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:

02.0457

Quilt's title:

Eastwood Sisters

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Apple blossoms applique kit quilt

Quilt top made by:

Habeck, Ada Eastbrook Ruddy and Hilda Eastwood

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:

Saginaw and Flint

Where the quilt was made, state:

Michigan (MI)

Time period:

1930-1949

When was the quilt started?

1940s

When was the quilt finished?

1950s

Details about why the quilt was made:

Mother's sister who lived to 97 and had been married 73 years (it is now 2003) started the quilt but then began teaching and put it away. Mother's son, Bob, and my older brother, was killed in a jet airplane accident while a midshipman at Norfolk, VA. Ada

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's city:

Ada, Flint; Hilda, Saginaw

Quiltmaker's state:

Michigan (MI)

Quiltmaker's birth date:

10/24/1905

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

01/02/2002

Quiltmaker's ethnic background/tribal affiliation:

English mostly

Quiltmaker's educational background:

Wayne State University

Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:

Catholic

Quiltmaker's occupation:

Elementary school teacher

Quiltmaker's father's name:

Eastwood, Bert

Quiltmaker's mother's name:

Lytle, Maude

Quiltmaker's marriage date(s):

Ada and Bert, 10/26/1928; Harold and Hilda, 10/27/1923

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

Ruddy, Albert; Habeck, Harold

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

Albert, Seatlest Dairy Manager; Harold, was a food distributor

Number of children:

4

How many of the quiltmaker's children were girls?

2

How many of the quiltmaker's children were boys?

2

How did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

From Class

When did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

Age 30-39

Does/did the quiltmaker sell quilts?

no

Does/did the quiltmaker teach quilting?

no

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

Au Sable Quilt Guild

Where does/did the group meet?

Grayling, MI

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

75"

How long is the quilt?

90"

Shape of edge:

Straight

Quilt's condition:

Very good/almost new

Describe the quilt's layout:

One patch or allover

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

How is the binding made?

Edges turned in/ no separate binding

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:

7

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:

6

Where did the maker find their pattern?

Commercial/Published source: Kit

Exhibitions where this quilt was displayed:

AuSable Quilt Guild, Grayling, MI, April 4-5, 1997

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

The photo of the sisters together is still in the posession of the quilts owner.

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's name:

Jane (Mrs. William) Case

Quilt owner's city:

Roscommon

Quilt owner's county:

Roscommon

Quilt owner's state:

Michigan (MI)

How was this quilt acquired?

Inheritance

Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:

Upon her death I received this quilt. 1982, Hilda Eastwood Habeck, mother

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

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

Quilted or tied the top

Copyright holder:

Michigan State University Museum