Virtual ExhibitsTitle:
NINE PATCH QUILT
Date:
ca. 1860-1900
Source:
Churchill Family Collection, Gift of the Estate of Bill Kitterman
Object ID:
1999.56.184
Description:
Notes attached to the quilt include the following:
"Minnie they are all bragging on ther work so I wont say any thing leave it to you!!! Mother"
"Please excuse the long stitches Alma Lord"
"Mrs. M E Churchill Dear Minna I am at your mothers and helpt to quilt your qyilt I would like to see you so mutch come down and see us and make a visit good by write us if you please S W Brown"
This quilt was a gift for Mary "Minnie" Shelton Ransdell Churchill from her mother, likely on the occasion of her wedding to D. H. Churchill. Handwritten notes attached indicate several family members and friends assited in the quilting. Minnie brought her beloved quilt to her Sun River home in 1876.
"Minnie they are all bragging on ther work so I wont say any thing leave it to you!!! Mother"
"Please excuse the long stitches Alma Lord"
"Mrs. M E Churchill Dear Minna I am at your mothers and helpt to quilt your qyilt I would like to see you so mutch come down and see us and make a visit good by write us if you please S W Brown"
This quilt was a gift for Mary "Minnie" Shelton Ransdell Churchill from her mother, likely on the occasion of her wedding to D. H. Churchill. Handwritten notes attached indicate several family members and friends assited in the quilting. Minnie brought her beloved quilt to her Sun River home in 1876.
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Hand-pieces Block Quilt, 1999.56.184
Hand-pieced Block Quilt, 1999.56.184
Hand-pieces Block Quilt, 1999.56.184
Hand-pieced Block Quilt, 1999.56.184
