Date Range : 1950-1975

Fabric Type & Color : Cottons and rayons in colors of green, red, purple, orange, pink, green solids, and prints.

Quilt Size : 60" x 83"

Block Size : 2" x 2"

Construction : Biscuit technique using printed feed sacks for the foundation. Unquilted. Unusually large prairie points (5 inches on a side) are used as an edging feature.

Quiltmaker : Lizzie Thomas Adcock (Mrs. James F.)

Locale : Rockvale, TN

History/Comments : Farmhouse had built-in hooks in an upstairs room for attaching a quilting frame. With the quilt unfinished and the back visible, this quilt is a good teaching tool for the biscuit or puff technique. Puff quilts are not quilts strictly speaking since there is not a layer of batting between a top and a back. A wad of cotton is encased in a single unit (a puff or biscuit) and then the individual units are attached together to make a quilt top. This quilt has 1026 puffs. The foundation pieces for the puffs might be feed sack cloth.