QUILT INDEX RECORD
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