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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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