QUILT INDEX RECORD

12-8-4245

Who documented this quilt?

Michigan Quilt Project; Quilts and Health

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Michigan State University Museum

Michigan Quilt Project Number:

86.1933

Owner's name for the quilt:

Perpetual Bouquet

When was the form filled out?

11/22/1986

Name of the group that made the quilt:

Willing Workers' Club Seventh Day Adventist Church

If this quilt was made by a group, describe activities the group engaged in:

Quilting bees

Where the quilt was made, city:

Detroit

Where the quilt was made, county:

Wayne

Where the quilt was made, state:

Michigan (MI)

Time period:

1930-1949

When was the quilt finished?

8/1934

Why was the quilt made?

Gift or presentation

Details about why the quilt was made:

The quilt was made for my grandmother, Mrs. Susie Sorensen, by members of her church quilting bee. She had been hospitalized for several months.

Quiltmaker's gender:

Group

Quiltmaker's city:

Detroit

Quiltmaker's county:

Wayne

Quiltmaker's state:

Michigan (MI)

Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:

Seventh Day Adventist Church

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

70"

How long is the quilt?

87"

Shape of edge:

Straight

Shape of corners:

Straight

Quilt's condition:

Poor/very worn

What is inscribed on the quilt?

Signatures of all the members of the group

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Number of quilt blocks:

39

Number of borders:

1

Describe the borders:

4 1/4", 3 3/4"

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Machine Piecing

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:

3

How is the binding made?

Bias 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

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

9

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:

8

Describe the quilting designs used:

Outline/Ditch

Where did the maker find their pattern?

Commercial/Published source: Newspaper

Commercial name of the pattern for the top:

Detroit News Bouquet pattern around 1934

Related items such as diaries, obituaries, wills, household inventories, or pictures of the quiltmaker:

8/18/1934. This Quilt Considered a 'Perpetual Bouquet'. By EDITH B. CRUMB. Detroit News.

Person filling out this form is:

Quilt owner

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's name:

Joanne F. Revard

Quilt owner's city:

Bay City

Quilt owner's county:

Bay

Quilt owner's state:

Michigan (MI)

Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:

Joanne F. Revard granddaughter of the original recipient, Susie Sorensen

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

It holds many memories of a very special relationship with a very special and dear lady.

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

How did the quiltmaker participate in the creation of the quilt?

Made entire quilt

Was the quilt used for something other than what it is used for now?

he quilt was always on my grandmother's bed.

Copyright holder:

Michigan State University Museum