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:

99.1086

Owner's name for the quilt:

Tennessee Waltz

Quilt top made by:

Noteboom, Eva

Quilted by:

Noteboom, Eva

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

Made the quilt

Where the quilt was made, city:

Iron River

Where the quilt was made, county:

Iron

Where the quilt was made, state:

Michigan (MI)

Time period:

1976-1999

When was the quilt finished?

1991

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's city:

Iron River

Quiltmaker's county:

Iron

Quiltmaker's state:

Michigan (MI)

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Swanson

Quiltmaker's birth date:

7/23/1943

Quiltmaker's ethnic background/tribal affiliation:

Swedish plus?

Quiltmaker's educational background:

High School plus one college class

Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:

none

Quiltmaker's occupation:

Domestic goddess

Quiltmaker's father's name:

Swanson, Albert H.

Quiltmaker's father's ethnic/tribal background:

Swedish plus

Quiltmaker's mother's name:

Wilson, Edna O.

Quiltmaker's mother's ethnic/tribal background:

Swedish

Quiltmaker's marriage date(s):

7/8/1961

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

Noteboom, Louis G.

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

Lineman

Number of children:

2

How many of the quiltmaker's children were girls?

2

How did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

Self-Taught

When did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

Age 30-39

Why does the quiltmaker quilt?

Gifts

Other notes on how the quiltmaker learned, and how and why they quilt:

Daughters wedding.

Estimated number of quilts made by this quiltmaker:

5-20 quilts

Does/did the quiltmaker sell quilts?

no

Does/did the quiltmaker teach quilting?

yes

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

Carrie Jacobs Bond Composing Threaders

Where does/did the group meet?

Iron County Museum, Caspian, MI

What are the main activities of the group?

Quilt shows, quilt classes, MQN Hosts, Raffle Quilt, doll show, textile show

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

82"

How long is the quilt?

96"

Shape of edge:

Straight

Overall color scheme:

Multicolor

Quilt's condition:

Excellent/like new

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Number of quilt blocks:

130

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Alternating with plain squares

Describe the borders:

2 1/2"

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:

1

What kind of filling is used in the quilt?

Cannot tell

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

9

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:

10

Exhibitions where this quilt was displayed:

Autumn Comforts Quilt Show, sponsored by the Marquette County Quilter's Association, Marquette, MI, October 22-23, 1994, Northern Michigan University Great Lakes Rooms

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's name:

Eva Noteboom

Quilt owner's city:

Iron River

Quilt owner's county:

Iron

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

Describe any unique traditions, quilting related customs, beliefs, songs or rhymes used by the quiltmaker:

Make deliberate mistake in a quilt as only God is perfect.

Copyright holder:

Michigan State University Museum