QUILT INDEX RECORD

12-8-3440

Who documented this quilt?

Michigan Quilt Project

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Michigan State University Museum

Michigan Quilt Project Number:

99.0939

Owner's name for the quilt:

Schoolhouse

Quilt top made by:

Kelso, Amy

Quilted by:

Kelso, Amy

If you are the quilt owner, how did you acquire this quilt?

Made the quilt

Where the quilt was made, city:

St. Paul

Where the quilt was made, county:

Ramsey

Where the quilt was made, state:

Minnesota (MN)

Time period:

1976-1999

When was the quilt started?

8/1988

When was the quilt finished?

1/1990

Why was the quilt made?

Teaching or learning sample

Details about why the quilt was made:

The class was given to me as a birthday gift.

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's city:

Dafter

Quiltmaker's county:

Chippewa

Quiltmaker's state:

Michigan (MI)

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Axford

Quiltmaker's birth date:

8/16/1963

Quiltmaker's ethnic background/tribal affiliation:

English

Quiltmaker's educational background:

B.S. Ed. Teaching Certificate (El and Spec Ed)

Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:

United Methodist Church

Quiltmaker's occupation:

Homemaker

Quiltmaker's father's name:

Axford, Henry

Quiltmaker's father's ethnic/tribal background:

English

Quiltmaker's mother's name:

Axford, Beatrice Hoffman

Quiltmaker's mother's ethnic/tribal background:

English

Quiltmaker's marriage date(s):

8/22/1987

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

Kelso, Paul

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

Prof of Geology

Number of children:

1

How many of the quiltmaker's children were girls?

1

When did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

Age 20-29

Does/did the quiltmaker belong to a group? Name of the group?

Keeping the Piece Quilt Guild

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

34"

How long is the quilt?

47"

Shape of edge:

Straight

Quilt's condition:

Excellent/like new

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Number of quilt blocks:

6

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Sashing width:

1 3/8"

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Machine Piecing

Materials used to make the back:

Cotton

Number of pieces of fabric in the quilt back:

1

What kind of filling is used in the quilt?

Cotton

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

6

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:

6

Where did the maker find their pattern?

Provided in a class

Commercial name of the pattern for the top:

The class was given to me as a birthday gift.

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's name:

Amy Kelso

Quilt owner's city:

Dafter

Quilt owner's county:

Chippewa

Quilt owner's state:

Michigan (MI)

How was this quilt acquired?

Made by owner

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