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QUILT
[Bedding]


missing
View at Kansas Memory

Accession Number: 1978.97.0

Physical Description: Crazy Quilt made up of irregularly shaped cotton and silk fabric pieces assembled around a central blue medallion featuring the embroidered letter "H." Each fabric piece is decorated with featherstitched outline embroidery, and some have painted designs and additional needlework. Pink sateen binding and backing. Tied with pink cotton yarn. The elaborate embroidered “H” at center stands for “Haywood.” This quilt was begun in 1888 by Martha Hutchinson Haywood and used as a bedcover in the sod house she shared with her husband, Charles, and their children in Fowler, Kansas. The Haywood cattle brand appears on the quilt, as well as a horse depicting the steed ridden by Charles when Martha first saw him. The embroidered names “Carl” refer to the Haywoods’ eldest son. The "C" may refer to their middle son Clarence, and the quilt also incorporates pieces of a graduation gown worn by their daughter, Nettie. "Ben" was Charles' brother.

History of Object: The quilt was started in 1888 by the donor's mother, Martha (Mattie) Elizabeth Hutchinson Haywood and finished when the donor, Nettie Haywood Younger, graduated from "The Academy" (unknown date). It was used as a bedcover in the sod house of the donor?s parents, Charles and Mattie Haywood, in Fowler, Kansas. Pieces of Nettie?s graduation dress are incorporated into the quilt. The Haywood cattle brand also appears, as well as an embroidered horse depicting the steed ridden by Charles when Martha first saw him. The donor inherited the quilt in 1942. She, in turn, gave it to her granddaughter, Sharon Younger Wendt, who used it as a tapestry in her dining room. Donated by Mrs. Wendt for her grandmother in memory of Mattie Haywood.

Date: Between 1888 and 1915

Dimensions (in cm): 204.50 (H) 152.40 (W)

Marks/Inscriptions: [names embroidered with pieces scattered around center] Skip / Ben / Carl / Jumbo

Index Terms

Associations and Subjects

    Use, Place of: Fowler (Kan.)
    Theme/topic: Sod houses
    Use, Place of: Ford County (Kan.)
    Use, Place of: Meade County (Kan.)
    Origin, Place of: Missouri
    Individual: Haywood, Carl
    Individual: Haywood, Martha E. Hutchinson, 1863-1942
    Individual: Haywood, Charles E.
    Individual: Younger, Nettie M. Haywood
    Individual: Haywood, Ben

Creators and Contributors

    Haywood, Martha E. Hutchison

Status: Cataloged

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