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:

AIQP 94.0017

Quilt's title:

Christmas Star 2

Quilt top made by:

Oliver, Susan W.

Quilted by:

Oliver, Susan W.

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

Made the quilt

Where the quilt was made, city:

White River

Where the quilt was made, county:

Navajo

Where the quilt was made, state:

Arizona (AZ)

Time period:

1976-1999

When was the quilt started?

October 1993

When was the quilt finished?

December 1993

Why was the quilt made?

Gift or presentation

Details about why the quilt was made:

This will be used as a gift next Christmas.

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's city:

White River

Quiltmaker's county:

Navajo

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Oliver

Quiltmaker's birth date:

9/10/1948

In which kind of environment did the quiltmaker live?

Rural

Quiltmaker's ethnic background/tribal affiliation:

Jicarilla Apache

Quiltmaker's educational background:

MSW Portland State University, Portland, OR

Quiltmaker's occupation:

social worker

Quiltmaker's father's name:

Oliver, Lester

Quiltmaker's father's ethnic/tribal background:

White Mountain Apache

How did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

From Class

When did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

Age 40-49

Why does the quiltmaker quilt?

Gifts

Estimated number of quilts made by this quiltmaker:

5-20 quilts

Does/did the quiltmaker teach quilting?

no

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

36"

How long is the quilt?

37 1/2"

Quilt's condition:

Excellent/like new

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

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:

3

What kind of filling is used in the quilt?

Polyester

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:

7

Quilting designs used, overall motifs:

Outline

Where did the maker get their materials?

Purchased new

Describe the sources of the quilt's materials:

Fabrics from Walmart.

Where did the maker find their pattern?

Commercial/Published source: Book

Commercial name of the pattern for the top:

Found in a Christmas book, the original diamond design

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's name:

Susan W. Oliver

Quilt owner's city:

White River

Quilt owner's county:

Navajo

Quilt owner's state:

Arizona (AZ)

How was this quilt acquired?

Made by owner

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

Started in October and took it to several conferences and pieced it while traveling on planes, made in December 1993. Thinks after this that she will do all the rest of her quilts in hand-piecing. She was inspired to take the class when her American Indian girlfriend from Oklahoma who told her about it.

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

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

Made entire quilt

Who photographed this quilt?

Bill McLemore

Copyright holder:

Michigan State University Museum