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:

04.0135

Owner's name for the quilt:

Hansel and Gretel

Quilt top made by:

Magnus, Rebecca

Quilted by:

Magnus, Rebecca

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

Made the quilt

Where the quilt was made, city:

Bloomfield Hills

Where the quilt was made, county:

Oakland

Where the quilt was made, state:

Michigan (MI)

Time period:

2000-2025

When was the quilt started?

2000

When was the quilt finished?

2003

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's city:

Bloomfield Hills

Quiltmaker's county:

Oakland

Quiltmaker's state:

Michigan (MI)

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Johnson

Quiltmaker's birth date:

12/2/1939

Quiltmaker's ethnic background/tribal affiliation:

mostly English, Scottish and German

Quiltmaker's educational background:

Home Econ. Masters Degree, Textiles, B.S. 1961, Syracuse University, Eastern, MI 1969

Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:

Protestant

Quiltmaker's occupation:

Teacher

Quiltmaker's father's name:

Johnson, William Vaughn

Quiltmaker's mother's name:

Johnson, Virginia McCoy

Quiltmaker's marriage date(s):

12/18/1965

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

Magnus, Adolph H.

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

CPA

Number of children:

2

When did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

Age 11-19

Why does the quiltmaker quilt?

Pleasure

Estimated number of quilts made by this quiltmaker:

more than 50

Does/did the quiltmaker sell quilts?

no

Does/did the quiltmaker teach quilting?

no

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

Gret Lakes Heritage Quilt Guild

Where does/did the group meet?

Unitarian Church, Lone Pine Rd, Bloomfield Hills, MI

What are the main activities of the group?

The usual - education, charity, social, etc.

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

59"

How long is the quilt?

59"

Shape of edge:

Straight

Quilt's condition:

Excellent/like new

Method used to make the inscription:

Ink

Location of inscription:

on back

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Number of quilt blocks:

13

Size of quilt blocks:

12" big one 21"

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Sashing width:

3/4" + 1/2"

Number of borders:

3

Describe the borders:

4 1/2"

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Machine Piecing

Applique techniques used to make the quilt top:

Hand Applique

Describe embellishment materials or techniques:

I added many details and embellishments to the design.

Materials used to make the back:

Cotton

What kind of filling is used in the quilt?

Cotton

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

10

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:

10-12

Features or notes about the quilt's appearance, materials, or construction:

Rick rack, tatting, beads, eyelet on edging

Where did the maker find their pattern?

Commercial/Published source: Pattern

Commercial name of the pattern for the top:

New England Quilt Museum Marian Miller in 1940s

Publications (including web sites) where this quilt or maker was featured:

Patterns

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's name:

Rebecca Johnson Magnus

Quilt owner's city:

Bloomfield Hills

Quilt owner's county:

Oakland

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 anything about the design of the quilt that wasn't already recorded in a previous field:

Patterns for story book quilts were designed in the 1940s by Marion Newton. At an exhibition at the New England Quilt Museum in 1997, I purchased the pattern. A lot was missing in the pattern, I realized after reading the original Grimm's Fairy Tale. My friend, Ann Kelly drew the large gingerbread house and inked the faces on the characters for me.

Copyright holder:

Michigan State University Museum