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:

99.0120

Owner's name for the quilt:

Kittens At Play

Quilt top made by:

Neale, Andrea

Quilted by:

Neale, Andrea

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?

Received as a gift

Where the quilt was made, city:

Calumet

Where the quilt was made, county:

Houghton

Where the quilt was made, state:

Michigan (MI)

Time period:

1976-1999

When was the quilt started?

1990

When was the quilt finished?

1990

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's city:

Calumet

Quiltmaker's county:

Houghton

Quiltmaker's state:

Michigan (MI)

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Roche

Quiltmaker's birth date:

1/1944

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

8/18/1991

Quiltmaker's ethnic background/tribal affiliation:

English

Quiltmaker's educational background:

Bach Degree, Speech Pathologist, Medical Records

Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:

Catholic

Quiltmaker's occupation:

Speech Pathologist

Quiltmaker's father's name:

Roche MD, Andrew

Quiltmaker's father's ethnic/tribal background:

English

Quiltmaker's marriage date(s):

1/1/70s

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

Neale, Robert

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

Radiologist

How did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

From Friend

When did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

Age 40-49

Estimated number of quilts made by this quiltmaker:

1-5 quilts

Does/did the quiltmaker sell quilts?

no

Does/did the quiltmaker teach quilting?

no

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

Keweenaw Heritage Quilters

Where does/did the group meet?

Calumet, MI

What are the main activities of the group?

Donate quilt for hospital raffle yearly

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

37 1/2"

How long is the quilt?

41 3/4"

Quilt's condition:

Very good/almost new

What is inscribed on the quilt?

ARN FOR MARY

What is the date inscribed on the quilt?

1990

Method used to make the inscription:

Embroidery

Describe the quilt's layout:

Crazy

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Hand Piecing

Embellishment techniques used to make the quilt top:

Embroidery

Materials used to make the back:

Cotton

Number of pieces of fabric in the quilt back:

1

What kind of filling is used in the quilt?

Polyester

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

9

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:

9

Where did the maker find their pattern?

Original to maker

Person filling out this form is:

Quilt owner

Source of the information on this quilt:

Friend of quiltmaker

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's name:

Mary Baron

Quilt owner's city:

Laurium

Quilt owner's county:

Houghton

Quilt owner's state:

Michigan (MI)

How was this quilt acquired?

Gift

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

Andrea was a wonderful tenacious crafter and a dear, dear friend, and she made it out of love.

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

How did the quiltmaker participate in the creation of the quilt?

Made entire quilt

If the source helped design the quilt, describe their input:

Designed the pattern

Copyright holder:

Michigan State University Museum