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:

88.0111

Owner's name for the quilt:

The Mayflower Variation

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Indian Hatchet

Brackman # or other source & #:

2991

Where the quilt was made, country:

United States

Time period:

1930-1949

When was the quilt finished?

c. 1930

Quiltmaker's country:

United States

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

69"

How long is the quilt?

89"

Shape of edge:

Straight

Shape of corners:

Straight

Quilt's condition:

Good/moderate use

Damage:

Fading

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Number of quilt blocks:

9 pieced, 4 alternate plain

Size of quilt blocks:

10 1/2"

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Alternating with plain squares

Number of borders:

3

Describe the borders:

1 1/2", 1 1/2", 1 1/2"

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:

12

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:

10

Quilting designs used, decorative motifs:

Wreaths

Quilting designs used, background fills:

Grid/crosshatch

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's name:

Ray and Alice Pengra

Quilt owner's city:

Horton

Quilt owner's county:

Jackson

Quilt owner's state:

Michigan (MI)

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Michigan State University Museum