Date Range : 1930-1950

Fabric Type & Color : Cotton. Lavender, blue, red, green, orange solids, and prints. Yellow centers and off-white garden path.

Quilt Size : 70" x 72"

Block Size : 1" on the side of the hexagon

Construction : Pieced by hand.

Quiltmaker : Edith Monteith (b 16 Sep 1915 in Jackson County,d 15 Jul 2001) or Edna Monteith (b 22 Feb 1908 in Jackson County,d 25 Jun 1988)

Locale : Dillsboro (Jackson County), NC

History/Comments : The Monteiths' father, Elias, and his brother, Sam, operated a mercantile store near the present site of the Jackson Manufacturing Co, formerly Meade Corporation until the business failed several years later. Elias farmed a few years before becoming postmaster for the Dillsboro Post Office until his retirement. Edna, the oldest daughter, was the clerk at the Dillsboro Post Office for 45 years. Edith never worked away from home and lived in the three-story house located in Dillsboro until she died in 2001.