QUILT INDEX RECORD

12-8-2870

Who documented this quilt?

Michigan Quilt Project; Lakeshore Museum Center Collection

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Michigan State University Museum

Michigan Quilt Project Number:

99.0328

Owner's name for the quilt:

One Patch

Quilt top made by:

Brown, Leo

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

Received as a gift

Where the quilt was made, city:

Muskegon

Where the quilt was made, county:

Muskegon

Where the quilt was made, state:

Michigan (MI)

Time period:

1976-1999

When was the quilt started?

1998

When was the quilt finished?

1998

Details about why the quilt was made:

Leo uses donated scraps of fabric to create his colorful quilts and has many available for sale.

Quilt is presently used as:

Museum collection

Quiltmaker's gender:

Male

Quiltmaker's city:

Muskegon

Quiltmaker's county:

Muskegon

Quiltmaker's state:

Michigan (MI)

Quiltmaker's birth date:

1916

Quiltmaker's ethnic background/tribal affiliation:

Caucasian

Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:

Christian

Quiltmaker's occupation:

He worked for the Civilian Conservation Corps in Manistique as a fire fighter in the early 1930s. Leo worked for thirty-two years as a roustabout at Lakey Foundry, until it closed down in the 1970s. Leo explained that as a roustabout, he was called upon t

Quiltmaker's father's name:

Brown, Leon

Quiltmaker's father's ethnic/tribal background:

caucasian

Quiltmaker's mother's name:

Brown, Celia Ritz

Quiltmaker's mother's ethnic/tribal background:

caucasian

How did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

From Relative

When did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

Under 10 years of age

Estimated number of quilts made by this quiltmaker:

more than 50

Does/did the quiltmaker sell quilts?

yes

Does/did the quiltmaker teach quilting?

yes

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

54"

How long is the quilt?

68"

Quilt's condition:

Excellent/like new

Number of quilt blocks:

210

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Machine Piecing

Materials used to make the back:

Cotton or polyester blend

Description of the back:

knit

Number of pieces of fabric in the quilt back:

1

What kind of filling is used in the quilt?

No filling

Where did the maker get their materials?

Sewing scraps

Describe the sources of the quilt's materials:

Leo used donated scraps of fabric to create his colorful quilts and has many available for sale.

Exhibitions where this quilt was displayed:

Our Quilts Collecting Colorful Memories, Muskegon, MI, June 1998-March 1999, Muskegon County Museum

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

Photos of quilter

Source of the information on this quilt:

Museum employee

Ownership of this quilt is:

Public-Other

Quilt owner's name:

Muskegon County Museum

Quilt owner's city:

Muskegon

Quilt owner's county:

Muskegon

Quilt owner's state:

Michigan (MI)

How was this quilt acquired?

Gift

Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:

March 1999, donor

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

Leo Brown has made over a hundred "Patch" quilts, including this one. "I've been quilting since I was big enought to hold a needle," admits Leo. He hasn't done any quilts by hand for several years and now sews them by machine. He has taught others how to sew.

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