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:

04.0052

Owner's name for the quilt:

Wedding Ring Quilt

Quilt top made by:

Wade, Zella Irene

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:

Shelby

Where the quilt was made, county:

Oceana

Where the quilt was made, state:

Michigan (MI)

Time period:

1930-1949

When was the quilt started?

not sure 1930s

When was the quilt finished?

1930s

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's city:

Shelby

Quiltmaker's county:

Oceana

Quiltmaker's state:

Michigan (MI)

Quiltmaker's birth date:

1839

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

1958

Quiltmaker's ethnic background/tribal affiliation:

white

Quiltmaker's educational background:

housewife

Quiltmaker's occupation:

Wesley Methodist

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

Wade, William

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

accountant New Era Corning factory

Number of children:

3

How many of the quiltmaker's children were girls?

2

How many of the quiltmaker's children were boys?

1

Estimated number of quilts made by this quiltmaker:

more than 50

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

72"

How long is the quilt?

84"

Shape of edge:

Scalloped

What color is the quilt?

White

Overall color scheme:

Multicolor

Quilt's condition:

Fair/worn

Describe the quilt's layout:

One patch or allover

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Side by side

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

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

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

7

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:

7

Contests entered:

Chicago's World's Fair, Chicago, IL, 1930s, Honorable mention

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

Photos of quilter

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's name:

Connie Ross

Quilt owner's city:

Norton Shores

Quilt owner's county:

Muskegon

Quilt owner's state:

Michigan (MI)

How was this quilt acquired?

Inheritance

Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:

Gift, 2003, Zella Ann Wade, mother's cousin

Describe anything about the history of the quilt that wasn't already recorded in a previous field:

I work at a hospital and a woman with my mother's name was admitted. I went to talk to her and she was a cousin I'd never met and she had the quilt and gave it to me with pictures.

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