Date Range : 1950-1975

Fabric Type & Color : Cotton. Solids and prints are in blue, yellow, pink, green, and lavender. Set is red and white cotton (possibly a sacking fabric). Backing is cotton yardage in pink pattern. Batting is cotton.

Quilt Size : 62" x 76"

Block Size : 13" x 12"

Construction : Appliqued by hand. Blocks machine-stitched together. Blanket stitch embroidery in black on bonnets. Hand quilting all over in the fan design at 4 stitches to the inch showing on the surface. Binding is backing brought to the front.

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.

The fabrics appear to be 1930s-40s vintage, but the quilt was probably quilted in the 1960s or 70s. Notice the visible quilting lines by orange grease pencil or crayon. Only the outermost arch (the baseline) was marked.