QUILT INDEX RECORD

12-8-897

Who documented this quilt?

Michigan Quilt Project

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Michigan State University Museum

Michigan Quilt Project Number:

85.0194

Owner's name for the quilt:

String Star

When was the form filled out?

3/5/1985

Quilt top made by:

Moody, Dellia

Quilted by:

Moody, Dellia

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, state:

Alabama (AL)

Time period:

1930-1949

When was the quilt started?

late 1940s

When was the quilt finished?

late 1940s

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's country:

United States

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Obidiah

Quiltmaker's birth date:

11/5/1915

In which kind of environment did the quiltmaker live?

Rural

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

1/1980

Quiltmaker's educational background:

up to 5th grade

Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:

Souther Baptist

Quiltmaker's father's name:

Hill, Thomas

Quiltmaker's mother's name:

Wakefield, Matilda

Quiltmaker's mother's ethnic/tribal background:

one half Indian

Quiltmaker's spouse's/spouses' and /or partner's/partners' name(s):

Moody, Benjamin Franklin

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

Farmer

Number of children:

4

How many of the quiltmaker's children were girls?

4

How did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

From Relative

When did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

Under 10 years of age

Why does the quiltmaker quilt?

Necessity

Other notes on how the quiltmaker learned, and how and why they quilt:

The older quilts were made because they were needed.

Estimated number of quilts made by this quiltmaker:

5-20 quilts

Does/did the quiltmaker sell quilts?

no

Does/did the quiltmaker teach quilting?

no

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

66"

How long is the quilt?

72"

Shape of edge:

Straight

Shape of corners:

Straight

Quilt's condition:

Fair/worn

Number of quilt blocks:

20

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Sashing width:

3 1/4"

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Fabric styles used in the quilt top:

Feedsack

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Hand Piecing

Materials used to make the back:

Cotton

Number of pieces of fabric in the quilt back:

2

How is the binding made?

Back turned to front

What kind of filling is used in the quilt?

Cotton

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting

Quilting designs used, overall motifs:

All-over-design

Describe the quilting designs used:

Wave

Where did the maker get their materials?

Feed or flour sacks

Exhibitions where this quilt was displayed:

Michigan Quilts: A Celebration of 150 Years of Textile Tradition, East Lansing, MI, September 12-November 1, 1987, Kresge Art Museum, MSU

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

Michigan Quilts (1987) book, figure 160, page 107.

Person filling out this form is:

Quilt owner

Source of the information on this quilt:

Granddaughter of quiltmaker

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's name:

Sherri L. Long

Quilt owner's city:

Adrain

Quilt owner's county:

Lenawee

Quilt owner's state:

Michigan (MI)

How was this quilt acquired?

Inheritance

Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:

Dellia Obidiah Moody, grandmother

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

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

Made entire quilt

Describe any unique traditions, quilting related customs, beliefs, songs or rhymes used by the quiltmaker:

My grandma told my mother stories on how she would sit beneath her mothers quilting frame and pass the needle back up to her mother when she would push it through. My mother remembers doing the same thing when she was little. My grandma would keep her girls interested by entertaining them with silly songs.

Who photographed this quilt?

Peter Glendinning

Copyright holder:

Michigan State University Museum