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QUILT INDEX RECORD
12-8-1757
Who documented this quilt?
Michigan Quilt Project
Where are the records for this quilt housed?
Michigan State University Museum
Michigan Quilt Project Number:
01.0066
Owner's name for the quilt:
Hour Glass
Names for quilt's pattern in common use:
Yankee Puzzle, Big Dipper, Envelope Quilt, The Whirling Blade,
Brackman # or other source & #:
1195a
Biography of the quiltmaker?
The blocks were made by Clarissa Ryder Wright. It was quilted by Elmie Frances McIntosh Wright and Sara Jane McIntosh, Dimondale, MI.
Quilt top made by:
Wright, Clarissa
Quilted by:
McIntosh, Sara Jane
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, country:
United States
Time period:
1901-1929
When was the quilt started?
blocks c1890-1910
When was the quilt finished?
~1924
Quiltmaker's gender:
Female
Quiltmaker's city:
Blackstone
Quiltmaker's state:
Illinois (IL)
Quiltmaker's maiden name:
Ryder
This is a:
Finished quilt
How wide is the quilt?
70 3/4"
How long is the quilt?
78 1/2"
Shape of edge:
Straight
Quilt's condition:
Very good/almost new
What is inscribed on the quilt?
Blocks pieced by Clarissa Ryder Wright. Put together by Elmie Frances McIntosh Wright. Quilted by Elmie Frances Wright and Sara Jane McIntosh about 1924.
What is the date inscribed on the quilt?
1924
Method used to make the inscription:
Typewriter
Location of inscription:
on back
Describe the quilt's layout:
Block pattern
Number of quilt blocks:
18 pieced, 18 plain
Size of quilt blocks:
11"
Arrangement of quilt blocks:
Straight
Number of borders:
1
Describe the borders:
plain, 5 1/2" ends, 2 1/4" sides
Fiber types used to make the quilt top:
Cotton
Number of pieces of fabric in the quilt back:
2
How is the binding made?
Bias 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?
Cotton
How are the layers held together?
Hand quilting
Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:
7
Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:
7
Quilting designs used, background fills:
Parallel lines
Ownership of this quilt is:
Private
Quilt owner's name:
Sue A. Ried
Quilt owner's city:
Lansing
Quilt owner's county:
Ingham
Quilt owner's state:
Michigan (MI)
How was this quilt acquired?
Inheritance
Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:
1989, Ada Wright Kittell, aunt (father's sister)
Access and copyright information:
Restricted
How did the quiltmaker participate in the creation of the quilt?
Made quilt blocks or part of quilt top
Copyright holder:
Michigan State University Museum
Cite this Quilt
Wright, Clariss. Hour Glass. ~1924. From Michigan State University Museum, Michigan Quilt Project. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=12-8-1757. Accessed: 03/28/24