QUILT INDEX RECORD

12-8-810

Who documented this quilt?

Michigan Quilt Project

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Michigan State University Museum

Michigan Quilt Project Number:

02.0084

Owner's name for the quilt:

Schoolhouse

Biography of the quiltmaker?

Lucy Mitchell did a lot of quilting in her old age and gave 2 quilts to her grandson's bride at their wedding.

Quilt top made by:

Mitchell, Lucy Evelyn

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?

Inherited

Where the quilt was made, city:

Possibly Ludington

Where the quilt was made, state:

Michigan (MI)

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's city:

Ludington

Quiltmaker's county:

Mason

Quiltmaker's state:

Michigan (MI)

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Cravath

Quiltmaker's birth date:

early 1800s

In which kind of environment did the quiltmaker live?

Rural

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

1907 ?

Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:

Congregational Church

Quiltmaker's father's name:

Cravath, Obed

Quiltmaker's mother's name:

Cravath, Hannah

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

farmer

Number of children:

9

Why does the quiltmaker quilt?

Gifts

How wide is the quilt?

69"

How long is the quilt?

87"

Shape of edge:

Straight

Quilt's condition:

Fair/worn

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Number of quilt blocks:

24

Size of quilt blocks:

10" x 10"

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Sashing width:

Horizontal 2 1/2", verticle 5 3/4"

Number of borders:

1

Describe the borders:

5"

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Machine Piecing

Materials used to make the back:

Cotton

Number of pieces of fabric in the quilt back:

3

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?

Tied or tufted

Person filling out this form is:

Quilt owner

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's name:

Jean Mitchell

Quilt owner's city:

Grand Rapids

Quilt owner's county:

Kent

Quilt owner's state:

Michigan (MI)

How was this quilt acquired?

Inheritance

Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:

1953, husband's family

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Michigan State University Museum