Sampler Crib Quilt
Sampler Crib Quilt
Name/Title
Sampler Crib QuiltEntry/Object ID
1997.001.024Description
Hand-pieced and hand-quilted sampler crib quilt featuring different block designs with a large circular star in the center. Block to block design, with assorted pieces to make up the size. There is a single outer border (1.5'' wide) in purple, which has become fugitive. The blocks include the following patterns: Wonder of the World, Turkey Tracks, T-Block, Caesar's Crown. The other blocks contain assorted pieced areas to fill in the blocks. The binding is back to front. It is only 1/8 - 1/4'' wide. The corners are all squared. The batting is a thin cotton. Quilting outlines the designs and is also includes double diagonal lines. Possibly made for Vernie, Ellen Spitzer's child.Context
Mary Spitzer Etter of Harrisonburg, Virginia donated her family's entire quilt collection to the Virginia Quilt Museum in 1997. The collection contained 27 quilts, most of which were made by Mary's aunts, the Spitzer sisters. Their names were Sarah Josephine Spitzer (Walters), Margaret Melinda Spitzer (Jones), and Ellen Rebecca Spitzer. It is unknown if the other two Spitzer sisters, Hannah Spitzer (Brown) and Jane Spitzer (Evers), did much quilting. Of the quilts completed by the Spitzer sisters, there is a single initial embroidered on the front of quilt to mark who made each quilt. Ellen Spitzer's daughter, Irene, also completed three pieces of the collection. Some of the quilts contain blocks were done by Mabel Spitzer, Mary's mother. These blocks were then quilted by either Berta or Effie Long, Mabel's neighbors. There are a few quilts not made by a Spitzer, yet they were still made by relatives of the Spitzer family.Collection
Permanent CollectionAcquisition
Accession
1997.001Source or Donor
Mary Spitzer EtterNotes
Donated Feb. 23, 1997Made/Created
Artist Information
Ellen Rebecca Spitzer
Sarah Ann Josephine Spitzer Walters