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Back is pale yellow bed sheet. Yo-yo’s are hand-stitched to back with double white and yellow thread in large running stitch, horizontal and vertical.
4” wide hanging sleeve machine stitched to top edge of quilt. 1 1/2” wide red fringe is machine sewn to sides and bottom edge. No batting.
Buttercup Spread
Buttercup Spread
Artist
Annie Dennis
(Mississippi,)
Date1972
MediumFabric; hand and machine sewn
Dimensions94 x 82 in. (238.8 x 208.3 cm)
Classifications(not assigned)
Credit LineGift of Kohler Foundation, Inc.
Terms
Object number2022.9.30
DescriptionPatchwork/Applique quilt/spread. Buttercup Pattern. Quilt top is made of approximately 1 1/2” diameter “yo-yo’s,” 49 across width of quilt, and 59 down length. Yo-yo’s are numerous patterns, solids, fabric types, arranged at random and hand sewn together on sides. Back is pale yellow bed sheet. Yo-yo’s are hand-stitched to back with double white and yellow thread in large running stitch, horizontal and vertical.
4” wide hanging sleeve machine stitched to top edge of quilt. 1 1/2” wide red fringe is machine sewn to sides and bottom edge. No batting.
Status
On view