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:

99.0678

Owner's name for the quilt:

Crazy Quilt

Quilt top made by:

Woodhull, Maudy May

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?

Inherited

Where the quilt was made, city:

Shaftsburg

Where the quilt was made, county:

Shiawassee

Where the quilt was made, state:

Michigan (MI)

Time period:

1901-1929

When was the quilt finished?

c1910

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's city:

Shaftsburg

Quiltmaker's county:

Shiawassee

Quiltmaker's state:

Michigan (MI)

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Curtis

Quiltmaker's birth date:

7/26/1883

In which kind of environment did the quiltmaker live?

Rural

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

10/19/1956

Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:

Baptist

Quiltmaker's occupation:

Home maker

Quiltmaker's father's name:

Curtis, William

Quiltmaker's mother's name:

Curtis, Minnie Sergeant

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

Woodhull, Dan

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

farmer

Number of children:

2

How many of the quiltmaker's children were girls?

1

How many of the quiltmaker's children were boys?

1

How did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

From Relative

How wide is the quilt?

73"

How long is the quilt?

88"

What color is the quilt?

White

Antique colors:

Cadet Blue

Quilt's condition:

Fair/worn

Number of quilt blocks:

20

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Side by side

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Machine Piecing

Materials used to make the back:

Cotton

Number of pieces of fabric in the quilt back:

4

What kind of filling is used in the quilt?

Cotton

How are the layers held together?

Tied or tufted

Person filling out this form is:

Quilt owner

Source of the information on this quilt:

Granddaughter of quiltmaker

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's name:

Leota M. Firestone

Quilt owner's city:

Charlotte

Quilt owner's county:

Eaton

Quilt owner's state:

Michigan (MI)

How was this quilt acquired?

Inheritance

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