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:

02.0327

Owner's name for the quilt:

Schoolhouse

Quilt top made by:

Forbear, Nancy Ann

Quilted by:

Forbear, Nancy Ann

If you are a relative of the quiltmaker, how are you related? The quiltmaker is my:

Quilt owner

Where the quilt was made, city:

Spring Lake

Where the quilt was made, county:

Ottawa

Where the quilt was made, state:

Michigan (MI)

Time period:

2000-2025

When was the quilt started?

6-2000

When was the quilt finished?

4-2001

Details about why the quilt was made:

This was a gift to my mother to commemorate her teaching career and her family, 4/2001

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's city:

Spring Lake

Quiltmaker's county:

Ottawa

Quiltmaker's state:

Michigan (MI)

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Taylor

Quiltmaker's birth date:

3/26/1945

Quiltmaker's ethnic background/tribal affiliation:

English

Quiltmaker's educational background:

B.S. MSU

Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:

Methodist

Quiltmaker's occupation:

Home Ec Teacher at Oakridge High School 1967-2001

Quiltmaker's father's name:

Taylor, Richard W.

Quiltmaker's mother's name:

Taylor, Zora June Caswell

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

Accountant

Number of children:

2

How many of the quiltmaker's children were girls?

1

How many of the quiltmaker's children were boys?

1

How did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

From Class

When did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

Age 50 or over

Estimated number of quilts made by this quiltmaker:

5-20 quilts

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?

Lighthouse Quilt Guild

Where does/did the group meet?

Grand Haven, MI

What are the main activities of the group?

Lectures, Quilt Show, Baby Quilt Project at North Ottawa Community Hospital

This is a:

Finished quilt

Shape of edge:

Straight

Quilt's condition:

Excellent/like new

What is inscribed on the quilt?

To Mom From Nancy

What is the date inscribed on the quilt?

4/2000

Method used to make the inscription:

Ink

Describe the method used to inscribe the quilt:

Photo transfer

Number of quilt blocks:

9

Size of quilt blocks:

12" x 12"

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Separated by pieced pattern sashing

Sashing width:

2 1/2"

Number of borders:

2

Describe the borders:

Outer 2 1/2"; Inner (pieced) 2 1/2"

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Machine Piecing

Number of pieces of fabric in the quilt back:

2

How is the binding made?

Straight grain

What is the width of the binding (measure on the top only)?

less than a half inch

What kind of filling is used in the quilt?

Cotton

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

5

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:

6

Where did the maker find their pattern?

Commercial/Published source: Magazine

Commercial name of the pattern for the top:

Fons & Porter Magazine, For the Love of Quilting

Person filling out this form is:

Quilt owner

Source of the information on this quilt:

Mother of quiltmaker

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's name:

Zora June Caswell Taylor

Quilt owner's city:

Blanchard

Quilt owner's county:

Isabella

Quilt owner's state:

Michigan (MI)

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

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

This quilt was made to honor my mothers teaching career. She began teaching in a one room school (Schaver) Hinton Twp., Mecosta Co. in 1930. From 1930-1937 she taught Shaver and Fouts one room schools. In 1938-39 she taught Kindergarten in Morley. Then she raised 2 children Richard and Nancy Taylor. Then she went back teaching 1956-1973 at Remus Elementary. The people on the photo transfers are her family members.

Copyright holder:

Michigan State University Museum