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The Dance; pictorial applique medallion

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12-8-500

Who documented this quilt?

Michigan Quilt Project

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Michigan State University Museum

Michigan Quilt Project Number:

98.0012

Quilt's title:

The Dance

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

pictorial applique medallion

Quilt top made by:

Kilbourn, Barbara

Quilted by:

Kilbourn, Barbara

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

Made the quilt

Where the quilt was made, city:

Ann Arbor

Where the quilt was made, county:

Washtenaw

Where the quilt was made, state:

Michigan (MI)

Time period:

1976-1999

When was the quilt started?

1996

When was the quilt finished?

1996

Why was the quilt made?

Challenge or Contest entry

Details about why the quilt was made:

Three in One Challenge quilt.

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's city:

Ann Arbor

Quiltmaker's county:

Washtenaw

Quiltmaker's state:

Michigan (MI)

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Carlson

Quiltmaker's birth date:

9/20/1953

In which kind of environment did the quiltmaker live?

Urban

Quiltmaker's ethnic background/tribal affiliation:

English, Swedish

Quiltmaker's educational background:

BA, University of Michigan; MEd University of Illinois

Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:

Episcopalian

Quiltmaker's occupation:

Elementary school teacher (former); now quilt instructor

Quiltmaker's father's name:

Carlson, Jr., August B.

Quiltmaker's father's ethnic/tribal background:

Swedish, Pennsylvania Dutch

Quiltmaker's mother's name:

Carlson, Margaret Hilda Balls

Quiltmaker's mother's ethnic/tribal background:

English

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

professor

Number of children:

2

How many of the quiltmaker's children were girls?

2

How did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

From Friend

When did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

Age 20-29

Estimated number of quilts made by this quiltmaker:

more than 50

Does/did the quiltmaker sell quilts?

yes

Does/did the quiltmaker teach quilting?

yes

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

Greater Ann Arbor Quilt Guild; Faculty Women's Quilters; Tuesday Night Quilters; AQS; AQSG: NQA; Michigan Quilt Network

Where does/did the group meet?

Ann Arbor, MI

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

42"

How long is the quilt?

42"

Shape of edge:

Straight

What color is the quilt?

Green

Overall color scheme:

Multicolor

Quilt's condition:

Excellent/like new

What is inscribed on the quilt?

Kilbourn

What is the date inscribed on the quilt?

1996

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Number of borders:

2

Describe the borders:

outer, 3" plain; inner 1" plain

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Machine Piecing

Applique techniques used to make the quilt top:

Machine Applique

Materials used to make the back:

Cotton

Number of pieces of fabric in the quilt back:

1

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?

Cotton

How are the layers held together?

Machine quilting

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

10

Where did the maker find their pattern?

Original to maker

Contests entered:

American Quilters Society Show, Paducah, KY; Quilt America, IN

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's name:

Barbara Kilbourn

Quilt owner's city:

Ann Arbor

Quilt owner's county:

Washtenaw

Quilt owner's state:

Michigan (MI)

How was this quilt acquired?

Made by owner

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

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

Made entire quilt

If the source helped design the quilt, describe their input:

Designed the pattern

Copyright holder:

Michigan State University Museum

Cite this Quilt

Kilbourn, Barbar. The Dance. 1996. From Michigan State University Museum, Michigan Quilt Project. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=12-8-500. Accessed: 03/28/24