QUILT INDEX RECORD

12-8-652

Who documented this quilt?

Michigan Quilt Project

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Michigan State University Museum

Michigan Quilt Project Number:

84.0022

Owner's name for the quilt:

Baby Blocks

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Tumbling Blocks, Block Pattern, Box Patterns, Variegated Diamonds, Shifting Cubes, Building Blocks, Box Upon Box, Cubework, Golden Cubes, Jacob's Ladder, Stairstep Quilt, Disappearing Blocks, Stairs of Illusion, Steps to the Altar, English T Box, Box Pat

Brackman # or other source & #:

142b

When was the form filled out?

10/1984

Quilt top made by:

Anderson, Christine

Quilted by:

Kennedy, Mary Lee

If you are a relative of the quiltmaker, how are you related? The quiltmaker is my:

Quilt owner

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

Purchased the quilt

Where the quilt was made, city:

Tustin

Where the quilt was made, county:

Osceola

Where the quilt was made, state:

Michigan (MI)

When was the quilt started?

c. 1925

When was the quilt finished?

1978

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's city:

Tustin

Quiltmaker's county:

Osceola

Quiltmaker's state:

Michigan (MI)

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Hendricks

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

74"

How long is the quilt?

88"

Shape of edge:

Straight

Quilt's condition:

Very good/almost new

Describe the repairs:

Machine quilting was removed and old cotton batt and flannel back were removed and replaced with new cotton back. Border on one side was partly removed to straighten diamond areas and then reserved.

What is inscribed on the quilt?

MLK

What is the date inscribed on the quilt?

1978

Method used to make the inscription:

In the quilting

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Side by side

What is the shape of the quilt blocks?

Diamonds

Number of borders:

2

Describe the borders:

outer 4", plain, red solid; inner 1.75" plain, white solid

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Materials used to make the back:

Cotton

Number of pieces of fabric in the quilt back:

2

How is the binding made?

Edges turned in/ no separate binding

What kind of filling is used in the quilt?

Cotton

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

11

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:

11

Quilting designs used, decorative motifs:

Cables

Describe the quilting designs used:

Outline/Ditch

Exhibitions where this quilt was displayed:

Many talks

Contests entered:

Reed City Quilt Show, Reed City, MI, 1984, Red ribbon, old pieced quilts

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

Prizes, awards, ribbons, etc.

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

Photos of quilter

Person filling out this form is:

Quilt owner

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's name:

Mary Lee Kennedy

Quilt owner's city:

Cadillac

Quilt owner's county:

Wexford

Quilt owner's state:

Michigan (MI)

How was this quilt acquired?

Purchase

Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:

Mr. Anderson, at auction 1977. Top made Tustin, Osceola Co. MI; completed Cadillac, Wexford Co. MI; owned by quilter. The quilt was in the Anderson family for at least two generations

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

I have always been curious who made it, who added to it, and what happened to it over the years. It had never been washed.

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Michigan State University Museum