QUILT INDEX RECORD

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Who documented this quilt?

Michigan Quilt Project; Michigan State University Museum Collection

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Michigan State University Museum

Michigan Quilt Project Number:

91.0041

If this quilt is owned by a museum, enter the accession number:

7183.1

Object label:

Appliqué Kit Quilt
Selma Appel
East Lansing, Ingham County, Michigan
c1940
Collection of Michigan State University Museum acc.#7183.1

Essay:

The MSU Museum was saddened by the recent loss of a long time MSU Museum Research Associate and great supporter and friend, Selma Appel. An avid textile artist, this Appliqué Kit Quilt was the first quilt Selma ever made. Selma served as a co-curator for our exhibition on lacemaking traditions in 1999. Along with her guild, the Capitol Area Lace Makers, Selma was featured twice at the Great Lakes Folk Festival.

The MSU Museum is home to the John and Selma Appel Collection of Ethnic Images, one of the nation's foremost collections of printed ephemera depicting ethnic stereotypes in caricature and cartoons. The Appels worked together to amass this amazing collection and donated it to the MSU Museum in 1995. The collection is actively used for exhibition, research and publication.

By Mary Worrall

Owner's name for the quilt:

Appliqué Kit

Quilt top made by:

Appel, Selma

Quilted by:

Appel, Selma

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

Received as a gift

Where the quilt was made, country:

United States

Time period:

1930-1949

When was the quilt finished?

c1935

Quilt is presently used as:

Museum collection

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's city:

East Lansing

Quiltmaker's county:

Ingham

Quiltmaker's state:

Michigan (MI)

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

76 1/2

How long is the quilt?

93"

Shape of edge:

Scalloped

Quilt's condition:

Good/moderate use

Describe the quilt's layout:

Medallion or framed center

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Machine Piecing

Applique techniques used to make the quilt top:

Hand Applique

Embellishment techniques used to make the quilt top:

Embroidery

Number of pieces of fabric in the quilt back:

2

What kind of filling is used in the quilt?

Cotton

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

7

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:

7

Where did the maker find their pattern?

Commercial/Published source: Kit

Source of the information on this quilt:

Museum employee

Ownership of this quilt is:

Public- Michigan State University Museum

Quilt owner's name:

Michigan State University Museum

Quilt owner's city:

East Lansing

Quilt owner's county:

Ingham

Quilt owner's state:

Michigan (MI)

How was this quilt acquired?

Gift

Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:

6-1991, Selma Appel

Describe anything about the history of the quilt that wasn't already recorded in a previous field:

This was the quilter's first quilt.

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

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

Made entire quilt

Who photographed this quilt?

KEVA

Copyright holder:

Michigan State University Museum