

KID: 52-152-335

1876-1900

Crazy Quilt

Works, Mrs. L. T.

Date Made: 1876-1900

Crazy Quilt

Creator: Works, Mrs. L. T.

Location Made: Lexington, Kentucky (KY) United States

Fabrics: Solid/plain

Project: Kentucky Quilt Project

8-5-773

KID: 8-5-773

1930-1949

Necktie

Wooten, Eva

Date Made: 1930-1949

Necktie

Creator: Wooten, Eva

Location Made: Columbia, Kentucky (KY) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing

Quilt Size: 61.5" x 79"

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Feedsack, Checked, Print, Solid/plain, Striped

Project: North Carolina Quilt Project

Made other quilts; Children: Theresa, Creed, Ray, Verner, Dollie, Aubrey; Quiltmaker is of Cherokee descent

21-17-1421

KID: 21-17-1421

1930-1949

Clay's Choice var...

Wooten, Eva

Date Made: 1930-1949

Clay's Choice variation

Creator: Wooten, Eva

Location Made: Columbia, Kentucky (KY) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing

Quilt Size: 69" x 78"

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting, Machine quilting

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

Project: North Carolina Quilt Project

Made other quilts; Children: Theresa, Creed, Ray, Verner, Dollie, Aubrey; Quiltmaker is of Cherokee descent

21-17-1423

KID: 21-17-1423

1901-1929

Rob Peter to Pay ...

Wooten, Eva

Date Made: 1901-1929

Rob Peter to Pay Paul

Creator: Wooten, Eva

Location Made: Columbia, Kentucky (KY) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing

Quilt Size: 64" x 80"

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Print, Solid/plain, Fugitive dyes

Project: North Carolina Quilt Project

Khin page 254, Made other quilts; Children: Theresa, Creed, Ray, Verner, Dollie, Aubrey; Quiltmaker is of Cherokee descent

21-17-1422

KID: 21-17-1422

1850-1875

Medallion

Woosley, Sarah

Date Made: 1850-1875

Medallion

Creator: Woosley, Sarah

Location Made: Kentucky (KY) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing

Quilt Size: 62" x 80"

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Wool, Solid/plain, Striped, Tweed, twill, homespun

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

Gift from grandmother

38-36-2950

KID: 38-36-2950

1850-1875

Carolina Lily/Dru...

Woolf, Martha (?)

Date Made: 1850-1875

Carolina Lily/Drunkard's Patch

Creator: Woolf, Martha (?)

Location Made: Kentucky (KY) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Machine Applique, Machine applique on stems

Quilt Size: 66.5" x 81"

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Solid/plain, Muslin weight

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

This quilt was originally two quilts. They were stored in a wardrobe, packed tightly, in a house in Tempe, AZ. The house burned in 1920. The wardrobe was burned and water soaked in and stained the two quilts. The owner's mother took the best parts of each quilt and made one quilt. They had always be...

38-36-2225

KID: 38-36-2225

1876-1900

Crazy Quilt

Woolf, Elenor Riffe...

Date Made: 1876-1900

Crazy Quilt

Creator: Woolf, Elenor Riffe

Location Made: Kentucky (KY) United States

Fabrics: Silk, Plaid, Print, Checked, Striped, Solid/plain, taffetas

Project: Kentucky Quilt Project

8-5-806

KID: 8-5-806

1930-1949

CROSS PURPOSES

WOODWARD, MERYL

Date Made: 1930-1949

CROSS PURPOSES

Creator: WOODWARD, MERYL

Location Made: QUINCY, Kentucky (KY) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing

Quilt Size: 69 x 77

Quilting Techniques: Machine quilting, Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Plaid, Checked, Dotted, Floral, Striped, Solid/plain, Novelty, Muslin, Calico, Textured weave

Project: West Virginia Heritage Quilt Search

26-22-3313

KID: 26-22-3313

1930-1949

Bar

Woods, Lottie

Date Made: 1930-1949

Bar

Creator: Woods, Lottie

Location Made: Peabody, Kentucky (KY) United States

Contruction: Machine Piecing

Quilt Size: 63 Inches x 77 inches

Quilting Techniques: Tied or tufted

Fabrics: Cotton, Print, Multiple Scrap

Project: Quilts of Tennessee

22-18-1663

KID: 22-18-1663

1930-1949

Dresden Plate

Woods, Josephine Cu...

Date Made: 1930-1949

Dresden Plate

Creator: Woods, Josephine Cunningham

Location Made: Frankfort, Kentucky (KY) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Machine Piecing, Hand Applique

Quilt Size: 72 inches x 82 inches

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Multiple Scrap

Project: Quilts of Tennessee

22-18-1431

KID: 22-18-1431

1876-1900

Crazy Quilt

Witt, Mrs. Liza

Date Made: 1876-1900

Crazy Quilt

Creator: Witt, Mrs. Liza

Location Made: Hardinsburg, Kentucky (KY) United States

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

Project: Kentucky Quilt Project

8-5-97

KID: 8-5-97

1850-1875

Hexagon in a hexa...

Winchester, Mary Cr...

Date Made: 1850-1875

Hexagon in a hexagon

Creator: Winchester, Mary Crittendon

Location Made: Lexington, Kentucky (KY) United States

Project: Kentucky Quilt Project

Lived in Lexington all her life and her family is on one of the first to live in the Lexington area. There was an early land grant to the family.

8-5-746

KID: 8-5-746

1876-1900

Tumbling Blocks

Winchester, Martha ...

Date Made: 1876-1900

Tumbling Blocks

Creator: Winchester, Martha Virginia Crittenden

Location Made: Lexington, Kentucky (KY) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing

Quilt Size: 56" x 73 1/2"

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting, Not quilted

Fabrics: Silk, Satin, Velvet, Floral, Multiple scrap, Print, Solid/plain, Striped

Martha Virginia Crittenden married Daniel Franklin Winchester, silversmith with Garner & Winchester in Lexington, Ky. Her occupation is listed as dressmaker and seamstress in the 1870 and 1880 census records respectively.

51-148-22

KID: 51-148-22

1800-1849

Hexagon in a hexa...

Winchester, Martha ...

Date Made: 1800-1849

Hexagon in a hexagon

Creator: Winchester, Martha Crittendon

Location Made: Lexington, Kentucky (KY) United States

Project: Kentucky Quilt Project

8-5-748

KID: 8-5-748

1876-1900

Crazy Quilt

Winchester, Martha ...

Date Made: 1876-1900

Crazy Quilt

Creator: Winchester, Martha Crittendon

Location Made: Lexington, Kentucky (KY) United States

Fabrics: Wool, Solid/plain

Project: Kentucky Quilt Project

8-5-46

KID: 8-5-46

1876-1900

Crazy Quilt

Winchester, Martha ...

Date Made: 1876-1900

Crazy Quilt

Creator: Winchester, Martha Crittendon

Location Made: Lexington, Kentucky (KY) United States

Fabrics: Striped, Checked, Print, Solid/plain

Project: Kentucky Quilt Project

8-5-770

KID: 8-5-770

1850-1875

Star of Bethlehem...

Wilson, Henrietta J...

Date Made: 1850-1875

Star of Bethlehem

Creator: Wilson, Henrietta Johnson

Location Made: Louisville, Kentucky (KY) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Hand Applique

Quilt Size: 114 in x 117.5 in

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Other, Dotted, Floral, Print, Solid/plain

Project: Michigan Quilt Project; The Henry Ford Collection

12-8-6098

KID: 12-8-6098

1850-1875

Star Four

Williams, Sarah Fra...

Date Made: 1850-1875

Star Four

Creator: Williams, Sarah Frances

Location Made: Milburn, Kentucky (KY) United States

Project: Kentucky Quilt Project

8-5-722

KID: 8-5-722

1876-1900

Young Man's Fancy...

Williams, Mary Emil...

Date Made: 1876-1900

Young Man's Fancy, Goose in the Pond

Creator: Williams, Mary Emil McKenzie

Location Made: Flat Lick, Kentucky (KY) United States

Fabrics: Multiple scrap

Project: Kentucky Quilt Project

8-5-206

KID: 8-5-206

1850-1875

Sunburst

Williams, Mary Emil...

Date Made: 1850-1875

Sunburst

Creator: Williams, Mary Emil McKenzie

Location Made: Flat Lick, Kentucky (KY) United States

Project: Kentucky Quilt Project

8-5-204

KID: 8-5-204

1901-1929

Basket of Lillies...

Williams, Mary Emil...

Date Made: 1901-1929

Basket of Lillies

Creator: Williams, Mary Emil McKenzie

Location Made: Flat Lick, Kentucky (KY) United States

Project: Kentucky Quilt Project

8-5-205

KID: 8-5-205

1950-1975

Bow Tie

Williams, Mary Emil...

Date Made: 1950-1975

Bow Tie

Creator: Williams, Mary Emil McKenzie

Location Made: Flat Lick, Kentucky (KY) United States

Fabrics: Solid/plain, Plaid, Print, Floral

Project: Kentucky Quilt Project

She made at least four other quilts.

8-5-207

KID: 8-5-207

1876-1900

LeMoyne Star

Williams, Mary Emil...

Date Made: 1876-1900

LeMoyne Star

Creator: Williams, Mary Emil McKenzie

Location Made: Flat Lick, Kentucky (KY) United States

Project: Kentucky Quilt Project

8-5-208

KID: 8-5-208

1876-1900

Friendship Crazy ...

Williams, Margaret ...

Date Made: 1876-1900

Friendship Crazy Quilt

Creator: Williams, Margaret D.

Location Made: Kentucky (KY) United States

Fabrics: Other, Other, taffeta, brocade, damask, poplin, voile, voided velvet.

Project: Kentucky Quilt Project

8-5-445

KID: 8-5-445

1876-1900

Star

Williams, Emily

Date Made: 1876-1900

Star

Creator: Williams, Emily

Location Made: Kentucky (KY) United States

Fabrics: Cotton

Project: Kentucky Quilt Project

8-5-534

KID: 8-5-534

1850-1875

Rails through the...

Williams, Ellen Pri...

Date Made: 1850-1875

Rails through the Mountains

Creator: Williams, Ellen Priscilla Miller

Location Made: Kentucky (KY) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Very complex piecing in fan-shaped corners, elaborate sashing, and use of some 2,544 small triangles.

Quilt Size: 69 in. x 89 in.

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Solid/plain

Project: Texas Sesquicentennial Quilt Association, Texas Quilt Search

The quiltmaker made each of her six children a woolen coverlet. According to the family, "She reared and sheared the sheep, carded the wool, spun it into thread, and wove coverlets, all while rearing her family."

25-21-354

KID: 25-21-354

1930-1949

DOUBLE WEDDING RI...

WILLIAMS, MARY

Date Made: 1930-1949

DOUBLE WEDDING RING

Creator: WILLIAMS, MARY

Location Made: Kentucky (KY) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing

Quilt Size: 59 x 82.5

Quilting Techniques: Machine quilting, Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Feedsack, Geometric, Plaid, Striped, Checked, Dotted, Floral, Solid/plain, Feedsack, Novelty, Percale, Shirting, Calico

Project: West Virginia Heritage Quilt Search

Quiltmaker's burialplace: KENTUCKY

26-22-3693

KID: 26-22-3693

1850-1875

Cockscomb variati...

Wilkinson, Susan Ha...

Date Made: 1850-1875

Cockscomb variation

Creator: Wilkinson, Susan Harlan

Location Made: Templehill, Kentucky (KY) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Hand Applique

Quilt Size: 96 inches x 96 inches

Fabrics: Cotton, Unknown, Print, Solid/plain

Project: Iowa Quilt Research Project

Pre-Civil war quilt. Was hidden in a crock so it wouldn't be stolen by union toops raiding the south during the war.

6-3-1584

KID: 6-3-1584

1800-1849

Applique Flowers

Wilkins, Lucinda

Date Made: 1800-1849

Applique Flowers

Creator: Wilkins, Lucinda

Location Made: Kentucky (KY) United States

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Project: Kentucky Quilt Project

Green dye was from grass, the orange from copper, the brown from hickory bark.

8-5-708

KID: 8-5-708

1850-1875

GEO. WASH. CHERRY...

WILHOIT, MAHALA D...

Date Made: 1850-1875

GEO. WASH. CHERRY TR

Creator: WILHOIT, MAHALA DALE

Location Made: VERSAILLES, Kentucky (KY) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Other applique, Hand Applique, Embroidery, Standard applique

Quilt Size: 103 x 84.25

Quilting Techniques: Stuffed work, Hand quilting

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

Project: West Virginia Heritage Quilt Search

Exhibited at the Huntington Gallery (Made in America) and the National Museum of American History ( George Wasingon, A Figure Upon the Stage) in Wash DC . Displayed in Washington for almost a year. Photo appeared in the catalog of the exhibit in DC. , Eleanor Fox - Dec. 4, 1972 The "...

26-22-4166

KID: 26-22-4166

1800-1849

Whole cloth

Wilhite, Telitha Sh...

Date Made: 1800-1849

Whole cloth

Creator: Wilhite, Telitha Shepperd

Location Made: Monticello, Kentucky (KY) United States

Fabrics: Solid/plain

Project: Kentucky Quilt Project

Documentation says the quilt contains one and one half million stitches.

8-5-369

KID: 8-5-369

1930-1949

Crazy Quilt Nine ...

Wilhelm, Vina

Date Made: 1930-1949

Crazy Quilt Nine Patch

Creator: Wilhelm, Vina

Location Made: Falls of Rough, Kentucky (KY) United States

Quilting Techniques: Quilted

Project: Illinois Quilt Research Project

5-2-2437

KID: 5-2-2437

1876-1900

Patch Wool Quilt

Wilder, Mary Patric...

Date Made: 1876-1900

Patch Wool Quilt

Creator: Wilder, Mary Patrick

Location Made: Kentucky (KY) United States

Fabrics: Wool

Project: Kentucky Quilt Project

8-5-301

KID: 8-5-301

1876-1900

Baby Quilt (Crazy...

Wilder, Mary Patric...

Date Made: 1876-1900

Baby Quilt (Crazy)

Creator: Wilder, Mary Patrick

Location Made: Kentucky (KY) United States

Project: Kentucky Quilt Project

8-5-299

KID: 8-5-299

1876-1900

Lone Star

Wilder, Mary Patric...

Date Made: 1876-1900

Lone Star

Creator: Wilder, Mary Patrick

Location Made: Kentucky (KY) United States

Fabrics: Cotton

Project: Kentucky Quilt Project

8-5-302

KID: 8-5-302

1930-1949

Periwinkle

Wilcox, Mayme

Date Made: 1930-1949

Periwinkle

Creator: Wilcox, Mayme

Location Made: Greenville, Kentucky (KY) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing

Quilt Size: 65" x 76"

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Multiple scrap, Muslin weight

Project: Indiana Quilt Registry Project

39-40-1574

KID: 39-40-1574

1930-1949

Grandmother's Flo...

Whittsett, Alma

Date Made: 1930-1949

Grandmother's Flower Garden

Creator: Whittsett, Alma

Location Made: Kentucky (KY) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing

Quilt Size: 66 inches x 72 inches

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Multiple Scrap

Project: Quilts of Tennessee

22-18-1475

KID: 22-18-1475

1976-1999

Iris Applique

Whiting, Nancye

Date Made: 1976-1999

Iris Applique

Creator: Whiting, Nancye

Location Made: Crestwood, Kentucky (KY) United States

Project: Kentucky Quilt Project

Second quilt made by Nancye Whiting.

8-5-614

KID: 8-5-614

1850-1875

Flower Garden

Whiteside, Elizabet...

Date Made: 1850-1875

Flower Garden

Creator: Whiteside, Elizabeth

Location Made: Vernon, Kentucky (KY) United States

Project: Kentucky Quilt Project

8-5-85

KID: 8-5-85

1930-1949

Mariner's Compass...

Wheeler, Arrie

Date Made: 1930-1949

Mariner's Compass

Creator: Wheeler, Arrie

Location Made: Kentucky (KY) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing

Quilt Size: 82" x 65.5"

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

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

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

Next door neighbor, Mrs. Emma Wheeler (her husband was maker's husband's 3rd cousin), had 9 children in a 2 room cabin and she offered to pice the circles with tiny triangles if maker would provide material. Emma Wheeler then put it together.

38-36-2278

KID: 38-36-2278

1850-1875

Star

West, Zerilda

Date Made: 1850-1875

Star

Creator: West, Zerilda

Location Made: Hopkinsville, Kentucky (KY) United States

Project: Kentucky Quilt Project

Maker made another quilt in the same pattern, reversing colors.

8-5-367

KID: 8-5-367

1850-1875

cockscomb

West, Lucy Kemper

Date Made: 1850-1875

cockscomb

Creator: West, Lucy Kemper

Location Made: Kentucky (KY) USA

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Hand Applique

Quilt Size: 76 inches x 76 inches

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Solid/plain

Project: DAR Museum; Permanent Collection

This quilt won a blue ribbon at the Missouri State Fair in 1926.

16-12-146

KID: 16-12-146

1850-1875

Log Cabin

Wells, Mrs. Albert ...

Date Made: 1850-1875

Log Cabin

Creator: Wells, Mrs. Albert Lawrey

Location Made: Kentucky (KY) United States

Fabrics: Solid/plain, Checked, Striped

Project: Kentucky Quilt Project

8-5-34

KID: 8-5-34

1901-1929

MOM'S ARROW QUILT...

WELLS, MINTER LOU...

Date Made: 1901-1929

MOM'S ARROW QUILT

Creator: WELLS, MINTER LOUISE

Location Made: AUXIER, Kentucky (KY) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing

Quilt Size: 80 x 65

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Geometric, Checked, Plaid, Shirting, Calico

Project: West Virginia Heritage Quilt Search

Husband's birth month: January, Husband's birth day: 2, Husband's birth year: 1841, Husband's birthplace: JOHNSON CO KENTUCKY, Husband's date of death: month: January, Husband's date of death: day: 14, Husband's date of death: year: 1914, Husband's burialplace: JOHNSON CO KENTUCKY, Quiltmaker's chur...

26-22-3792

KID: 26-22-3792

1950-1975

Sunburst

Weble, Emma Jane

Date Made: 1950-1975

Sunburst

Creator: Weble, Emma Jane

Location Made: Louisville, Kentucky (KY) United States

Project: Kentucky Quilt Project

8-5-613

KID: 8-5-613

1876-1900

String Quilt, Cra...

Webb, Laura

Date Made: 1876-1900

String Quilt, Crazy Quilt

Creator: Webb, Laura

Location Made: Kona, Kentucky (KY) United States

Fabrics: Cotton, Wool

Project: Kentucky Quilt Project

8-5-25

KID: 8-5-25

1850-1875

Flower Garden

Warren, Mary

Date Made: 1850-1875

Flower Garden

Creator: Warren, Mary

Location Made: Louisville, Kentucky (KY) United States

Project: Kentucky Quilt Project

8-5-240

KID: 8-5-240

Half Log Cabin

Ward, Louisa

Half Log Cabin

Creator: Ward, Louisa

Location Made: McKee, Kentucky (KY)

Contruction: Hand Applique

Quilt Size: 65" x 76"

Fabrics: Cotton

Project: Michigan Quilt Project

12-8-2080

KID: 12-8-2080

1930-1949

Lincoln's Favorit...

Ward, Inez

Date Made: 1930-1949

Lincoln's Favorite Quilt

Creator: Ward, Inez

Location Made: Horse Cave, Kentucky (KY) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Hand Applique

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Solid/plain

Project: Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair

In 2007, Inez Ward died. It is assumed the quilt was passed on to her son Louis Ward Jr., The quiltmaker said she borrowed this pattern from a friend., Inez Ward lived her entire life in Horse Cave, Kentucky. At age seventeen, she married Louis Ward. Her husband worked for the state of Kentucky, ...

33-29-27

KID: 33-29-27

1850-1875

Album Patch

Ward, Celia Ann Gay...

Date Made: 1850-1875

Album Patch

Creator: Ward, Celia Ann Gay

Location Made: Kentucky (KY) United States

Project: Kentucky Quilt Project

8-5-74

KID: 8-5-74

1850-1875

Basket

Ward, Celia Ann Gay...

Date Made: 1850-1875

Basket

Creator: Ward, Celia Ann Gay

Location Made: Kentucky (KY) United States

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

Project: Kentucky Quilt Project

8-5-75

KID: 8-5-75

1950-1975

Chimney Sweep

Walker, Allie Dunn

Date Made: 1950-1975

Chimney Sweep

Creator: Walker, Allie Dunn

Location Made: Lancaster, Kentucky (KY) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing

Quilt Size: 82.5 in. x 89 in.

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton

Project: Wisconsin Quilt History Project; The Black Diaspora Quilt History Project

Quiltmaker was born into slavery and set free after the Emancipation Proclamation in Kentucky. She married at 18 to a black who could pass as a white man. He had two general stores. He had no formal education, His wife taught him to write his name but he could out calculate a calculator. Quilt ma...

15-11-279

KID: 15-11-279

1876-1900

Philadelphia Pave...

Chapman, Oma Wade

Date Made: 1876-1900

Philadelphia Pavement

Creator: Chapman, Oma Wade

Location Made: Kentucky (KY) United States

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton

Project: Kentucky Quilt Project

8-5-537

KID: 8-5-537