QUILT INDEX RECORD
12-8-3411
Who documented this quilt?
Michigan Quilt Project
Where are the records for this quilt housed?
Michigan State University Museum
Michigan Quilt Project Number:
99.0905
Owner's name for the quilt:
Bears Paws, Leaves, Flying Geese
Quilt top made by:
Faulkner, Ann
Quilted by:
Faulkner, Ann
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?
Presentation or award
Where the quilt was made, city:
Anchorage
Where the quilt was made, county:
Anchorage
Where the quilt was made, state:
Alaska (AK)
Time period:
1976-1999
When was the quilt started?
1/1988
When was the quilt finished?
7/1988
Details about why the quilt was made:
She made it for her sisters wedding gift
Quiltmaker's gender:
Female
Quiltmaker's city:
Anchorage
Quiltmaker's birth date:
10/29/1954
Quiltmaker's ethnic background/tribal affiliation:
British Isles, Holland, German
Quiltmaker's educational background:
B.S.
Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:
United Methodist
Quiltmaker's occupation:
Physical Therapist
Quiltmaker's father's name:
_______, Daryl
Quiltmaker's father's ethnic/tribal background:
German Dutch
Quiltmaker's mother's name:
________, Ruth
Quiltmaker's mother's ethnic/tribal background:
British Isles
Quiltmaker's spouse's/spouses' and/or partner's/partners' occupation:
engineer
Number of children:
2
How many of the quiltmaker's children were girls?
2
When did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?
Age 30-39
Estimated number of quilts made by this quiltmaker:
more than 50
Where does/did the group meet?
Anchorage, AK
This is a:
Finished quilt
How wide is the quilt?
111"
How long is the quilt?
118"
Shape of edge:
Straight
Quilt's condition:
Excellent/like new
What is inscribed on the quilt?
Ann Faulkner
What is the date inscribed on the quilt?
1988
Number of quilt blocks:
9 Bears Paws, 48 leaves
Spacing of quilt blocks:
Separated by plain sashing
Sashing width:
1 7/8"
Describe the borders:
2 3//8", 3 3/4", 4 7/8", 1 1/8", 1 3/8"
Fiber types used to make the quilt top:
Cotton
Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:
Machine Piecing
Number of pieces of fabric in the quilt back:
3
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:
7
Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:
7
Person filling out this form is:
Quilt owner
Ownership of this quilt is:
Private
Quilt owner's name:
Kristin Fairbanks Donarski
Quilt owner's city:
Sault Ste. Marie
Quilt owner's county:
Chippewa
Quilt owner's state:
Michigan (MI)
How was this quilt acquired?
Presentation/award
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
Cite this Quilt
Faulkner, An. Bears Paws, Leaves, Flying Geese. 7/1988. From Michigan State University Museum, Michigan Quilt Project. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=12-8-3411. Accessed: 03/28/24