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:

04.0024

Owner's name for the quilt:

Autumn Grape Leaves

Quilt top made by:

Aprill, Sharon

Quilted by:

Aprill, Sharon

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?

Purchased the quilt

Where the quilt was made, city:

Ann Arbor

Where the quilt was made, county:

Washtenaw

Where the quilt was made, state:

Michigan (MI)

Time period:

2000-2025

When was the quilt finished?

2003

Why was the quilt made?

Fundraising

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's city:

Ann Arbor

Quiltmaker's county:

Washtenaw

Quiltmaker's state:

Michigan (MI)

Does/did the quiltmaker belong to a group? Name of the group?

Greater Ann Arbor Quilters Guild

Where does/did the group meet?

Ann Arbor, MI

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

21"

How long is the quilt?

21"

Shape of edge:

Straight

Shape of corners:

Straight

Quilt's condition:

Excellent/like new

What is inscribed on the quilt?

SMA

What is the date inscribed on the quilt?

2003

Method used to make the inscription:

Ink

Location of inscription:

on back

Describe the quilt's layout:

Medallion or framed center

Number of quilt blocks:

14" x 14"

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Number of borders:

2

Describe the borders:

outer 3" brown; inner 1/2" orange

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Machine Piecing

Applique techniques used to make the quilt top:

Hand Applique

Materials used to make the back:

Cotton

Number of pieces of fabric in the quilt back:

1

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?

Machine quilting

Quilting designs used, background fills:

Meander

Describe the quilting designs used:

Outline/Ditch

Exhibitions where this quilt was displayed:

Michigan State Univeristy Museum Wine Tasting, East Lansing, MI, 2004, University Club

Person filling out this form is:

Quilt owner

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's name:

Linda Reed

Quilt owner's city:

Laingsburg

Quilt owner's county:

Clinton

Quilt owner's state:

Michigan (MI)

How was this quilt acquired?

Purchase

Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:

Auctioned at the Annual Wine Tasting Event for fundraising for the MSU Museum, 3/19/2004.

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Michigan State University Museum