QUILT INDEX RECORD

12-8-2010

Who documented this quilt?

Michigan Quilt Project

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Michigan State University Museum

Michigan Quilt Project Number:

00.0034

Owner's name for the quilt:

Hour Glass

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Railroad Crossing, World's Fair, Jacob's Ladder, Double Four Patch, Railroad, Going to Chicago, New Four Patch, Gay Scrap Quilt, Buckeye Beauty

Brackman # or other source & #:

1312

Quilt top made by:

Shearer, Zada

Quilted by:

Shearer, Zada

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, city:

Clare

Where the quilt was made, county:

Clare

Where the quilt was made, state:

Michigan (MI)

Time period:

1930-1949

When was the quilt started?

1930s

When was the quilt finished?

1940

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's city:

Lancaster

Quiltmaker's county:

Lancaster

Quiltmaker's state:

Pennsylvania (PA)

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Stottlemeyer

Quiltmaker's birth date:

1918-20

In which kind of environment did the quiltmaker live?

Rural

Quiltmaker's father's name:

Stottlemeyer, Robert

Quiltmaker's mother's name:

Cotton, Mable

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

Shearer, Robert

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

farmer

How did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

From Relative

When did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

Age 11-19

How wide is the quilt?

64"

How long is the quilt?

76"

Shape of edge:

Straight

Overall color scheme:

Multicolor

Quilt's condition:

Fair/worn

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Number of quilt blocks:

48 + half blocks

Size of quilt blocks:

9"

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Describe the borders:

varying widths, about 1 1/2", grandmothers flower garden cheater cloth

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Materials used to make the back:

Cotton

Number of pieces of fabric in the quilt back:

3

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:

5

Quilting designs used, overall motifs:

Elbow/fan

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's name:

James and Melinda Dickinson

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:

Wedding gift to Hazel and Wm Dickinson from Hazel's sister Zada Shearer

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