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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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