QUILT INDEX RECORD

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Who documented this quilt?

Michigan Quilt Project; Black Diaspora Quilt History Project

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Michigan State University Museum

Michigan Quilt Project Number:

04.0069

Owner's name for the quilt:

Bear's Paw Variation

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Kansas Troubles

Brackman # or other source & #:

1270, 1354 or 1363

Biography of the quiltmaker?

They grew up on the family farm in Magnolia, AR. They were supervised in their quilting by their grandmother, Julia Key Montgomery.

Quilt top made by:

Montgomery, Julia

Quilted by:

Montgomery, Julia

If you are the quilt owner, how did you acquire this quilt?

Inherited

Where the quilt was made, city:

Magnolia

Where the quilt was made, county:

Columbia

Where the quilt was made, state:

Arkansas (AR)

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's city:

Magnolia

Quiltmaker's county:

Cumberland

Quiltmaker's state:

Arkansas (AR)

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Key

Quiltmaker's birth date:

1883?

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

1997

Quiltmaker's ethnic background/tribal affiliation:

African American

Quiltmaker's educational background:

high school

Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:

Methodist

Quiltmaker's occupation:

house wife

Quiltmaker's father's name:

Key, _________

Quiltmaker's mother's name:

Key, __________

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

Montgomery, Tom

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

carpenter

Number of children:

1

How many of the quiltmaker's children were girls?

1

How did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

From Relative

When did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

Under 10 years of age

Why does the quiltmaker quilt?

Necessity

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

This quilt was probably made by Bessie Aaron and her siblings as part of their chores.

Does/did the quiltmaker teach quilting?

only informally

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

69"

How long is the quilt?

79"

Shape of edge:

Straight

Quilt's condition:

Fair/worn

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Number of quilt blocks:

12

Size of quilt blocks:

14 1/2"

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Number of borders:

2

Describe the borders:

borders are on the sides only, 3"

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Fabric styles used in the quilt top:

Feedsack

Materials used to make the back:

Cotton

Number of pieces of fabric in the quilt back:

5

How is the binding made?

Back turned to front

What kind of filling is used in the quilt?

No filling

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

7

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:

9

Describe the quilting designs used:

Outline/Ditch

Where did the maker get their materials?

Feed or flour sacks

Person filling out this form is:

Quilt owner

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's name:

Julie Aaron-Shyne

Quilt owner's city:

Muskegon Heights

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:

Hazel Robinson, grandmother

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Michigan State University Museum