QUILT INDEX RECORD
12-8-4169
Who documented this quilt?
Michigan Quilt Project
Where are the records for this quilt housed?
Michigan State University Museum
Michigan Quilt Project Number:
86.0660
Owner's name for the quilt:
Disney's Alice in Wonderland
When was the form filled out?
6/7/1986
Quilt top made by:
Schaffran, Geneva
Quilted by:
Schaffran, Geneva
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?
Received as a gift
Where the quilt was made, city:
Detroit
Where the quilt was made, county:
Wayne
Where the quilt was made, state:
Michigan (MI)
Time period:
1950-1975
When was the quilt started?
about 1952
When was the quilt finished?
same year
Details about why the quilt was made:
Made for daughter's twin size bed.
Quiltmaker's gender:
Female
Quiltmaker's city:
Detroit
Quiltmaker's county:
Wayne
Quiltmaker's state:
Michigan (MI)
Quiltmaker's maiden name:
Hjelm
Quiltmaker's birth date:
3/24/1916
Quiltmaker's date and place of death:
4/1976
Quiltmaker's educational background:
H.S. graduate Jamestown, HS
Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:
Protestant
Quiltmaker's occupation:
homemaker
Quiltmaker's father's name:
Helm, Andrew
Quiltmaker's father's ethnic/tribal background:
Swedish
Quiltmaker's mother's name:
Helm, Alma Danielson
Quiltmaker's mother's ethnic/tribal background:
Swedish
Quiltmaker's spouse's/spouses' and/or partner's/partners' ethnic/tribal background:
Polish
Quiltmaker's spouse's/spouses' and/or partner's/partners' occupation:
Chrysler management
Number of children:
1
How many of the quiltmaker's children were girls?
1
When did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?
Age 30-39
Estimated number of quilts made by this quiltmaker:
5-20 quilts
Does/did the quiltmaker sell quilts?
no
Does/did the quiltmaker teach quilting?
no
This is a:
Finished quilt
How wide is the quilt?
73 3/4"
How long is the quilt?
83 1/2"
Shape of edge:
Scalloped
Overall color scheme:
Multicolor
Quilt's condition:
Fair/worn
Number of borders:
1
Describe the borders:
9-10"
Fiber types used to make the quilt top:
Cotton
Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:
Hand Piecing
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 color is the back of the quilt?
White
Number of pieces of fabric in the quilt back:
1
How is the binding made?
Bias grain
What kind of filling is used in the quilt?
Blanket or flannel
How are the layers held together?
Hand quilting
Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:
3
Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:
3
Quilting designs used, background fills:
Parallel lines
Describe the quilting designs used:
Leaf
Person filling out this form is:
Quilt owner
Ownership of this quilt is:
Private
Quilt owner's name:
Kathy Helm McCormick
Quilt owner's city:
Grosse Pointe
Quilt owner's county:
Wayne
Quilt owner's state:
Michigan (MI)
How was this quilt acquired?
Gift
Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:
Geneva Hjelm Schaffran, to her daughter Christine Schaffran. She is my cousin and she gave it to me.
Access and copyright information:
Restricted
How did the quiltmaker participate in the creation of the quilt?
Made entire quilt
Describe any favorite patterns, tools, etc. used by the quiltmaker:
Cross stitched
Copyright holder:
Michigan State University Museum
Cite this Quilt
Schaffran, Genev. Disney's Alice in Wonderland. same year. From Michigan State University Museum, Michigan Quilt Project. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=12-8-4169. Accessed: 03/28/24
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