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:

03.0128

Owner's name for the quilt:

Dutchmans Wheel

Quilt top made by:

Starnes, Nora

Quilted by:

Starnes, Nora

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, state:

Arkansas (AR)

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's country:

United States

Quiltmaker's birth date:

1882

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

1979

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

63"

How long is the quilt?

80 3/4"

Shape of edge:

Straight

Overall color scheme:

Multicolor

Quilt's condition:

Fair/worn

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Number of quilt blocks:

63 full, 17 half blocks

Size of quilt blocks:

7" x 9"

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Separated by pieced pattern sashing

Sashing width:

1 patch 1 5/8"

Describe the borders:

1 side has half blocks

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Machine Piecing

Materials used to make the back:

Cotton

Description of the back:

some feed sacks

Number of pieces of fabric in the quilt back:

4

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:

7

Quilting designs used, overall motifs:

Outline

Person filling out this form is:

Quilt owner

Source of the information on this quilt:

Great granddaughter of quiltmaker

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's name:

Niya Persons

Quilt owner's city:

Flushing

Quilt owner's county:

Genesee

Quilt owner's state:

Michigan (MI)

How was this quilt acquired?

Inheritance

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

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

Made entire quilt

Copyright holder:

Michigan State University Museum