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12-8-3916

Who documented this quilt?

Michigan Quilt Project; Columbiaville Historical Society Collection

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Michigan State University Museum

Michigan Quilt Project Number:

95.0070

Owner's name for the quilt:

Dresden Plate

Quilt top made by:

Seaman, Jean E.; Traver, Peggy; Ward, LeEssa

Quilted by:

Seaman, Jean E.; Traver, Peggy; Ward, LeEssa

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

Received as a gift

Where the quilt was made, city:

Columbiaville

Where the quilt was made, county:

Lapeer

Where the quilt was made, state:

Michigan (MI)

Time period:

1976-1999

When was the quilt started?

1989

When was the quilt finished?

1991

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's city:

Columbiaville

Quiltmaker's county:

Lapeer

Quiltmaker's state:

Michigan (MI)

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Crankshaw

Quiltmaker's birth date:

5/30/1922

Quiltmaker's educational background:

High School - short course at MSU

Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:

Methodist

Quiltmaker's occupation:

retired

Quiltmaker's father's name:

Crankshaw, Verner Henry

Quiltmaker's father's ethnic/tribal background:

English Welsh

Quiltmaker's mother's name:

Crankshaw, Grace Agnes Stocker

Quiltmaker's mother's ethnic/tribal background:

English

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

retired

Number of children:

4

How many of the quiltmaker's children were girls?

4

How did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

From Relative

When did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

Under 10 years of age

Does/did the quiltmaker sell quilts?

no

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

60"

How long is the quilt?

88 1/2"

What color is the quilt?

Green

Overall color scheme:

Multicolor

Type of inscription:

Multiple Names

What is inscribed on the quilt?

made from the ties of Famous people whose names are embroidered on the top.

Method used to make the inscription:

Embroidery

Describe where the inscription was found:

top

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Number of quilt blocks:

6

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Side by side

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton or polyester blend

Describe the fibers or fabrics in the quilt top:

Ties of famous people

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Hand Piecing

Embellishment techniques used to make the quilt top:

Embroidery

Materials used to make the back:

Cotton or polyester blend

Number of pieces of fabric in the quilt back:

2

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:

4

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:

4

Quilting designs used, decorative motifs:

Floral

Describe the quilting designs used:

Outline/Ditch

Person filling out this form is:

Quilt owner

Ownership of this quilt is:

Public-Other

Quilt owner's name:

Columbiaville Historical Society

Quilt owner's city:

Columbiaville

Quilt owner's county:

Lapeer

Quilt owner's state:

Michigan (MI)

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

Copyright holder:

Michigan State University Museum

Cite this Quilt

Seaman, Jean E.; Traver, Peggy; Ward, LeEss. Dresden Plate. 1991. From Michigan State University Museum, Michigan Quilt Project; Columbiaville Historical Society Collection. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=12-8-3916. Accessed: 03/29/24

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