QUILT INDEX RECORD

12-8-9

Who documented this quilt?

Michigan Quilt Project

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Michigan State University Museum

Michigan Quilt Project Number:

89.0066

Owner's name for the quilt:

Fox and Geese

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Wild Goose Chase, Ducklings, Duck and Ducklings, Hens and Chickens, Corn and Beans, Handy Andy, Shoo Fly

Quilt top made by:

Shaw, Jocelyn

Quilted by:

Shaw, Jocelyn

If you are the quilt owner, how did you acquire this quilt?

Received as a gift

Where the quilt was made, city:

North Muskegon

Where the quilt was made, county:

Muskegon

Where the quilt was made, state:

Michigan (MI)

Time period:

1976-1999

When was the quilt started?

7/1988

When was the quilt finished?

4/1989

Details about why the quilt was made:

Made for my daughter for her bed

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's city:

North Muskegon

Quiltmaker's county:

Muskegon

Quiltmaker's state:

Michigan (MI)

Quiltmaker's birth date:

2/18/1958

Quiltmaker's educational background:

Rowdin College 1980

Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:

Episcopal

Quiltmaker's occupation:

Data analyst, Computer User Consultant, mother

Quiltmaker's father's name:

Shaw, Craig Scott Copley

Quiltmaker's father's ethnic/tribal background:

English, Scot, Irish

Quiltmaker's mother's name:

Cassick, Meredith Emily Holt Shaw

Quiltmaker's mother's ethnic/tribal background:

English

Quiltmaker's spouse's/spouses' and/or partner's/partners' ethnic/tribal background:

French

Quiltmaker's spouse's/spouses' and/or partner's/partners' occupation:

Systems Engineer for paper company

Number of children:

3

How many of the quiltmaker's children were girls?

1

How many of the quiltmaker's children were boys?

2

How did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

Self-Taught

When did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

Age 20-29

Estimated number of quilts made by this quiltmaker:

5-20 quilts

Does/did the quiltmaker sell quilts?

yes

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

96"

How long is the quilt?

102"

Shape of edge:

Straight

Shape of corners:

Straight

Quilt's condition:

Excellent/like new

What is inscribed on the quilt?

Jocelyn Shaw

What is the date inscribed on the quilt?

1989

Method used to make the inscription:

Embroidery

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Number of quilt blocks:

24 pieced, 12 whole solid blocks

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Alternating with plain squares

Number of borders:

3

Describe the borders:

3", 2", 3"

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Machine Piecing

Materials used to make the back:

Cotton

Number of pieces of fabric in the quilt back:

2

What is the width of the binding (measure on the top only)?

greater than one inch

How wide is the binding (measure on the top only)?

2"

What kind of filling is used in the quilt?

Polyester

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

6

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:

7

Quilting designs used, background fills:

Grid/crosshatch

Describe the quilting designs used:

Outline/Ditch, Circular

Describe the sources of the quilt's materials:

Fabrics came from JoAnn Fabrics, Muskegon, MI. Some of the fabrics are from clothes I made for Meg or for myself.

Where did the maker find their pattern?

Commercial/Published source: Magazine

Commercial name of the pattern for the top:

Copied from a quilt shown in Quilter's Newsletter Magazine, June 1988 pg 225

Publications (including web sites) where this quilt or maker was featured:

Diary or will description; Photos of quilter; Patterns

Person filling out this form is:

Quiltmaker

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's name:

Megan Trank

Quilt owner's city:

North Muskegon

Quilt owner's county:

Muskegon

Quilt owner's state:

Michigan (MI)

How was this quilt acquired?

Gift

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

How did the quiltmaker participate in the creation of the quilt?

Made entire quilt

Copyright holder:

Michigan State University Museum