Date Range : 1950-1975

Fabric Type & Color : Cottons and flannels in pink, green, blue, and pastel prints. Batting is cotton. Backing is a floral print yardage--2 panels (33" wide).

Quilt Size : 67" x 82"

Block Size : 16" x 16"

Construction : Pieced by hand. Blocks joined by machine to make quilt top. Hand quilted all over in fan design at 3 stitches per inch showing on the surface. Binding is backing brought to front. Orange chalk or crayon quilting lines are still visible.

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.