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:

94.0061

Owner's name for the quilt:

Baby Zoo

Quilt top made by:

Rumpf, Lorraine

Quilted by:

Rumpf, Lorraine

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

Received as a gift

Where the quilt was made, city:

Montclair

Where the quilt was made, county:

San Bernardino

Where the quilt was made, state:

California (CA)

Time period:

1950-1975

When was the quilt started?

1974

When was the quilt finished?

1975

Details about why the quilt was made:

My first grandson, Dylan Colvil was born in April 1979.

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's city:

Montclair

Quiltmaker's county:

San Bernadino

Quiltmaker's state:

California (CA)

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Sarvis

Quiltmaker's birth date:

4/25/1921

Quiltmaker's ethnic background/tribal affiliation:

German English

Quiltmaker's educational background:

Edwin Denby High Graduate 1939-June

Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:

Lutheran

Quiltmaker's occupation:

Retired rural postal carrier, U.S. Postal Service

Quiltmaker's father's name:

Sarvis, John Edward

Quiltmaker's father's ethnic/tribal background:

English

Quiltmaker's mother's name:

Sarvis, Dolly Williams

Quiltmaker's mother's ethnic/tribal background:

German

Quiltmaker's marriage date(s):

7/18/1939

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

Rumpf, Willard H.

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

Chief Stationary Engineer

Number of children:

2

How many of the quiltmaker's children were girls?

1

How many of the quiltmaker's children were boys?

1

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 teach quilting?

yes

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

The Montclair Woman's Club

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

34 1/4"

How long is the quilt?

47"

Shape of edge:

Straight

Quilt's condition:

Good/moderate use

What is inscribed on the quilt?

Grandma Lori

What is the date inscribed on the quilt?

1974

Method used to make the inscription:

Embroidery

Location of inscription:

on back

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Number of quilt blocks:

20

Size of quilt blocks:

5 1/2" x 6 1/2"

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Separated by plain sashing

Sashing width:

2 1/4"

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Hand Piecing

Applique techniques used to make the quilt top:

Hand Applique

Embellishment techniques used to make the quilt top:

Embroidery

Materials used to make the back:

Cotton

Number of pieces of fabric in the quilt back:

1, yellow checked gingham

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:

5

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:

6

Where did the maker get their materials?

Sewing scraps

Contests entered:

Los Angeles County Fair, Pamona, CA, 1975, First Place

Related items such as diaries, obituaries, wills, household inventories, or pictures of the quiltmaker:

Photo on file shows quilt is display case at L.A. County Fair with its blue ribbon.

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

Montclair Tribune, Thursday, August 21, 1975, Becoming Popular Again, The art of quilting, By Lynne Locke. From the DAILY REPORT, Ontario-Upland, Calif., Fri., Oct. 12, 1962 C-1; Club Quilters Weave History of Montclair. Club project will show first home, first church and new civic center. Montclair's Entry, 2/21/1963

Person filling out this form is:

Quiltmaker

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's name:

Sharon Diane Rumpf Colvil

Quilt owner's city:

Hemet

Quilt owner's county:

Riverside

Quilt owner's state:

California (CA)

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