QUILT INDEX RECORD
12-8-4465
Who documented this quilt?
Michigan Quilt Project
Where are the records for this quilt housed?
Michigan State University Museum
Michigan Quilt Project Number:
05.0023
Quilt's title:
Calla Lily's in Bloom
Quilt top made by:
Wolff, Pauline
Quilted by:
Wolff, Pauline
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?
Purchased the quilt
Where the quilt was made, city:
St. Charles
Where the quilt was made, county:
Saginaw
Where the quilt was made, state:
Michigan (MI)
Time period:
2000-2025
When was the quilt finished?
2005
Quiltmaker's gender:
Female
Quiltmaker's city:
St. Charles
Quiltmaker's county:
Saginaw
Quiltmaker's state:
Michigan (MI)
Does/did the quiltmaker belong to a group? Name of the group?
Piecemakers Quilt Guild
Where does/did the group meet?
Saginaw, MI
This is a:
Finished quilt
How wide is the quilt?
18 1/2"
How long is the quilt?
16 3/4"
Shape of edge:
Straight
Shape of corners:
Straight
Quilt's condition:
Excellent/like new
Describe the type of inscription:
Title
What is inscribed on the quilt?
Pauline Wolff, Calla Lily's in Bloom, St. Charles, Mi
What is the date inscribed on the quilt?
2005
Method used to make the inscription:
Ink
Location of inscription:
on back
Number of quilt blocks:
1
Size of quilt blocks:
14 1/4" x 12 1/4"
Arrangement of quilt blocks:
Straight
Number of borders:
1
Describe the borders:
2 1/4" hand dyed
Fiber types used to make the quilt top:
Cotton
Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:
Machine 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
Number of pieces of fabric in the quilt back:
1
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:
6
Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:
6
Quilting designs used, background fills:
Grid/crosshatch
Describe the quilting designs used:
Outline/Ditch
Exhibitions where this quilt was displayed:
Michigan State University Museum's Wine Tasting, East Lansing, MI, March 18, 2005, University Club
Person filling out this form is:
Quilt owner
Ownership of this quilt is:
Private
Quilt owner's name:
Sally Harwood
Quilt owner's city:
Williamston
Quilt owner's county:
Ingham
Quilt owner's state:
Michigan (MI)
How was this quilt acquired?
Purchase
Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:
MSU Museum Wine Tasting Silent Auction, 3/18/2005, MSU Museum, donated to the Museum by Pauline Wolff
Access and copyright information:
Restricted
Copyright holder:
Michigan State University Museum
Cite this Quilt
Wolff, Paulin. Calla Lily's in Bloom. 2005. From Michigan State University Museum, Michigan Quilt Project. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=12-8-4465. Accessed: 04/19/24
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