DepartmentTextiles-United States & Canada

Quilt block

NameQuilt block

Artist or maker Trene Sanchez

Date1985

Place madeNEW MEXICO, UNITED STATES, NORTH AMERICA

MediumCotton

DimensionsOverall: 11 x 10 5/8 in. (28 x 27 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, IFAF Collection, gift of the New Mexico Quilt Survey Participants, with partial funds from the International Folk Art Foundation, FA.1987.417.

Object numberFA.1987.417.2

Collections

DescriptionPatched, stitched, quilted. 8 squares forming a square around a cross. Yellow calico squares, cross and surrounding triangles red. Cotton. Backed with white fabric, bound with red. In cross in center "Trene Sanchez" in black backstitch.Each block was made by one of the women interviewed ...con't