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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