QUILT INDEX RECORD
12-8-2655
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:
04.0070
Owner's name for the quilt:
Nine Patch
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
Name of the group that made the quilt:
and her granddaughters
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?
60"
How long is the quilt?
79"
Shape of edge:
Straight
Describe the quilt's layout:
Block pattern
Spacing of quilt blocks:
Separated by pieced pattern sashing
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
How is the binding made?
Back turned to front
What kind of filling is used in the quilt?
No filling
How are the layers held together?
Hand quilting
Quilting designs used, background fills:
Parallel lines
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:
1993, Hazel Robinson, grandmother
Access and copyright information:
Restricted
Copyright holder:
Michigan State University Museum
Cite this Quilt
Montgomery, Juli. Nine Patch. From Michigan State University Museum, Michigan Quilt Project; Black Diaspora Quilt History Project. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=12-8-2655. Accessed: 04/24/24