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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