QUILT INDEX RECORD

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Who documented this quilt?

Michigan Quilt Project; Michigan State University Museum Collection; Black Diaspora Quilt History Project

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Michigan State University Museum

Michigan Quilt Project Number:

04.0207

If this quilt is owned by a museum, enter the accession number:

2004:153.1

Object label:

Heritage Kit Quilt
Maker unknown
East central, Ohio
c1940
Collection of Michigan State University Museum acc.#2004:153.1

Owner's name for the quilt:

Floral Medallion Applique

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Heritage Kit Quilt

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

Purchased the quilt

Where the quilt was made, city:

East Central

Where the quilt was made, state:

Ohio (OH)

Time period:

1930-1949

When was the quilt finished?

c1940

Quilt is presently used as:

Museum collection

Quiltmaker's country:

United States

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

73 1/2"

How long is the quilt?

86 3/4"

Shape of edge:

Straight

Shape of corners:

Rounded

Quilt's condition:

Excellent/like new

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Applique techniques used to make the quilt top:

Hand Applique

Embellishment techniques used to make the quilt top:

Embroidery

Materials used to make the back:

Cotton

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?

Cotton

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

9

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:

8

Quilting designs used, background fills:

Parallel lines

Describe the quilting designs used:

Outline/Ditch

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

peach, kit

Where did the maker find their pattern?

Commercial/Published source: Kit

Commercial name of the pattern for the top:

1942 LeeWard's catalogue, named "Heritage"

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

eBay pages

Source of the information on this quilt:

Museum employee

Ownership of this quilt is:

Public- Michigan State University Museum

Quilt owner's name:

Michigan State University Museum

Quilt owner's city:

East Lansing

Quilt owner's county:

Ingham

Quilt owner's state:

Michigan (MI)

How was this quilt acquired?

Purchase

Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:

This quilt was purchased because it is the same kit made by Rosa Parks for MQP #86.0733, 9/21/2004, Mark French on eBay for $465.60,

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

With the exception of some brown embroidery floss on a few cheddar flowers, this is an exact duplicate of the Rosa Parks quilt. It probably came from East Central Ohio and is one of an identical matched pair.

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Who photographed this quilt?

Pearl Yee Wong

Copyright holder:

Michigan State University Museum