QUILT INDEX RECORD
21-17-694
Where are the records for this quilt housed?
North Carolina Museum of History
Who documented this quilt?
North Carolina Quilt Project
North Carolina Quilt Project Number:
CA57
Alternate inventory control number:
CA057
Person filling out this form is:
Relative of quiltmaker
Source of the information on this quilt:
Great granddaughter
When was the form filled out?
01-11-1986; Aldersgate Methodist Church, Chapel Hill, NC
Choose the best description of the source to the quilt:
Quilt owner
If you are the quilt owner, how did you acquire this quilt?
Inherited
This is a:
Finished quilt
Names for quilt's pattern in common use:
Flower Applique
How wide is the quilt?
74"
How long is the quilt?
88"
Shape of edge:
Straight
Shape of corners:
Straight
What color is the quilt?
Blue or Navy; Green; Pink; Red; Yellow
Quilt's condition:
Very good/almost new
Notes on condition, damage, or repairs:
Unused; Unwashed
Family/owner's date for quilt:
Circa 1850
Date estimated by an antique dealer, quilt historian or appraiser:
Unknown
Who estimated the quilt's date?
Sullivan, Kathy
Describe the quilt's layout:
Block pattern
Number of quilt blocks:
6
Size of quilt blocks:
23" x 23.5"
Spacing of quilt blocks:
Separated by cornerstones or connecting blocks sashing (different fabric in intersection)
Describe the quilt setting:
Triple sashing: 1" each, blue, red, blue; Nine-patch at intersection
Sashing width:
3.25" total
Number of borders:
1
Describe the borders:
7.5" border: heart and swag with flower bud applique
Fiber types used to make the quilt top:
Cotton
Fabric styles used in the quilt top:
Solid/plain
Describe the fibers or fabrics in the quilt top:
Home dyed?
Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:
Hand Piecing
Applique techniques used to make the quilt top:
Hand Applique
Materials used to make the back:
Other
Description of the back:
Uneven dyed blue plaid; Vertical seams; Horizontal seams
What color is the back of the quilt?
Blue or Navy
Number of pieces of fabric in the quilt back:
11
Width of pieces on the back:
See sketch for sizes
Describe the binding:
Applied binding; Two-step; Navy
How is the binding made?
Hand sewn; Straight grain
What is the width of the binding (measure on the top only)?
less than a half inch
How wide is the binding (measure on the top only)?
1/4"
What kind of filling is used in the quilt?
Cotton
How are the layers held together?
Hand quilting
Thread type used for the quilting:
Single thread
Color of thread used in the quilting:
Yellow, brown, pink, red
Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:
14
Can you see any knots on the front or back of the quilt?
no
Quilting designs used, overall motifs:
Echo; Outline
Describe the quilting designs used:
Outline and echo
Features or notes about the quilt's appearance, materials, or construction:
Conservation report on this quilt is in the NCQP archives
Quilt top made by:
Shoffner, Nancy Spoon
Quilted by:
Shoffner, Nancy Spoon
Where the quilt was made, county:
Alamance County
Where the quilt was made, state:
North Carolina (NC)
Where the quilt was made, country:
United States
How was this quilt acquired?
Inheritance
Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:
Owner thinks quilt was for hope chest or special occasion of some sort
Describe anything about the history of the quilt that wasn't already recorded in a previous field:
Quilt was never used to the knowledge of present owner. It remained in the same house from around 1870 to 1976.
Why was the quilt made?
Other
Where did the maker get their materials?
Purchased new
Where did the maker find their pattern?
Unknown
Exhibitions where this quilt was displayed:
North Carolina Quilts: Selections from the NC Quilt Project, NC Museum of History, Raleigh, NC February 1 - June 11, 1989
Publications (including web sites) where this quilt or maker was featured:
Photo of quiltmaker at Meadowlawn Farm, Alamance County
Related items such as diaries, obituaries, wills, household inventories, or pictures of the quiltmaker:
Appeared in the book "North Carolina Quilts"; plate 3-25. Two sketches on documentation sheet.
Ownership of this quilt is:
Private
Quilt owner's city:
Chapel Hill
Quilt owner's county:
Orange County
Quilt owner's state:
North Carolina (NC)
Quiltmaker's maiden name:
Stafford
Quiltmaker's gender:
Female
Quiltmaker's birth date:
1834
Quiltmaker's birthplace, city:
Alamance County
Quiltmaker's birthplace, state:
North Carolina
Quiltmaker's birthplace, country:
United States
Quiltmaker's date and place of death:
1906
Quiltmaker's ethnic background/tribal affiliation:
English, German
Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:
Born: Quaker; Died: Methodist
Quiltmaker's occupation:
Apprenticed as a tailor, homemaker, farm operator
Quiltmaker's county:
Alamance County
Quiltmaker's state:
North Carolina (NC)
Quiltmaker's country:
United States
Quiltmaker's father's name:
Stafford, Frederick
Quiltmaker's mother's name:
Huff, Nancy
Quiltmaker's mother's birthplace:
In an area that's now probably Alamance County
Quiltmaker's spouse's/spouses' and /or partner's/partners' name(s):
Spoon, George Monroe; Shoffner, Michael
Quiltmaker's spouse's/spouses' and/or partner's/partners' occupation:
First: Farmer; Second: Farmer, horse breeder
Number of children:
1
How many of the quiltmaker's children were boys?
1
Any other notes or stories about the quiltmaker:
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Who photographed this quilt?
North Carolina Quilt Project
Access and copyright information:
Restricted
Copyright holder:
North Carolina Museum of History
Details
Cite this Quilt
Shoffner, Nancy Spoo. Flower Applique. From North Carolina Museum of History, North Carolina Quilt Project. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=21-17-694. Accessed: 07/27/24