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:

93.0062

Owner's name for the quilt:

Nine Patch

Quilt top made by:

Johnson, Virginia

Quilted by:

Johnson, Virginia

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

Quilt owner

Where the quilt was made, city:

Beliot

Where the quilt was made, state:

Alabama (AL)

When was the quilt started?

1939

When was the quilt finished?

1939

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's city:

Escanaba

Quiltmaker's county:

Delta

Quiltmaker's state:

Michigan (MI)

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Sodermark

Quiltmaker's birth date:

3/21/1932

Quiltmaker's ethnic background/tribal affiliation:

French, Irish, Swedish

Quiltmaker's educational background:

High school

Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:

Lutheran

Quiltmaker's occupation:

Dental Assistant, homemaker

Quiltmaker's father's name:

Sodermark, Arthur A.

Quiltmaker's father's ethnic/tribal background:

Swedish

Quiltmaker's mother's name:

Sodermark, Lucille Robare

Quiltmaker's mother's ethnic/tribal background:

French and Irish

Quiltmaker's marriage date(s):

2/4/1950

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

Johnson, Jack

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

Truck Driver retired

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?

From Class

When did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

Age 50 or over

Estimated number of quilts made by this quiltmaker:

5-20 quilts

Does/did the quiltmaker teach quilting?

no

Does/did the quiltmaker belong to a group? Name of the group?

Bay de Noc Quilt Guild

Where does/did the group meet?

Escanaba MI

What are the main activities of the group?

Quilting bees

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

73 1/4"

How long is the quilt?

78 3/4"

What color is the quilt?

Burgundy

Overall color scheme:

Multicolor

Quilt's condition:

Poor/very worn

Damage:

Stains

Sashing width:

5

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Hand Piecing

Embellishment techniques used to make the quilt top:

Embroidery

Description of the back:

Morton Salt bags, White Rock and Wheat Bags

Number of pieces of fabric in the quilt back:

17

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:

3

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:

3

Where did the maker get their materials?

Feed or flour sacks

Describe the sources of the quilt's materials:

Back stencil from several salt companies.

Person filling out this form is:

Quilt owner

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's name:

Leota Williams

Quilt owner's city:

Inkster

Quilt owner's county:

Wayne

Quilt owner's state:

Michigan (MI)

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

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

Made entire quilt

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

Fabrics, filling backing c1880 but put together c1935.

Copyright holder:

Michigan State University Museum