QUILT INDEX RECORD
12-8-3327
Who documented this quilt?
Michigan Quilt Project
Where are the records for this quilt housed?
Michigan State University Museum
Michigan Quilt Project Number:
99.0826
Owner's name for the quilt:
Christmas Sampler
Quilted by:
Curtis, Janet Lynn
Name of the group that made the quilt:
Bay de Noc Quilt Guild
If you are the quilt owner, how did you acquire this quilt?
Made the quilt
Where the quilt was made, city:
Escanaba
Where the quilt was made, county:
Delta
Where the quilt was made, state:
Michigan (MI)
Time period:
1976-1999
When was the quilt started?
1988
When was the quilt finished?
1989
Quiltmaker's gender:
Female
Quiltmaker's city:
Escanaba
Quiltmaker's county:
Delta
Quiltmaker's state:
Michigan (MI)
Quiltmaker's maiden name:
Hartt
Quiltmaker's birth date:
10/4/1950
Quiltmaker's educational background:
Alma College 1972 French and Education
Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:
Presbyterian
Quiltmaker's father's name:
Hartt, Harold
Quiltmaker's father's ethnic/tribal background:
Scottish English German
Quiltmaker's mother's name:
Hartt, Helen Louise Collins
Quiltmaker's mother's ethnic/tribal background:
English Belgique Belgium
Quiltmaker's spouse's/spouses' and/or partner's/partners' ethnic/tribal background:
Cornish and Finnish
Quiltmaker's spouse's/spouses' and/or partner's/partners' occupation:
Librarian
Number of children:
2
How many of the quiltmaker's children were girls?
2
How did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?
From Class
When did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?
Age 30-39
Estimated number of quilts made by this quiltmaker:
5-20 quilts
Does/did the quiltmaker sell quilts?
no
Does/did the quiltmaker teach quilting?
no
What are the main activities of the group?
Quilt Show every year from 1979-1983. In Channing, MI (a tiny town in the U.P.) at the home of quilting teacher's mother, 20 ladies gathered to show completed works and to quilt on raffle quilt.
This is a:
Finished quilt
How wide is the quilt?
79"
How long is the quilt?
80"
Shape of edge:
Straight
What color is the quilt?
Red
Quilt's condition:
Very good/almost new
What is inscribed on the quilt?
Pieced by the Bay de Noc Quilt Guild Quilted by Jan Curtis
What is the date inscribed on the quilt?
1989
Describe the quilt's layout:
Block pattern
Number of quilt blocks:
16
Arrangement of quilt blocks:
Straight
Spacing of quilt blocks:
Separated by plain sashing
Sashing width:
3"
What is the shape of the quilt blocks?
Sampler
Describe the borders:
4 7/8", 3"
Fiber types used to make the quilt top:
Cotton
Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:
Hand Piecing
Applique techniques used to make the quilt top:
Hand Applique
Materials used to make the back:
Cotton
Number of pieces of fabric in the quilt back:
2
What is the width of the binding (measure on the top only)?
less than a half inch
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:
8
Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:
8
Ownership of this quilt is:
Private
Quilt owner's name:
Janet Lynn Curtis
Quilt owner's city:
Escanaba
Quilt owner's county:
Delta
Quilt owner's state:
Michigan (MI)
How was this quilt acquired?
Made by owner
Describe anything about the history of the quilt that wasn't already recorded in a previous field:
Blocks were pieced by members of the Bay de Noc Quilt Guild in 1988 in their first ever block of the month members were given the green - sled fabric and asked to make a block.
Access and copyright information:
Restricted
Describe any favorite patterns, tools, etc. used by the quiltmaker:
Uses 100% cotton, quilts at home.
Copyright holder:
Michigan State University Museum
Cite this Quilt
;. Christmas Sampler. 1989. From Michigan State University Museum, Michigan Quilt Project. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=12-8-3327. Accessed: 03/29/24
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