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:

94.0065

Owner's name for the quilt:

Liberty Forever

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

A "Bi-Tri" Centennial Quilt

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 Bernardino

Where the quilt was made, state:

California (CA)

When was the quilt started?

1976

When was the quilt finished?

8/1993

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?

80 3/4"

How long is the quilt?

95 3/8"

Shape of edge:

Straight

Quilt's condition:

Excellent/like new

What is inscribed on the quilt?

Pattern name of each block is embroidered in the chain stitch in its bottom sashing. "Lincoln's Platform" block has white bars in which is quilted "Fourscore and seven years ago our father's" from his Gettysburg Address. Michigan block has my birthdate embroidered in bottom sashing and my signature, "Lori, Aug 1993" is quilted in right hand sashing of the the block.

What is the date inscribed on the quilt?

Aug. 1993

Describe where the inscription was found:

top

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Number of quilt blocks:

30

Size of quilt blocks:

12"

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Separated by plain sashing

Sashing width:

3"

Describe the borders:

3"; 3 "

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Hand Piecing

Materials used to make the back:

Cotton

Number of pieces of fabric in the quilt back:

145 its reversible

What kind of filling is used in the quilt?

Polyester

How are the layers held together?

Machine quilting

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

6

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:

7

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

Templates

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

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:

10 - 12 hour days, 6 days a week at Post Office prevented me from completing quilt till I retired. Most blocks had been pieced, but some were changed and new ones added to increase "theme."

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