QUILT INDEX RECORD
12-8-3652
Who documented this quilt?
Michigan Quilt Project
Where are the records for this quilt housed?
Michigan State University Museum
Michigan Quilt Project Number:
85.0509
Owner's name for the quilt:
Castle Windows
When was the form filled out?
4/12/1985
Quilt top made by:
Vredenburg, Elsie
Quilted by:
Vredenburg, Elsie
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:
Tustin
Where the quilt was made, county:
Osceola
Where the quilt was made, state:
Michigan (MI)
Time period:
1976-1999
When was the quilt started?
1/1985
When was the quilt finished?
3/1985
Quiltmaker's gender:
Female
Quiltmaker's city:
Tustin
Quiltmaker's county:
Osceola
Quiltmaker's state:
Michigan (MI)
Quiltmaker's maiden name:
Morris
Quiltmaker's birth date:
12/19/1941
Quiltmaker's ethnic background/tribal affiliation:
North European
Quiltmaker's educational background:
BS in Home Economics Education, MSU, 1963
Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:
United Methodist
Quiltmaker's occupation:
Quilt artist, self employed
Quiltmaker's father's name:
Morris, Ford
Quiltmaker's father's ethnic/tribal background:
Northern European (mostly English and Dutch)
Quiltmaker's mother's name:
Hungsberger, Nettie
Quiltmaker's mother's ethnic/tribal background:
Northern European (mostly English and German) Pennsylvania Dutch
Quiltmaker's spouse's/spouses' and/or partner's/partners' occupation:
Rural mail carrier
Number of children:
3
How many of the quiltmaker's children were girls?
2
How many of the quiltmaker's children were boys?
1
When did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?
Age 11-19
Why does the quiltmaker quilt?
Gifts
Other notes on how the quiltmaker learned, and how and why they quilt:
Each grandchild received a quilt for 2nd Christmas, wedding gifts for children, nieces and nephews, special friends.
Estimated number of quilts made by this quiltmaker:
more than 50
Does/did the quiltmaker sell quilts?
yes
Does/did the quiltmaker teach quilting?
yes
Does/did the quiltmaker belong to a group? Name of the group?
North Star Quilters, Cadillac, MI
What are the main activities of the group?
Show and tell, making charity quilts, support
This is a:
Finished quilt
How wide is the quilt?
92"
How long is the quilt?
112"
Shape of edge:
Straight
Shape of corners:
Straight
Quilt's condition:
Excellent/like new
What is inscribed on the quilt?
EIV
What is the date inscribed on the quilt?
85
Method used to make the inscription:
In the quilting
Describe the quilt's layout:
Block pattern
Number of quilt blocks:
32
Spacing of quilt blocks:
Alternating with plain squares
Number of borders:
1
Describe the borders:
7"
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 or polyester blend
Number of pieces of fabric in the quilt back:
2
How is the binding made?
Straight grain
What is the width of the binding (measure on the top only)?
less than a half inch
What kind of filling is used in the quilt?
Polyester
How are the layers held together?
Hand quilting
Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:
5
Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:
6
Describe the quilting designs used:
Outline/Ditch, Repeat of pieced blocks
Describe the sources of the quilt's materials:
Fabric was bridesmaids dresses for her sister's wedding. Fabrics also purchased at Ben Franklin Store, Cadillac, MI
Where did the maker find their pattern?
Commercial/Published source: Magazine
Commercial name of the pattern for the top:
Quilters Newsletter
Exhibitions where this quilt was displayed:
Quilter's Days , Detroit, MI, Michigan State Fairgrounds
Ownership of this quilt is:
Private
Quilt owner's name:
Mr. and Mrs. Todd Thiebaut
Quilt owner's city:
LaCajon
Quilt owner's state:
California (CA)
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
Describe any favorite patterns, tools, etc. used by the quiltmaker:
Pieced wall hangings with lighthouses or other architecture
Copyright holder:
Michigan State University Museum
Cite this Quilt
Vredenburg, Elsi. Castle Windows. 3/1985. From Michigan State University Museum, Michigan Quilt Project. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=12-8-3652. Accessed: 03/28/24
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