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Variation of Crazy Quilt; Rocky Road to Kansas

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QUILT INDEX RECORD

12-8-3791

Who documented this quilt?

Michigan Quilt Project

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Michigan State University Museum

Michigan Quilt Project Number:

96.0031

Owner's name for the quilt:

Variation of Crazy Quilt

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Rocky Road to Kansas

Brackman # or other source & #:

2979

Biography of the quiltmaker?

Left in cottage co-owned with Drake family

Other people who worked on this quilt:

Breckenridge Family

If you are a relative of the quiltmaker, how are you related? The quiltmaker is my:

Quilt owner

Where the quilt was made, country:

United States

Time period:

1901-1929

When was the quilt finished?

c1900

Quiltmaker's city:

Crystal Lake

Quiltmaker's state:

Michigan (MI)

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

66"

How long is the quilt?

75"

Quilt's condition:

Poor/very worn

Damage:

Tears or holes

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Number of quilt blocks:

30

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Materials used to make the back:

Cotton

Number of pieces of fabric in the quilt back:

2

What kind of filling is used in the quilt?

Cotton

How are the layers held together?

Tied or tufted

Related items such as diaries, obituaries, wills, household inventories, or pictures of the quiltmaker:

Photo of quilt collector

Person filling out this form is:

Quilt owner

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's name:

Margaret Drake Elliott

Quilt owner's city:

Breckenridge

Quilt owner's county:

Gratiot

Quilt owner's state:

Michigan (MI)

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

Four point crazy quilt, highly utilitarian uses all sizes scraps, many materials, notice piecing of "sets", in some cases where it doesn't show.

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Michigan State University Museum

Cite this Quilt

;. Variation of Crazy Quilt. c1900. From Michigan State University Museum, Michigan Quilt Project. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=12-8-3791. Accessed: 03/28/24

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