QUILT INDEX RECORD

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Who documented this quilt?

Michigan Quilt Project

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Michigan State University Museum

Michigan Quilt Project Number:

00.0177

Owner's name for the quilt:

Jacobs Ladder

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Rocky Road

Quilt top made by:

Mabie, Rhoda

Quilted by:

Mabie, Rhoda

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:

Sand Lake

Where the quilt was made, county:

Kent

Where the quilt was made, state:

Michigan (MI)

Time period:

1876-1900

When was the quilt started?

1880

When was the quilt finished?

1880

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's city:

Sand Lake

Quiltmaker's county:

Kent

Quiltmaker's state:

Michigan (MI)

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Rounds

Quiltmaker's birth date:

8/1838

In which kind of environment did the quiltmaker live?

Rural

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

5/1916

Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:

Methodist

Quiltmaker's occupation:

housewife

Quiltmaker's father's name:

Rounds, Charles

Quiltmaker's marriage date(s):

1856

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

farmer

Number of children:

2

How many of the quiltmaker's children were boys?

2

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

63"

How long is the quilt?

75"

What color is the quilt?

Red

Overall color scheme:

Dark colors

Quilt's condition:

Fair/worn

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Number of quilt blocks:

48

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Alternating with plain squares

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Hand Piecing

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:

8

Quilting designs used, decorative motifs:

Cables

Describe the quilting designs used:

Outline/Ditch

Publications (including web sites) where this quilt or maker was featured:

Photos of quilter

Person filling out this form is:

Quilt owner

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's name:

Hugh and Janet Mabie

Quilt owner's city:

Cedar Springs

Quilt owner's county:

Kent

Quilt owner's state:

Michigan (MI)

How was this quilt acquired?

Inheritance

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Michigan State University Museum