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:

99.0913

Quilt's title:

Mother's Quilt

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Floral applique kit

Quilt top made by:

Rolfe, Wilma B.

Quilted by:

Rolfe, Wilma B.

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?

Received as a gift

Where the quilt was made, city:

Edmore

Where the quilt was made, county:

Montcalm

Where the quilt was made, state:

Michigan (MI)

Time period:

1930-1949

When was the quilt started?

1942

When was the quilt finished?

1944

Why was the quilt made?

Gift or presentation

Details about why the quilt was made:

For her daughter

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's city:

Naubinway

Quiltmaker's county:

Mackinac

Quiltmaker's state:

Michigan (MI)

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Brown

Quiltmaker's birth date:

2/18/1899

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

5/23/1991

Quiltmaker's educational background:

M.A. in library science

Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:

Protestant Episcopal

Quiltmaker's occupation:

Librarian

Quiltmaker's father's name:

Brown, William

Quiltmaker's father's birthplace:

USA

Quiltmaker's father's ethnic/tribal background:

German

Quiltmaker's mother's name:

Brown, Daisy

Quiltmaker's mother's birthplace:

USA

Quiltmaker's mother's ethnic/tribal background:

English

Quiltmaker's marriage date(s):

12/25/1919

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

Rolfe, Charles L.

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

Dentist

Number of children:

3

How many of the quiltmaker's children were girls?

3

How did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

From Relative

Estimated number of quilts made by this quiltmaker:

1-5 quilts

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

74"

How long is the quilt?

87"

Quilt's condition:

Good/moderate use

Describe the quilt's layout:

Pictorial

Describe the borders:

13", (2) 1/2"

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

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:

1

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

Where did the maker find their pattern?

Commercial/Published source: Kit

Commercial name of the pattern for the top:

Floral applique kit

Contests entered:

State Fair, 1940s

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's name:

W. Geraldine Rizzardi

Quilt owner's city:

Sandusky

Quilt owner's county:

Sanilac

Quilt owner's state:

Michigan (MI)

How was this quilt acquired?

Gift

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