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:

02.0402

Owner's name for the quilt:

Autumn Leaves

Quilt top made by:

Stotz, Shirley Rae

Quilted by:

Stotz, Shirley Rae

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

Made the quilt

Where the quilt was made, city:

Ida

Where the quilt was made, county:

Monroe

Where the quilt was made, state:

Michigan (MI)

Time period:

1976-1999

When was the quilt started?

1998

When was the quilt finished?

1999

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's city:

Ida

Quiltmaker's county:

Monroe

Quiltmaker's state:

Michigan (MI)

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Hodgin

Quiltmaker's birth date:

1/25/1933

Quiltmaker's ethnic background/tribal affiliation:

English, German, French

Quiltmaker's educational background:

High School

Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:

Lutheran

Quiltmaker's occupation:

Accountant

Quiltmaker's father's name:

Hodgin, Thomas P.

Quiltmaker's mother's name:

Hodgin, Helen L. Fausey

Quiltmaker's marriage date(s):

4/27/1951

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

Stotz, Paul Richard

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

Carpenter

Number of children:

4

How many of the quiltmaker's children were girls?

1

How many of the quiltmaker's children were boys?

3

How did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

Self-Taught

When did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

Age 40-49

Estimated number of quilts made by this quiltmaker:

more than 50

Does/did the quiltmaker sell quilts?

yes

Does/did the quiltmaker teach quilting?

no

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

Monroe County Quilt Guild

Where does/did the group meet?

Monroe, MI

What are the main activities of the group?

All quilting, charitable

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

80"

How long is the quilt?

87"

Shape of edge:

Straight

Overall color scheme:

Multicolor

Quilt's condition:

Excellent/like new

What is inscribed on the quilt?

Shirley Stotz

What is the date inscribed on the quilt?

1999

Method used to make the inscription:

Ink

Location of inscription:

on back

Medallion size:

23 1/2" x 29 3/4"

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Number of borders:

4

Describe the borders:

10 1/2" 4 9 1/4 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

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:

9

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:

8

Quilting designs used, overall motifs:

Elbow/fan

Where did the maker get their materials?

Sewing scraps

Describe the sources of the quilt's materials:

Scrap quilt to use up scraps.

Where did the maker find their pattern?

Commercial/Published source: Book

Commercial name of the pattern for the top:

Oxford House

Exhibitions where this quilt was displayed:

Monroe County Quilt Guild Show, Monroe, MI , 4/2001, Monroe Community College

Contests entered:

Michigan State Fair , Detroit, MI, 9/2000, Blue Ribbon; Monroe County Fair, Monroe, MI, Blue Ribbon and Gold States, 8/1999

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

Patterns; Clippings or photocopies

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's name:

Shirley R. Stotz

Quilt owner's city:

Ida

Quilt owner's county:

Monroe

Quilt owner's state:

Michigan (MI)

How was this quilt acquired?

Made by owner

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

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

Made entire quilt

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

Started making inner square as a wall hanging. Husband had to cut too many leaves so border was put on. Still having leaves, a second border was added. Ended up as double bed quilt 600 and some leaves.

Copyright holder:

Michigan State University Museum