QUILT INDEX RECORD

12-8-3025

Who documented this quilt?

Michigan Quilt Project

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Michigan State University Museum

Michigan Quilt Project Number:

99.0482

Owner's name for the quilt:

Lover's Knot

Quilt top made by:

Haas, Jean

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

Made the quilt

Where the quilt was made, city:

Channing

Where the quilt was made, county:

Dickinson

Where the quilt was made, state:

Michigan (MI)

Time period:

1976-1999

When was the quilt started?

1994

When was the quilt finished?

1995

Why was the quilt made?

Gift or presentation

Details about why the quilt was made:

for my daughter Janet and husband Paul

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's city:

Channing

Quiltmaker's county:

Dickinson

Quiltmaker's state:

Michigan (MI)

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Smith

Quiltmaker's birth date:

12/9/1942

Quiltmaker's ethnic background/tribal affiliation:

English French Indian

Quiltmaker's educational background:

B.S. in education and graduate work, no masters

Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:

none

Quiltmaker's occupation:

Laid off teacher hope to be a lab technician in 3 semesters

Quiltmaker's father's name:

Smith, Jack E.

Quiltmaker's father's ethnic/tribal background:

?

Quiltmaker's mother's name:

Smith, Dorothy E.

Quiltmaker's mother's ethnic/tribal background:

English French

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

Electrician

Number of children:

3

How many of the quiltmaker's children were girls?

3

When did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

Age 30-39

Estimated number of quilts made by this quiltmaker:

5-20 quilts

This is a:

Finished quilt

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Describe the source of the pattern:

From a photo in a catalogue

Exhibitions where this quilt was displayed:

Carrie Jacobs Bond Memorial Threaders Quilt Show, Iron River, MI, 1995

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's name:

Jean Haas

Quilt owner's city:

Channing

Quilt owner's county:

Dickinson

Quilt owner's state:

Michigan (MI)

How was this quilt acquired?

Made by owner

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