QUILT INDEX RECORD

40-38-11

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

International Quilt Museum

Who documented this quilt?

Oregon Quilt Project

Oregon Quilt Project ID#:

2010.02.063

Documentation Site:

02

Date data collected:

6-26-2010

Quilt's title:

Double Hearts Var.

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Owner's Name:

Martha P. Sanders

Quilt owner's city:

Bend

State

Oregon (OR)

Quilt owner's country:

United States

Quilt name or pattern used by family/owner:

Aunt Betty's Treasure

Owner's relationship to quiltmaker (if any):

Daughter of quiltmaker

How was quilt acquired by owner?

Inheritance

Occasion, date, person inherited from, etc:

Inherited from mother.

Place made:
City

Lowell

State

Massachusetts (MA)

Country:

United States

Top made by:

Latham Phair, Irene

Other people who worked on this quilt:

Latham, Athea; Drew, Elizabeth

Reason(s) quilt was made:

Unknown

Has this quilt been exhibited, displayed, or entered in competitions?

No

Prizes won? no, yes. List dates and events.

No

Quiltmaker's Occupation, at the time the quilt was made:

Homemaker

Quiltmaker's birth date:

7-8-1909

Name of the city where the quiltmaker was born:

Lowell

Name of the state where the quiltmaker was born:

Massachusetts

Name of the country where the quiltmaker was born:

United States

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

4-8-1970 Chelmsford, MA

Highest education level completed:

High School

Quiltmaker's spouse's name:

William Phair

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Latham

Quiltmaker's ethnic background/tribal affiliation:

Irish

Religious Affiliation:

Catholic

Number of children:

1

Did the quiltmaker make other quilt? approximately how many?

1-5 quilts

Major influences on quilt making?
Other interesting information about the quiltmaker:

Interest in crafts; made most of home window treatment; some clothing. Joined the WAVES in 1942 and was enlisted for 2 years while husband was with the Army in Europe. She was later a girl scout leader, garden club president, cheer group leader, and a community leader.

Did the quiltmaker participate in group quilting activities?

No

Favorite pattern:
Piecing preferences:
Quilting is done with:

Unknown By hand and machine Unknown

Reason(s) for quiltmaking:

Income; Pleasure

Do you know if any of the following exist?

Quiltmaker's diary or letters and photos of quiltmaker.

Please give other stories, customs, or interesting information about this quilt:

This quilt was found in a truck when preparing to move from Massachusetts to Oregon in 2007. There is a strong possibility that this was made by a group of women or one woman in a retirement home in Lowell, Massachusetts. These women would have been born around 1870.

This is a:

Other

Describe the item:

Quilt top

Overall width (in inches, to the nearest 1/2"):

101"

Overall length (in inches, to the nearest 1/2"):

101"

Block Size: width x length

12" x 12"

Block Pattern Name:

Double Hearts Variation

Brackman # or other source & #:

9843

Quilt Layout Format:

Block pattern

Shape of edge:

Straight

Predominate Colors:

Green; Pink; White

Quilt-Specific Colors:

Butterscotch; Double Pink

Describe any colors not included in the other color fields:

Purple (fugitive) and overdyed green

Damage to Quilt:

Fading; Stains; Tears or holes

Overall Condition:

Very good/almost new

Approximate date of estimation:

c.1875

By Whom (OQP member):

M. Spark

Date Time Frame:

1876-1900

Quilt Top Materials and Construction
Fibers types in Top:

Cotton

Fabric types in Top:

Muslin

Fabric patterns, styles or prints used:

Dotted; Floral; Geometric; Print

Quilt Top Construction
Piecing techniques:

Hand Piecing

Applique techniques:

Machine Applique

Source of Quilt's Materials:

Unknown

Quilt Top Pattern Source:

Unknown

Quilt Design Pattern Source:

Unknown

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