QUILT INDEX RECORD

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Who documented this quilt?

Michigan Quilt Project

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Michigan State University Museum

Michigan Quilt Project Number:

93.0027

Owner's name for the quilt:

Centennial Quilt

Quilt top made by:

Diets, M. W.

Quilted by:

Diets, M. W.

If you are a relative of the quiltmaker, how are you related? The quiltmaker is my:

Quilt owner

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

Inherited

Where the quilt was made, city:

Traverse City

Where the quilt was made, county:

Grand Traverse

Where the quilt was made, state:

Michigan (MI)

Time period:

1876-1900

When was the quilt finished?

1876

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's city:

Traverse City

Quiltmaker's county:

Grand Traverse

Quiltmaker's state:

Michigan (MI)

Quiltmaker's birth date:

4/2/1834

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

after 1876

Quiltmaker's ethnic background/tribal affiliation:

Pennsylvania Dutch

Quiltmaker's spouse's/spouses' and /or partner's/partners' name(s):

Adsit, Abraham

Number of children:

5

How many of the quiltmaker's children were girls?

2

How many of the quiltmaker's children were boys?

3

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

65"

How long is the quilt?

78"

Shape of edge:

Straight

Quilt's condition:

Very good/almost new

What is inscribed on the quilt?

MW DIETS. Appliqued white letters on blue background, LIBERTY, 1776 1876, A ADSIT, M W DIETS, FEB 8 1834, APR 2 1834, MARRIED FEB 9 1834. BORN WILLIAM N. ADSIT NOV. 23 1854, ARNOLD D. ADSIT JAN. 31 1856, ADA MAY ADSIT FEB. 11 1857, IDA ELLA ADSIT MAR. 29 1858, GEORGE C ADSIT OCT. 19 1870, CENTENNIAL

What is the date inscribed on the quilt?

1876

Describe the method used to inscribe the quilt:

Appliqued

Describe where the inscription was found:

top

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Number of borders:

4

Describe the borders:

11" pieced, inner red 3", middle white 3", outer blue 3"

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Wool

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Machine Piecing

Applique techniques used to make the quilt top:

Machine 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?

No filling

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

9

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:

9

Quilting designs used, background fills:

Grid/crosshatch

Describe the quilting designs used:

Outline/Ditch

Features or notes about the quilt's appearance, materials, or construction:

Quilt also has masonic symbol of compass on it.

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

Diary or will description

Person filling out this form is:

Quilt owner

Source of the information on this quilt:

Great granddaughter of quiltmaker

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's name:

Dorothy Sanderson

Quilt owner's city:

Scanichton (?)

Quilt owner's province:

Ontario

Quilt owner's country:

Canada

How was this quilt acquired?

Inheritance

Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:

Passed through family, Dorothy Sanderson is the great granddaughter of the maker.

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

Abraham Adsit was the sheriff of Grand Traverse County and fought for the north in the Civil War. Dorothy has his Civil War Diary

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