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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