QUILT INDEX RECORD

12-8-1646

Who documented this quilt?

Michigan Quilt Project

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Michigan State University Museum

Michigan Quilt Project Number:

02.0216

Owner's name for the quilt:

Tulip Garden

Biography of the quiltmaker?

Hobbies include archaeology, oil painting, antique furniture restoration, weaving, and Indian lore. Played bass fiddle in bluegrass band, "Home Grown Grass," for eight years; cut two albums.

Quilt top made by:

Hoskins, Helen

Quilted by:

Hoskins, Helen

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:

Durango

Where the quilt was made, county:

LaPlata

Where the quilt was made, state:

Colorado (CO)

Time period:

1976-1999

When was the quilt started?

1999

When was the quilt finished?

2000

Why was the quilt made?

Gift or presentation

Details about why the quilt was made:

Quilt given to all grandchildren, July 2002

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's city:

Hubbardston

Quiltmaker's county:

Ionia

Quiltmaker's state:

Michigan (MI)

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Holm

Quiltmaker's birth date:

5-4-1926

Quiltmaker's ethnic background/tribal affiliation:

Swedish/German

Quiltmaker's educational background:

BA (Anthropology) Michigan State University, 1984; returned to school after death of husband.

Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:

Catholic

Quiltmaker's occupation:

Director of the Ute Cultural Tribal Center, Colorado

Quiltmaker's father's name:

Holm, Ernest W.

Quiltmaker's father's ethnic/tribal background:

Swedish

Quiltmaker's mother's name:

Smith, Louise

Quiltmaker's mother's ethnic/tribal background:

German

Quiltmaker's marriage date(s):

1947; 1958

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

Harry A. Bollinger; Remine Hoskins

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

Southern Appalachian

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

Printer; Musician, school janitor

Number of children:

7

How many of the quiltmaker's children were girls?

5

How many of the quiltmaker's children were boys?

2

When did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

Age 30-39

Why does the quiltmaker quilt?

Pleasure

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

Great feeling of accomplishment. Excuse to watch TV. Something I could pick up for a short or long time. Always carry a block with me. Have trunks of materials, whenever I go to shopping I would buy some material , usually calico making quilts relaxes me.

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?

LaPlata Quilters Guild

Where does/did the group meet?

Durango, Colorado

What are the main activities of the group?

Promote quilting

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

69"

How long is the quilt?

95"

Shape of edge:

Straight

What color is the quilt?

Pink

Overall color scheme:

Multicolor

Quilt's condition:

Very good/almost new

What is inscribed on the quilt?

Helen Hoskins

What is the date inscribed on the quilt?

Oct - 1999

Method used to make the inscription:

Ink

Location of inscription:

on border

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Number of quilt blocks:

10

Size of quilt blocks:

12 1/2" x 12 1/2"

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Separated by vertical strips

Sashing width:

1 3/4"

Number of borders:

3

Describe the borders:

Outer-4" Middle 4" Inner 4" 2 length; outer 2" Middle 1 3/4" Inner 1 3/4" 2 short sides

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:

2

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:

7

Quilting designs used, background fills:

Meander

Describe the quilting designs used:

Outline/Ditch; butterfly; leaf; tulip

Commercial name of the pattern for the top:

Various books

Contests entered:

LaPlata County Fair, Durango CO, 1st Prize; LaPlata Quilters Guild Show 1st prize

Source of the information on this quilt:

Granddaughter of quiltmaker

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's name:

Hannah Bozung

Quilt owner's city:

Fariview

Quilt owner's state:

Tennessee (TN)

How was this quilt acquired?

Gift

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

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

Sometimes floor frame with rollers, sometimes 4 boards with C clamps on pully over bed pulled down to work with sometimes lap. Traditional. Prefers to quilt by hand (machine quilting becomes a 'task'), work block-by-block, and do applique so 'I can change my mind and create as I go along.'

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

Always leave a small mistake

Copyright holder:

Michigan State University Museum