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1. PQ.1991.001.005 - Quilt, Block

   This quilt is machine pieced from red, yellow, and off-white fabrics with yellow and white borders and has 506 signatures in black ink. The batting is polyester and the binding is folded over from the back with mitered corners. The backing is machine pieced muslin. The quilting pattern is done with white cotton thread in the Baptist Fan design overall, with diamonds in the widest border. The stitches are even at 4 to the inch. The Halley's...

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2. PQ.1991.001.007 - Quilt, Wholecloth

   This is a wholecloth quilt made of white fabric, hand embroidered with blue cotton thread. The top was purchased in panels for $20 at the Goodwill Store on Alameda Street in Denver, CO, in 1971. The batting is polyester, and the binding is purchased white cotton bias tape with rounded corners. It is hand quilted with white cotton thread, following a pre-printed pattern of feathers, flowers, and circles. The stitches are uneven and 4 to 5 per i...

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3. PQ.1991.001.009 - Quilt, Block

   This quilt is hand pieced from solid fabrics and flowered, checked, and geometric print fabrics in blue, yellow, and pink, with pink border and sashing and cotton thread embroidery. The batting is a sheet blanket. The binding is turned from the back with mitered corners. The quilt is hand quilted around the pattern pieces with crosshatch patterns in the sashing and border. The stitching is even at 5 stitches per inch in pink cotton thread. T...

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4. PQ.1991.001.011 - Quilt, Block

   This quilt is hand and machine pieced from solid fabrics and striped, flowered, and geometric print fabrics in blue, pink, and off-white, with pink and white sashing. The batting is cotton. The binding is off-white cotton cut on the straight of grain and hand and machine attached with rounded corners. The quilt is quilted overall by machine in geometric patterns, using white cotton thread. The backing is machine pieced natural cotton.

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5. PQ.1991.001.016 - Quilt, Block

   This quilt is machine pieced of solid, plaid, striped, checked, flowered, and geometric fabrics, with yellow sashing. The batting is flannel. The binding is hand attached and is the backing folded to the front with mitered corners. The quilt is hand quilted with geometric and floral patterns, using white ployester/cotton thread. The stitching is even at 7 stitches per inch. The backing is machine pieced pink plaid cotton.

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6. PQ.1991.001.018 - Quilt, Block

   This quilt is hand pieced from solid, flowered, and geometric patterned fabrics in blue, off-white, and multi-colors with blue borders. The batting is polyester. The binding is the backing folded over the top with mitered corners. The quilt is hand quilted with floral patterns in the plain blocks. The quilting is uneven at 4 to 5 stitches per inch using white cotton thread. The backing is machine pieced blue polyester fabric.

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7. PQ.1991.001.022 - Quilt, Other

   Made by Eugenia Mitchell of Golden, CO. Eugenia hated to see anything go to waste. In 1943, her son salvaged the large flag from a July 4th bandstand bunting, and Eugenia retrieved the small flags from veterans' graves after Memorial Day 1979 (with permission).

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8. PQ.1991.001.025 - Quilt, Crazy

   This quilt is pieced from neck ties and velvet, satin, and metallic dress fabrics in solid, striped, checked, flowered and geometric prints in multi-colors with a blue border. The pieces are held together with cotton embroidery thread in herringbone stitches. There is no batting or binding. The piece is tied rather than quilted. The backing is machine pieced gray flannel. Embroidered in the front corner in red thread is "Eugenia Mitchell 1979...

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9. PQ.1991.001.028 - Quilt, Block

   This quilt is machine pieced from solid, flowered, and geometric fabrics in blue, off-white, and rust with blue and rust sashing and blue, rust, and off-white borders. The batting is polyester. The binding is the backing folded to the front with mitered corners and attached by hand. The quilt is hand quilted in the ditch with cotton/pollyester thread. The stitches are even 5 stitches to the inch. The backing is machine pieced off-white cotton...

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10. PQ.1991.001.029 - Quilt, Block

    This quilt is hand pieced of solid and geometric fabrics in red, pink, and off-white. The batting is polyester. The binding is the bottom fabric folded to the top with mitered corners and is attached by hand. The quilt is hand quilted with white thread. The stitching is uneven 3 to 5 stitches per inch. The backing is hand pieced printed cotton with pink, red, green, and lavendar squares on a white background.

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11. PQ.1991.001.034 - Quilt, Block

    This quilt is machine pieced and hand appliqued of solid and geometric fabrics in red and off-white with off-white sashing. The batting is polyester. The binding is folded over from the back with mitered corners. The quilt is hand quilted 1/4" inside appliques and sashing, and cross hatched in the background, using off-white cottong thread. The stitching is even 5 to the inch . The backing is pieced printed cotton/polyester fabric.

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12. PQ.1991.001.035 - Quilt, Block

    This quilt is machine pieced of solid, plaid, striped, flowered, dotted, and geometric fabrics in red, blue, and brown with navy and maroon and purple printed borders. The quilt does not have a batting. The binding is hand attached with straight corners. The quilt is tied in the corners of the blocks, only visible on the backing. The backing is a pieced blue and green print cotton fabric.

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13. PQ.1991.001.036 - Quilt, Block

    This quilt is hand pieced from solid, plaid, striped, checked, flowered, and geometric fabrics in red, blue, and off-white. The batting is polyester. The binding is the top fabric folded to the back with mitered corners. The quilt is hand quilted at 1/4" inside the blocks and with clam shells and water lilies, using white cotton thread. The stitching is even 6 to 7 to the inch. Embroidered in a corner in white thread is "Arkansas Showflake...

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14. PQ.1991.001.037 - Quilt, Block

    Made by Eugenia Mitchell, the founder of the Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum, for her daughter Mary Ellen. 28 bright and cheerful boquets, surrounded by a zig-zag border, decorate the top of the quilt. The pieces are made of a variety of printed materials, and the boquests are contained in green cones.

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15. PQ.1991.001.040 - Quilt, Other

    This quilt is hand appliqued with pre-printed panels in red and white fabrics with a red checkered border. The batting is polyester. The binding was made by folding the backing over, with mitered corners. The quilt is hand quilted with cross hatching, using white cotton thread. The stitches are even 5 to the inch. The backing is red check cotton/polyester fabric. Embroidered on the front in white thread is "Eugenia Mitchell 1977."

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16. PQ.1991.001.043 - Non-quilt

    This is a crocheted top with a linen border applied to a backing with pink cross stitch embroidery of a horse, boat, and parrot. The top is tied to the backing, but the ties are only visible on the backing. Embroidered on the top is "Jane Ingley May 19, 1924"

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17. PQ.1991.001.045 - Quilt, Block

    This quilt is one of six handkerchief quilts made by Eugenia Mitchell, founder of the Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum.

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18. PQ.1991.001.048 - Quilt, Other

    This quilt is machine pieced of solid and geometric fabrics in red, blue, and white, with a white and navy print border and embroidery, crayola, and lace decorations. The batting is polyester. The binding is hand attached, created by folding the top folded over the backing, with mitered corners. The quilt is hand quilted around some pattern pieces, with cross hatch, columbine, scallop, and clam shells in the background and border, using white ...

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19. PQ.1991.001.052 - Quilt, Other

    This quilt is machine pieced of solid fabrics in red, tan, and green, with tan and green borders. The quilt is also embroidered. The batting is polyester. The binding is created by folding the rop to the back, hand attached with mitered corners. The quilt is hand quilted with a fan pattern in the blocks and diamonds in the border, using white cotton thread. The stitching is even 5 to the inch. The backing is machine pieced off-white cotton m...

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20. PQ.1991.001.053 - Quilt, Block

    This quilt is machine pieced of striped, flowered, and geometric fabrics in off-white. The batting is cotton. The binding is hand and machine attached purchased off-white rayon taffeta bias tape with rounded corners. The quilt is hand quilted overall in a fan pattern, using white silk thread. The stitching is an even 5 stitches to the inch. The backing is machine pieced off-white rayon fabric. This quilt was made from swatches of fabric f...

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