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12-8-879

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:

01.0103

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

TC2001:10

Object label:

Duck's in the Pond Quilt reproduction
Kate Edgar, top's maker, and Kari Ruedisale, quilter
Lansing, Ingham County, Michigan
2001
Collection of Michigan State University Museum acc.#TC2001.10

Essay:

This quilt was inspired by another Duck's in the Pond quilt in the collection of the Michigan State University Museum.

Kate chose fabrics from her stash of reproduction fabrics to create an even "scrappier" quilt than the pattern suggests.

The pattern for this reproduction can be found in Great Lakes, Great Quilts.

Quilt's title:

Duck's In the Pond Reproduction

Biography of the quiltmaker?

The last active quiltmaker in my family was my great-grandmother, who died well before I was born. Although my mother didn't quilt, she was a one-time home-ec teacher who sewed our dresses and brought home the most beautiful books about antique textiles. I began my first 'quilt' spontaneously at the age of nine, just a set of alternating red and blue squares that grew to about five by five pieces before I realized that I didn't have enough of the two fabrics involved to amount to much. Sporadic interest continued; I bought my first quilting magazine in 1974. Mom knew Pepper Corey, and would take me to her shop to pet the fabrics. In 1977 I completed my first quilt top, a crib-sized version of the Crow's Nest quilt shown in Beth Gutcheon's Perfect Patchwork Primer (reflecting the taste of the time, I stuffed it with the fluffiest polyester batt available and then tried stab-stitch quilting it at 14-18 to the inch, with the predictable result that twenty-two years later, it still isn't finished.) I rediscovered quilting around 1990, while I was in graduate school in California. The official trigger was the engagement of my best friend, for whom a very special present was needed, but it turned out to be a quilt because I hated school and discovered that the local quilt shop was a wonderful refuge. The making of that particular quilt outlasted the length of the marriage (it still isn't done either) but they did get a smaller wall quilt I made as a challenge piece for the quilt shop. I tend to finish things that have some kind of external deadline, most notably finishing a small quilt for the Hoffman Challenge annually since 1994. I dislike following published patterns, and most of my projects are either self-drawn applique 'cartoons' or are self-drafted traditional quilts. I'm confident in my ability to make fabric do whatever I want it to do, and the fun is in seeing if it will grow up to be what I expect it to be.

Quilt top made by:

Edgar, Kate (Catherine J.)

Quilted by:

Ruedisale, Kari

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

Purchased the quilt

Where the quilt was made, city:

East Lansing

Where the quilt was made, county:

Ingham

Where the quilt was made, state:

Michigan (MI)

Time period:

2000-2025

When was the quilt started?

2001

When was the quilt finished?

2001

Quilt is presently used as:

Museum collection

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's city:

East Lansing

Quiltmaker's county:

Ingham

Quiltmaker's state:

Michigan (MI)

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Edgar

Quiltmaker's birth date:

8/7/1963

Quiltmaker's ethnic background/tribal affiliation:

English, Dutch, mixed Yankee

Quiltmaker's educational background:

BS (Geology) Western Michigan University

Quiltmaker's occupation:

Several, including various seasonal jobs in national park and recreation areas, quilt shop clerk, teacher of stained glass, caterer, and museum collections assistant.

Quiltmaker's father's name:

Edgar, James H.

Quiltmaker's mother's name:

Edgar, Mary Braamse

How did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

From Class

When did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

Under 10 years of age

Estimated number of quilts made by this quiltmaker:

5-20 quilts

Does/did the quiltmaker sell quilts?

no

Does/did the quiltmaker teach quilting?

yes

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

Capital City Quilt Guild

Where does/did the group meet?

Lansing, MI

What are the main activities of the group?

Monthly meetings; sponsor workshops; charity quilts made for hospitalized children

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

89"

How long is the quilt?

101"

Shape of edge:

Straight

Shape of corners:

Straight

Quilt's condition:

Excellent/like new

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Number of quilt blocks:

56

Size of quilt blocks:

8 1/2" x 8 1/2"

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Alternating with plain squares

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

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 or polyester blend

How are the layers held together?

Machine quilting

Quilting designs used, overall motifs:

Outline

Quilting designs used, background fills:

Grid/crosshatch

Where did the maker get their materials?

Purchased new

Describe the sources of the quilt's materials:

Fabrics purchased at Country Stitches, East Lansing, MI

Where did the maker find their pattern?

Another quilt

Exhibitions where this quilt was displayed:

Quilts Old & New: Reproductions from the Great Lakes Quilt Center, East Lansing, MI, January 12-August 17, 2003, Michigan State University Museum

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

Great Lakes, Great Quilts (2001) book, page 77.

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

Patterns

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

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

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

Made entire quilt top

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

This quilt was made to produce a pattern for the book Great Lakes, Great Quilts. It is a reproduction of MSUM #1999:12.6

Copyright holder:

Michigan State University Museum

Cite this Quilt

Edgar, Kate (Catherine J.. Duck's In the Pond Reproduction. 2001. From Michigan State University Museum, Michigan Quilt Project; Michigan State University Museum Collection. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=12-8-879. Accessed: 03/28/24

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