QUILT INDEX RECORD

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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:

99.0251

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

1998:53.73

Object label:

Pennsylvania Dutch Flower Garden
Mary Schafer and Betty Harriman
Bunceton, Cooper County, Missouri and Flushing, Genesee County, Michigan
1973
Collection of Michigan State University Museum acc.#1998:53.73

Essay:

Betty and Mary both contributed blocks to this quilt. The pattern is from Country Gentlemen magazine, a source of mail order patterns in the 1930s. The border is Mary’s original contribution. Mary had her neighbors sign the quilt blocks.

Owner's name for the quilt:

Pennsylvania Dutch Flower Garden

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Applique sampler

Quilt top made by:

Harriman, Betty Harned

Quilted by:

Schafer, Mary

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

Purchased the quilt

Where the quilt was made, country:

United States

Time period:

1950-1975

When was the quilt finished?

1973

Quilt is presently used as:

Museum collection

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's city:

Bunceton

Quiltmaker's state:

Missouri (MO)

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Harned

Quiltmaker's birth date:

9/22/1890

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

6/21/1971

Quiltmaker's educational background:

William Wood High School. She earned a teaching degree from Warrensburg State College.

Quiltmaker's occupation:

She was a school teacher, the a hotel manager until her retirement.

Quiltmaker's father's name:

Harned, Ben

Quiltmaker's mother's name:

Harned, Betty Bradley

Quiltmaker's marriage date(s):

1917-1925 (she was widowed and never remarried).

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

Harriman, Colonel R.L.

How did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

From Relative

When did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

Under 10 years of age

Estimated number of quilts made by this quiltmaker:

more than 50

Does/did the quiltmaker sell quilts?

no

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

78 3/4"

How long is the quilt?

99 1/2"

Shape of edge:

Straight

Shape of corners:

Straight

Quilt's condition:

Excellent/like new

What is inscribed on the quilt?

Mary Schafer

What is the date inscribed on the quilt?

1973

Method used to make the inscription:

Embroidery

Describe where the inscription was found:

top

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Number of quilt blocks:

12

Size of quilt blocks:

16 1/2" x 16 1/2"

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Separated by plain sashing

Sashing width:

3 1/4"

What is the shape of the quilt blocks?

Sampler

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

What is the width of the binding (measure on the top only)?

less than a half inch

What kind of filling is used in the quilt?

Polyester

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

7

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:

6

Quilting designs used, overall motifs:

Outline

Where did the maker find their pattern?

Commercial/Published source: Magazine

Commercial name of the pattern for the top:

From Country Gentleman magazine, called Brides Quilt by Charlotte Whitehill

Exhibitions where this quilt was displayed:

The Mary Schafer Collection: A Legacy of Quilt History, East Lansing, MI, July 29-December 31, 2001, Michigan State Univeristy Museum

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

Quilter's Journal, vol. IV, no. 4 for more information on Betty Harriman. Book, Mary Schafer and Her Quilts by Marston and Cunningham; Michigan State University Museum, 1990. Photos of quilter; Patterns; Templates; Prizes, awards, ribbons, etc. Videotape; Audiotape; Interview with quilter

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:

2/18/1998, Mary Vida Schafer

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

Some blocks were made by Betty Harriman, others by Mary Schafer who also set them and completed the quilt. At some point Mary decided that the blocks needed to have signatures in them, so she took them around to her neighbors to have them signed.

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

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

Made quilt blocks or part of quilt top

Describe any favorite patterns, tools, etc. used by the quiltmaker:

Betty loved intricate applique and highly technical piecing. She also liked heavily quilted and stuffed work.

Who photographed this quilt?

KEVA

Copyright holder:

Michigan State University Museum