QUILT INDEX RECORD

12-8-1930

Who documented this quilt?

Michigan Quilt Project

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Michigan State University Museum

Michigan Quilt Project Number:

01.0256

Owner's name for the quilt:

Flower Basket

Quilt top made by:

Stone, Rena

Quilted by:

Stone, Rena

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, county:

Shelby

Where the quilt was made, state:

Alabama (AL)

Why was the quilt made?

Gift or presentation

Details about why the quilt was made:

Given to her Cousin Christine Schad as a freindship gift.

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's city:

Wilsonville

Quiltmaker's county:

Shelby

Quiltmaker's state:

Alabama (AL)

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Carlson

Quiltmaker's birth date:

8/30/1932

Quiltmaker's educational background:

College BA History English

Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:

Christian Baptist

Quiltmaker's occupation:

Retired teacher

Quiltmaker's father's name:

Carlson, Edgar

Quiltmaker's father's ethnic/tribal background:

Swedish

Quiltmaker's mother's name:

Carlson, Joan Hoove

Quiltmaker's mother's ethnic/tribal background:

Scotch Irish German

Quiltmaker's marriage date(s):

12/12/1952

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

Stone, Kelly E.

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

retired

Number of children:

4

How many of the quiltmaker's children were girls?

1

How many of the quiltmaker's children were boys?

3

How did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

From Relative

When did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

Age 11-19

Why does the quiltmaker quilt?

Gifts

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

Weddings, graduations, Christmas, Births

Estimated number of quilts made by this quiltmaker:

more than 50

Does/did the quiltmaker sell quilts?

yes

Does/did the quiltmaker teach quilting?

no

How wide is the quilt?

67 1/2"

How long is the quilt?

83"

Quilt's condition:

Excellent/like new

What is inscribed on the quilt?

Made Especially for you by Rena Stone

Method used to make the inscription:

Attached label

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Number of quilt blocks:

30 pieced baskets

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Alternating with plain squares

Applique techniques used to make the quilt top:

Hand Applique

Materials used to make the back:

Cotton or polyester blend

Number of pieces of fabric in the quilt back:

2

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:

8

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:

9

Describe the quilting designs used:

Outline/Ditch

Where did the maker find their pattern?

Commercial/Published source: Book

Commercial name of the pattern for the top:

Award Winning Quilts by Effie Chalmers Pforr, Oxmoor House, 1974, Birmingham, AL

Source of the information on this quilt:

cousin

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's name:

Christine Schad

Quilt owner's city:

Middleville

Quilt owner's county:

Barry

Quilt owner's state:

Michigan (MI)

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

Copyright holder:

Michigan State University Museum