QUILT INDEX RECORD
12-8-3574
Who documented this quilt?
Michigan Quilt Project
Where are the records for this quilt housed?
Michigan State University Museum
Michigan Quilt Project Number:
99.1130
Owner's name for the quilt:
Martha's Handkerchief Quilt
Quilt top made by:
Hart, Mary
If you are the quilt owner, how did you acquire this quilt?
Received as a gift
Where the quilt was made, country:
United States
Time period:
1976-1999
When was the quilt finished?
1994
Why was the quilt made?
Gift or presentation
Details about why the quilt was made:
Mary Hart made this for her grandmother.
Quiltmaker's gender:
Female
Quiltmaker's country:
United States
This is a:
Finished quilt
How wide is the quilt?
full
Shape of edge:
Straight
What color is the quilt?
White
Overall color scheme:
Multicolor
Quilt's condition:
Excellent/like new
Describe the quilt's layout:
Block pattern
Number of quilt blocks:
24
Arrangement of quilt blocks:
Straight
Sashing width:
vary
Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:
Machine Piecing
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
How is the binding made?
Back turned to front
What is the width of the binding (measure on the top only)?
greater than one inch
How wide is the binding (measure on the top only)?
2"
What kind of filling is used in the quilt?
Polyester
How are the layers held together?
Tied or tufted
Describe the sources of the quilt's materials:
Hankies purchased by Martha in the 1920s and 1930s.
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
Related items such as diaries, obituaries, wills, household inventories, or pictures of the quiltmaker:
There is a sheet of information describing the history of each hankie.
Person filling out this form is:
Quiltmaker
Ownership of this quilt is:
Private
Quilt owner's name:
Martha Hatch
Quilt owner's city:
Marquette
Quilt owner's county:
Marquette
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
Cite this Quilt
Hart, Mar. Martha's Handkerchief Quilt. 1994. From Michigan State University Museum, Michigan Quilt Project. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=12-8-3574. Accessed: 03/29/24