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:

85.0206

Owner's name for the quilt:

Colonial Flower Garden

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Rose Star One Patch, Canadian Conventional Star, Hexagons

Brackman # or other source & #:

153b

When was the form filled out?

3/5/1985

Quilt top made by:

Kralik, Elizabeth A.

Quilted by:

Kralik, Elizabeth A.

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

Quilt owner

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

Inherited

Where the quilt was made, city:

Youngstown

Where the quilt was made, county:

Mahoning

Where the quilt was made, state:

Ohio (OH)

Time period:

1930-1949

When was the quilt finished?

1940s?

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's country:

United States

Quiltmaker's birth date:

11/1/1889

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

7/24/1963

Quiltmaker's father's ethnic/tribal background:

Slovak

Quiltmaker's mother's ethnic/tribal background:

Slovak

Quiltmaker's spouse's/spouses' and/or partner's/partners' ethnic/tribal background:

Slovak

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

Policeman for Youngstown, Ohio

Number of children:

6

How many of the quiltmaker's children were girls?

4

How many of the quiltmaker's children were boys?

2

How did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

From Relative

When did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

Under 10 years of age

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

82"

How long is the quilt?

92"

Shape of edge:

Straight

Shape of corners:

Straight

Quilt's condition:

Fair/worn

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Number of quilt blocks:

24

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

What is the shape of the quilt blocks?

Hexagons

Number of borders:

3

Describe the borders:

1/2", 1", 1"

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Hand Piecing

Materials used to make the back:

Cotton

Number of pieces of fabric in the quilt back:

1

How is the binding made?

Straight grain

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

Quilting designs used, overall motifs:

Elbow/fan

Describe the quilting designs used:

Outline/Ditch

Person filling out this form is:

Quilt owner

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's name:

Louise A. Imber

Quilt owner's city:

Clinton

Quilt owner's county:

Lenawee

Quilt owner's state:

Michigan (MI)

How was this quilt acquired?

Inheritance

Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:

Wedding gift of grandchild. Daughter of the maker, Elizabeth A. Kralik, Elizabeth Jackson to daughter Louise (Jackson) Imber

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