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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