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:

02.0183

Owner's name for the quilt:

Sampler

Quilt top made by:

Kulka, Judith Ellen

Quilted by:

Kulka, Judith Ellen

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

Made the quilt

Where the quilt was made, city:

Lansing

Where the quilt was made, county:

Ingham

Where the quilt was made, state:

Michigan (MI)

Time period:

1976-1999

When was the quilt started?

1987

When was the quilt finished?

1989

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's city:

Kewadin

Quiltmaker's county:

Antrim

Quiltmaker's state:

Michigan (MI)

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Rinn

Quiltmaker's birth date:

3/31/1940

Quiltmaker's ethnic background/tribal affiliation:

English, Scotch, Irish, Welch

Quiltmaker's educational background:

BSN, MA

Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:

formerly Methodist

Quiltmaker's occupation:

retired registered nurse

Quiltmaker's father's name:

Rinn, Harold Wesley

Quiltmaker's mother's name:

Rinn,Helen Marian Piper

Quiltmaker's marriage date(s):

1st: 1/6/1932; 2nd, 1/12/1980

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

Smith, Harry Russel; Kulka, Jerry John

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

Administrator-finance

Number of children:

2

How many of the quiltmaker's children were girls?

2

How did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

From Class

When did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

Age 40-49

Does/did the quiltmaker sell quilts?

no

Does/did the quiltmaker teach quilting?

no

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

Capitol City Quilt Guild, Lansing;

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

72"

How long is the quilt?

86"

Shape of edge:

Straight

Quilt's condition:

Good/moderate use

What is inscribed on the quilt?

Judith Kulka

What is the date inscribed on the quilt?

1989

Method used to make the inscription:

Ink

Location of inscription:

on back

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Number of quilt blocks:

20

Size of quilt blocks:

14"

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Separated by plain sashing

Sashing width:

3"

What is the shape of the quilt blocks?

Sampler

Number of borders:

1

Describe the borders:

3" plain

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Machine Piecing

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:

5

How is the binding made?

Bias grain

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:

5

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:

6

Describe the quilting designs used:

Outline/Ditch

Related items such as diaries, obituaries, wills, household inventories, or pictures of the quiltmaker:

Templates

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

Photos of quilter

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's name:

Judy Kulka

Quilt owner's city:

Kewadin

Quilt owner's county:

Antrim

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

If the source helped design the quilt, describe their input:

Designed the pattern

Copyright holder:

Michigan State University Museum