QUILT INDEX RECORD
12-8-3441
Who documented this quilt?
Michigan Quilt Project
Where are the records for this quilt housed?
Michigan State University Museum
Michigan Quilt Project Number:
99.0940
Owner's name for the quilt:
Winnie the Pooh
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:
Dafter
Where the quilt was made, county:
Chippewa
Where the quilt was made, state:
Michigan (MI)
Time period:
1976-1999
When was the quilt started?
1991
When was the quilt finished?
1991
Why was the quilt made?
Home decoration
Details about why the quilt was made:
Hanging in daughter's nursery
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 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?
35"
How long is the quilt?
45 1/2"
Shape of edge:
Straight
Overall color scheme:
Multicolor
Quilt's condition:
Excellent/like new
Describe the quilt's layout:
Pictorial
Arrangement of quilt blocks:
Straight
Fiber types used to make the quilt top:
Cotton
Applique techniques used to make the quilt top:
Machine Applique
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?
Polyester
How are the layers held together?
Machine quilting
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
Cite this Quilt
Kelso, Am. Winnie the Pooh. 1991. From Michigan State University Museum, Michigan Quilt Project. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=12-8-3441. Accessed: 04/17/24
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