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:

02.0031

Owner's name for the quilt:

Ruby Pickle Dish

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Pickle Dish

Quilt top made by:

Garry, Connie

Quilted by:

Garry, Connie

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

Made the quilt

Where the quilt was made, city:

Lexington

Where the quilt was made, county:

Sanilac

Where the quilt was made, state:

Michigan (MI)

Time period:

2000-2025

When was the quilt started?

2000

When was the quilt finished?

10/2000

Why was the quilt made?

Commemorative

Details about why the quilt was made:

I wanted to try this pattern using paper piecing technique. I had made another quilt with similar colors that I gave to my sister. She died the following year, and her daughter now has that quilt. This quilt helps me remember how happy my sister was with

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's city:

Lexington

Quiltmaker's county:

Sanilac

Quiltmaker's state:

Michigan (MI)

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Rice

Quiltmaker's birth date:

1/30/1946

Quiltmaker's ethnic background/tribal affiliation:

WASP

Quiltmaker's educational background:

Registered nurse and 3 years of college

Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:

Protestant

Quiltmaker's occupation:

RN housewife

Quiltmaker's father's name:

Rice, James L.

Quiltmaker's father's ethnic/tribal background:

white American

Quiltmaker's mother's name:

Rice, Betty Jane Hartt

Quiltmaker's mother's ethnic/tribal background:

white American

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

Accountant

When did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

Age 20-29

Why does the quiltmaker quilt?

Gifts

Other notes on how the quiltmaker learned, and how and why they quilt:

Wedding, Christmas, Birthdays

Estimated number of quilts made by this quiltmaker:

more than 50

Does/did the quiltmaker sell quilts?

yes

Does/did the quiltmaker teach quilting?

yes

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

Westland Quilters, Westland, MI; Aitkin Library Quilters, Croswell, MI; Scrap Rats, Croswell, MI; Greater Blue Water Quilt Guild, Port Huron, MI; Thumb Thimble Quilters, Kingston, MI; Michigan Quilt Network; AQS

What are the main activities of the group?

Show and tell, Demonstrates and workshops, Quilt shows

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

41"

How long is the quilt?

40 1/2"

Shape of edge:

Straight

Quilt's condition:

Excellent/like new

What is inscribed on the quilt?

Connie Garry

What is the date inscribed on the quilt?

Oct. 2000

Method used to make the inscription:

Ink

Location of inscription:

on back

Describe the quilt's layout:

Medallion or framed center

Number of borders:

2

Describe the borders:

pieced squares on point, set in triangles 2 to 2 1/4" small prints 2

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Embellishment techniques used to make the quilt top:

Embroidery

Materials used to make the back:

Cotton

Number of pieces of fabric in the quilt back:

9

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?

Polyester

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

7

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:

7

Quilting designs used, overall motifs:

Outline

Quilting designs used, background fills:

Parallel lines

Describe the source of the pattern:

Commercial (book, magazine, etc.)

Exhibitions where this quilt was displayed:

Aitkin Library Quilters Quilt Show, Lexington, MI, June 2000; Kingston Thumb Thimble Quilt Show, Kingston, MI June 2000

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's name:

Connie Garry

Quilt owner's city:

Lexington

Quilt owner's county:

Sanilac

Quilt owner's state:

Michigan (MI)

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:

.

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

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

Made entire quilt

Describe any unique traditions, quilting related customs, beliefs, songs or rhymes used by the quiltmaker:

Blood spots on fabric can be removed by the bleeders saliva, but no one elses.

Copyright holder:

Michigan State University Museum