QUILT INDEX RECORD

12-8-390

Who documented this quilt?

Michigan Quilt Project; Michigan State University Museum Collection

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Michigan State University Museum

Michigan Quilt Project Number:

91.0031

If this quilt is owned by a museum, enter the accession number:

7248.1

Owner's name for the quilt:

Amish strip quilt

Quilt top made by:

Yoder, Katie

Quilted by:

Yoder, Katie

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

Purchased the quilt

Where the quilt was made, city:

Clare

Where the quilt was made, county:

Clare

Where the quilt was made, state:

Michigan (MI)

Time period:

1976-1999

When was the quilt finished?

c1991

Quilt is presently used as:

Museum collection

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's city:

Clare

Quiltmaker's county:

Clare

Quiltmaker's state:

Michigan (MI)

Quiltmaker's ethnic background/tribal affiliation:

Amish

Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:

Amish

Number of children:

1

How many of the quiltmaker's children were girls?

1

Does/did the quiltmaker sell quilts?

yes

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

83"

How long is the quilt?

98"

Overall color scheme:

Multicolor

Describe the quilt's layout:

Vertical strip

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton or polyester blend

Applique techniques used to make the quilt top:

Hand Applique

Color of thread used in the quilting:

Black

Describe the quilting designs used:

hearts, wave

Source of the information on this quilt:

Museum employee

Ownership of this quilt is:

Public- Michigan State University Museum

Quilt owner's name:

Michigan State University Museum

Quilt owner's city:

East Lansing

Quilt owner's county:

Ingham

Quilt owner's state:

Michigan (MI)

How was this quilt acquired?

Purchase

Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:

8-29-1991, Amanda Troyer

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

Marsha MacDowell and Kurt Dewhurst bought this quilt while driving up north. From their fieldwork notes: We stopped at the Intersection of US27 and I75 where there was a display of quilts thrown over fencing and several Amish women seated on the ground in front quilting. A horse and buggy were parked nearby... More remarkably, while we were there we saw a Hmong-looking woman and her husband come up and start listening to our conversation with Amanda (Troyer). They also were looking closely at the stitching in the quilts. After we finished our purchase, the woman asked Amanda if she quilted tops that other people appliqued. Needless to say at that point I asked her is she was Hmong. Turned out the Yer Thor and her husband, Xeng Thor, had heard ther were Amish around Clare and had driven up to try and find some women who could quilt the floral applique (non-Hmong design) quilt tops that Yer Thor was making. Yer said that she has been unable to find many people to purchase her Hmond design applique and so she has been turning to doing non-Hmong design applique quilt tops which she has found Amish quilters in Shipshewanna and Ohio to quilt for her.

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

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

Made entire quilt

Who photographed this quilt?

KEVA

Copyright holder:

Michigan State University Museum