QUILT INDEX RECORD

12-8-4050

Who documented this quilt?

Michigan Quilt Project

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Michigan State University Museum

Michigan Quilt Project Number:

85.1129

Owner's name for the quilt:

Floral Appliqué Kit Quilt

Quilt top made by:

Winchester, Leona M.

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

Made the quilt

Where the quilt was made, country:

United States

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's city:

Charlevoix

Quiltmaker's county:

Charlevoix

Quiltmaker's state:

Michigan (MI)

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Liedtke

Quiltmaker's birth date:

8/19/1933

Quiltmaker's educational background:

Registered Nurse

Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:

Methodist

Quiltmaker's occupation:

Housewife

Quiltmaker's father's name:

Liedtke, Fred

Quiltmaker's father's ethnic/tribal background:

German

Quiltmaker's mother's name:

Beebe, Helen

Quiltmaker's mother's ethnic/tribal background:

English Dutch

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

English

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

Funeral Director

Number of children:

3

How many of the quiltmaker's children were girls?

1

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?

Age 40-49

Why does the quiltmaker quilt?

Pleasure

Other notes on how the quiltmaker learned, and how and why they quilt:

It gives me a chance to use my imagination to create something that is me. I love to see and feel the fabrics. I get a trememdous amount of satisfaction from the precision and skill it takes to put a quilt together. When my quilt is finished, I hang it, put it on the bed or curl up in it. I love to see it being used. I can't imagine a world without quilts!

Estimated number of quilts made by this quiltmaker:

5-20 quilts

Does/did the quiltmaker sell quilts?

yes

Does/did the quiltmaker teach quilting?

yes

This is a:

Finished quilt

Shape of edge:

Scalloped

Describe the quilt's layout:

Medallion or framed center

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's name:

Leona M. Winchester

Quilt owner's city:

Charlevoix

Quilt owner's county:

Charlevoix

Quilt owner's state:

Michigan (MI)

How was this quilt acquired?

Made by owner

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