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:

85.0262

Owner's name for the quilt:

Single Wedding Ring

When was the form filled out?

2/4/1985

Quilt top made by:

Heath, Lovisa

Quilted by:

Heath, Lovisa

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?

Inherited

Where the quilt was made, city:

Milford

Where the quilt was made, county:

Oakland

Where the quilt was made, state:

Michigan (MI)

Time period:

1930-1949

When was the quilt finished?

1932

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's city:

Milford

Quiltmaker's county:

Oakland

Quiltmaker's state:

Michigan (MI)

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Spellar

Quiltmaker's birth date:

2/25/1832

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

1/11/1934

Quiltmaker's father's name:

Spellar, Mark Norris

Quiltmaker's mother's name:

Spellar, Hannah Hodges

Quiltmaker's spouse's/spouses' and /or partner's/partners' name(s):

Heath, Joseph Francis

Number of children:

2

How many of the quiltmaker's children were girls?

2

Estimated number of quilts made by this quiltmaker:

more than 50

This is a:

Finished quilt

Shape of edge:

Straight

Shape of corners:

Straight

Quilt's condition:

Very good/almost new

What is inscribed on the quilt?

Pieced by Lovisa Heath, 99 yr 6 mo.

Method used to make the inscription:

Ink

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Separated by plain sashing

Sashing width:

2 1/2"

Number of borders:

3

Describe the borders:

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

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 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?

Cannot tell

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

10

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:

11

Quilting designs used, background fills:

Parallel lines

Describe the quilting designs used:

Outline/Ditch

Exhibitions where this quilt was displayed:

Flower and Garden Club Quilt Show, Charlevoix, MI, 1983

Publications (including web sites) where this quilt or maker was featured:

CHAMPION QUILT MAKER PONTIAC, Mich. - (U.P.) - Mrs. Lovisa Heath, known as the oldest Colonial Mother in Michigan has made 186 quilts by hand since she was 93 years old. She will be 102 years old on February 25.

Person filling out this form is:

Quilt owner

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's name:

Betty Currey

Quilt owner's city:

Charlevoix

Quilt owner's county:

Charlevoix

Quilt owner's state:

Michigan (MI)

How was this quilt acquired?

Inheritance

Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:

Celia Crum

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