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:

03.0076

Owner's name for the quilt:

Boston Commons

Quilt top made by:

Stroup, Nora; Stroup, Ruth

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?

Received as a gift

Where the quilt was made, city:

R.F.D. Shelby

Where the quilt was made, county:

Richland

Where the quilt was made, state:

Ohio (OH)

Time period:

1930-1949

When was the quilt started?

1938

When was the quilt finished?

1938

Details about why the quilt was made:

Nora and her daughter, Ruth made this quilt for me shortly after I was born and kept it for my wedding, July 1963.

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's city:

Shelby

Quiltmaker's county:

Richland

Quiltmaker's state:

Ohio (OH)

In which kind of environment did the quiltmaker live?

Rural

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

1975

Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:

Methodist, I think

Quiltmaker's occupation:

housewife

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

Stroup, Harry

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

farmer

Number of children:

1

How many of the quiltmaker's children were girls?

1

Estimated number of quilts made by this quiltmaker:

more than 50

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

80 1/2"

How long is the quilt?

90"

Shape of edge:

Scalloped

Overall color scheme:

Light or pastel colors

Quilt's condition:

Good/moderate use

Describe the quilt's layout:

One patch or allover

Number of quilt blocks:

5948

Size of quilt blocks:

1"

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Machine Piecing

Materials used to make the back:

Cotton

Number of pieces of fabric in the quilt back:

5

How is the binding made?

Bias 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:

6

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:

8

Quilting designs used, overall motifs:

Outline

Exhibitions where this quilt was displayed:

Jacobsen's Home Store, Grosse Pointe, MI, c1975; Show at Assumption Greek Orthodox Church in St. Clair Shores, MI

Person filling out this form is:

Quilt owner

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's name:

Patricia Seltzer Moehring

Quilt owner's city:

Gaylord

Quilt owner's county:

Otsego

Quilt owner's state:

Michigan (MI)

How was this quilt acquired?

Gift

Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:

Ruth and Nora Stroup (Mrs. Harry), lived on paternal grandparent's farm

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

My brother has one just like it except for a yellow backing. It was made about the same time and was kept for his weddingg. They were made in the "sunroom" next to the kitchen in the farmhouse.

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Michigan State University Museum