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:

02.0044

Owner's name for the quilt:

Storm at Sea

Quilt top made by:

Doyle, Dorothy

Quilted by:

Doyle, Dorothy

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

Made the quilt

Where the quilt was made, city:

Southgate

Where the quilt was made, county:

Wayne

Where the quilt was made, state:

Michigan (MI)

Time period:

2000-2025

When was the quilt started?

Fall 2000

When was the quilt finished?

Fall 2001

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's city:

Southgate

Quiltmaker's county:

Wayne

Quiltmaker's state:

Michigan (MI)

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Duncan

Quiltmaker's birth date:

2/3/1938

Quiltmaker's ethnic background/tribal affiliation:

Scot Irish German

Quiltmaker's educational background:

High school

Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:

Catholic

Quiltmaker's occupation:

service representative, housewife

Quiltmaker's father's name:

Duncan, Donald M.

Quiltmaker's father's ethnic/tribal background:

Scot, Irish, German, English

Quiltmaker's mother's name:

Duncan, Bula I. Campbell

Quiltmaker's mother's ethnic/tribal background:

Scot, Irish, German

Quiltmaker's marriage date(s):

1/9/1960

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

Doyle, Robert A.

Quiltmaker's spouse's/spouses' and/or partner's/partners' ethnic/tribal background:

Irish, German Indian

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

retired steelworker, weighman

Number of children:

2

How many of the quiltmaker's children were girls?

1

How many of the quiltmaker's children were boys?

1

When did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

Age 11-19

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

Many hours thinking of person quilt is being made for happy thoughts of how they will enjoy gift sheer pleasure of making and stitching. Have made a wedding quilt for all my nieces and nephews.

Estimated number of quilts made by this quiltmaker:

more than 50

Does/did the quiltmaker teach quilting?

yes

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

Trinity Piecemakers; Wyandotte Methodist Quilter's; Michigan Quilt Network

Where does/did the group meet?

Trinity United Methodist Church, Allen Park

What are the main activities of the group?

Allen Park, do our own thing. Wyandotte, quilt other people's tops. MQN, network with state quilters. Put on quilt show in May 1988. Helped a brownie troop make quilts to be presented to Ronald McDonald House. Currently beginning to make lap quilts for h

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

93"

How long is the quilt?

93"

Shape of edge:

Straight

Quilt's condition:

Very good/almost new

What is inscribed on the quilt?

D. Doyle

What is the date inscribed on the quilt?

2001

Method used to make the inscription:

Ink

Location of inscription:

on back

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Number of quilt blocks:

100

Size of quilt blocks:

6"

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Separated by pieced pattern sashing

Sashing width:

6" x 3"

Number of borders:

1

Describe the borders:

3"

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Hand Piecing

Materials used to make the back:

Cotton

Number of pieces of fabric in the quilt back:

3

How wide is the binding (measure on the top only)?

Embellished binding

What kind of filling is used in the quilt?

Cotton

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

8

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:

9

Describe the quilting designs used:

Outline/Ditch

Where did the maker get their materials?

Sewing scraps

Where did the maker find their pattern?

Commercial/Published source: Magazine

Commercial name of the pattern for the top:

was on cover of NQA magazine

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's name:

Dorothy J. Doyle

Quilt owner's city:

Southgate

Quilt owner's county:

Wayne

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:

Nephew loves living near water and has several boats. "Storm at Sea" is a pattern I like and thought suitable wanted to use lots of blues from my fabric stash!

Describe any favorite patterns, tools, etc. used by the quiltmaker:

Hand piecing and applique. Amish, unusual color combinations, old and modern at same time, enjoy many others. The one you are working on at the moment.

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

Each stitch you sew on Sunday would be removed with your nose after you get to heaven.

Copyright holder:

Michigan State University Museum