QUILT INDEX RECORD
12-8-915
Who documented this quilt?
Michigan Quilt Project
Where are the records for this quilt housed?
Michigan State University Museum
Michigan Quilt Project Number:
86.0126
Owner's name for the quilt:
Leaves and Vines
Names for quilt's pattern in common use:
Autumn Leaves
Brackman # or other source & #:
88.17
When was the form filled out?
3/6/1986
Quilt top made by:
Ferguson, Martha
Quilted by:
Ferguson, Martha
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:
Detroit
Where the quilt was made, county:
Wayne
Where the quilt was made, state:
Michigan (MI)
Time period:
1930-1949
When was the quilt finished?
c1930
Quiltmaker's gender:
Female
Quiltmaker's city:
Detroit
Quiltmaker's county:
Wayne
Quiltmaker's state:
Michigan (MI)
Quiltmaker's maiden name:
Russell
Quiltmaker's birth date:
4/27/1898
Quiltmaker's date and place of death:
2/1984
Quiltmaker's educational background:
8th grade
Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:
Presbyterian
Quiltmaker's occupation:
Housewife
Quiltmaker's father's name:
Russell, ________
Quiltmaker's father's ethnic/tribal background:
Scottish
Quiltmaker's mother's ethnic/tribal background:
Scottish
Quiltmaker's spouse's/spouses' and/or partner's/partners' ethnic/tribal background:
Scottish
Quiltmaker's spouse's/spouses' and/or partner's/partners' occupation:
Real Estate, factory worker
Number of children:
3
How many of the quiltmaker's children were girls?
1
How many of the quiltmaker's children were boys?
2
Does/did the quiltmaker sell quilts?
no
Does/did the quiltmaker teach quilting?
no
This is a:
Finished quilt
How wide is the quilt?
58"
How long is the quilt?
78 1/2"
Shape of edge:
Straight
Shape of corners:
Straight
What color is the quilt?
Green
Overall color scheme:
Multicolor
Quilt's condition:
Very good/almost new
Describe the quilt's layout:
Medallion or framed center
Number of borders:
3
Describe the borders:
8", 4", 8 1/2", 4"
Fiber types used to make the quilt top:
Cotton
Applique techniques used to make the quilt top:
Hand Applique
Materials used to make the back:
Cotton
What color is the back of the quilt?
Green
Number of pieces of fabric in the quilt back:
2
What kind of filling is used in the quilt?
Cannot tell
How are the layers held together?
Hand quilting
Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:
6
Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:
6
Quilting designs used, decorative motifs:
Cables
Quilting designs used, background fills:
Parallel lines
Where did the maker find their pattern?
Commercial/Published source: Kit
Commercial name of the pattern for the top:
Needlecraft Supply Co. kit 1935
Exhibitions where this quilt was displayed:
Piecemakers Quilt Guild, Saginaw, MI, 3/1985, Saginaw Historical Museum
Related items such as diaries, obituaries, wills, household inventories, or pictures of the quiltmaker:
Michigan Quilts (1987) book, figure 140, page 95.
Person filling out this form is:
Quilt owner
Ownership of this quilt is:
Private
Quilt owner's name:
Nancy E. Ferguson
Quilt owner's city:
Bay City
Quilt owner's county:
Bay
Quilt owner's state:
Michigan (MI)
How was this quilt acquired?
Inheritance
Access and copyright information:
Restricted
How did the quiltmaker participate in the creation of the quilt?
Made entire quilt
Who photographed this quilt?
Peter Glendinning
Copyright holder:
Michigan State University Museum
Cite this Quilt
Ferguson, Marth. Leaves and Vines. c1930. From Michigan State University Museum, Michigan Quilt Project. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=12-8-915. Accessed: 03/28/24