QUILT INDEX RECORD

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Who documented this quilt?

Michigan Quilt Project

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Michigan State University Museum

Michigan Quilt Project Number:

85.1164

Quilt's title:

Chandler Township Bicentennial Quilt

When was the form filled out?

6/20/198

Other people who worked on this quilt:

Along with Mrs. Oldhame ther were between thirty-five and forty different women that worked on the Chandler quilt.

Name of the group that made the quilt:

Women of Chandler Township group

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

Received as a gift

Where the quilt was made, city:

Boyne Falls

Where the quilt was made, county:

Charlevoix

Where the quilt was made, state:

Michigan (MI)

Time period:

1976-1999

When was the quilt started?

1974

When was the quilt finished?

1976

Why was the quilt made?

Commemorative

Details about why the quilt was made:

As we worked we not only learned stitchery (only 3 or 4 of the women had made a quilt before) but also our local history. Many times, if the woman sewing the section knew the family she was working with she would put something that typified that family. N

Quiltmaker's city:

Boyne Falls

Quiltmaker's county:

Charlevoix

Quiltmaker's state:

Michigan (MI)

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

106"

How long is the quilt?

106"

Shape of edge:

Straight

What color is the quilt?

Green

Overall color scheme:

Multicolor

What is inscribed on the quilt?

Any person who has owned land in Chandler for 5 years or more has their family name on the quilt along with the years that they owned the land. Over 800 names.

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Number of quilt blocks:

36

Size of quilt blocks:

18"

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Side by side

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton or polyester blend

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Hand Piecing

Applique techniques used to make the quilt top:

Hand Applique

Embellishment techniques used to make the quilt top:

Embroidery

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting

Describe the sources of the quilt's materials:

Some fabrics came from JoAnn Fabrics, the rest came from scraps.

Where did the maker find their pattern?

Original to maker

Exhibitions where this quilt was displayed:

Michigan Quilts: A Celebration of 150 Years of Textile Tradition, Lansing, MI, September 13, 1987-January 30, 1988, Michigan Historical Museum; University of Southern Illinois

Contests entered:

Cheboygan County Fair, Cheboygan, MI, , Ribbon; Emmet County Fair, ribbon; Otsego County Fair, ribbon

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

Michigan Quilts (1987) book, figure 171, page 113. Detroit Free Press, 1976. Patterns, Templates

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

Prizes, awards, ribbons, etc. Photos of quilter

Ownership of this quilt is:

Public-Other

Quilt owner's name:

Chandler Township

Quilt owner's city:

Boyne Falls

Quilt owner's county:

Charlevoix

Quilt owner's state:

Michigan (MI)

How was this quilt acquired?

Gift

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

As we did the land history of the township, people that remember the families would tell the stories are history of that family. The Chandler Quilt contains the history of land ownership in Chandler Township. The design is based on a township plat map. Our township has 36 sections, each section equalling 640 acres of land. The first land transaction took place in 1871. The quilts cover over 100 years of history.

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

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

Some of the appliques have a special meaning: for instance -- the hand plows in the various sections will have the names of Homesteaders on them, the big wheels and train and other appliques relating to logging stand for Cobbs and Mitchell Lumber Co. and the Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad both of which owned a considerable amount of land at one time, the state of Michigan appliques indicate the state owned land in out township (at this time the state owns 80% of the land), and section 2 (second from the top right corner) is the Town of Sprinvale (the only township past or present - in out township). This section was taken from photographs of Springvale taken between 1900-1926. Everything was made as closely to the pictures of the buildings as possible down to a white fence and flames in the gas lamps. The remarkable seamstress of this section is Belle Oldhame.

Copyright holder:

Michigan State University Museum