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:

94.0063

Owner's name for the quilt:

Mother's Vineyard

Quilt top made by:

Rumpf, Lorraine

Quilted by:

Rumpf, Lorraine

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

Made the quilt

Where the quilt was made, city:

Montclair

Where the quilt was made, county:

San Bernadino

Where the quilt was made, state:

California (CA)

Time period:

1950-1975

When was the quilt started?

1974

When was the quilt finished?

1975

Why was the quilt made?

Gift or presentation

Details about why the quilt was made:

Made for and given to my daughter Sharon Rumpf Colvil

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?

73 1/2"`

How long is the quilt?

91"

Shape of edge:

Straight

Quilt's condition:

Excellent/like new

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Number of quilt blocks:

6 appliqued, 6 plain

Size of quilt blocks:

17 1/2"

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Alternating with plain squares

Describe the borders:

9 1/2", narrowed to fit a twin bed. Borders are appliqued with a running grape vine.

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

Materials used to make the back:

Cotton

Number of pieces of fabric in the quilt back:

2 pieces unbleached muslin. I appliqued brown bias tape to corner seam, a definite mistak! Terrible to quilt through!

What kind of filling is used in the quilt?

Cotton

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting

Color of thread used in the quilting:

Lavendar

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

6

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:

7

Quilting designs used, overall motifs:

Echo

Quilting designs used, decorative motifs:

Vines

Where did the maker find their pattern?

Commercial/Published source: Pattern

Commercial name of the pattern for the top:

Mountain Mist

Contests entered:

Los Angeles County Fair, Pamona, CA, 197

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

Patterns. 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

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's name:

Lorraine Sarvis Rumpf

Quilt owner's city:

Montclair

Quilt owner's county:

San Bernardino

Quilt owner's state:

California (CA)

How was this quilt acquired?

Made by owner

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

Sharon has returned quilt to me to enlarge for a queen bed. I've collected purples and greens, but I've decided I'd rather make a whole new quilt than enlarge this one. Time will tell. I was 53-54 then - today (April 25, 1994) I am 73. Wish me luck!

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