QUILT INDEX RECORD
12-8-4720
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:
86.0012
Owner's name for the quilt:
Double Wedding Ring
Biography of the quiltmaker?
The quitler had a sense of history, a sense of family, and a sense of tradition that made making quilts important to her. She has family quilts made by her mother, grandmothers, mother-in-law and her aunts as well as herself. She shows all of them with pride.
When was the form filled out?
12/12/1985
Quilt top made by:
Matthews, Grace Hawkins
Quilted by:
Matthews, Grace Hawkins
Other people who worked on this quilt:
Most of it done by maker but some done by a sister and 2 or 3 friends.
If you are the quilt owner, how did you acquire this quilt?
Received as a gift
Where the quilt was made, city:
Amity
Where the quilt was made, county:
Clark
Where the quilt was made, state:
Arkansas (AR)
Time period:
1950-1975
When was the quilt started?
1932
When was the quilt finished?
1970s
Why was the quilt made?
Therapy
Details about why the quilt was made:
Was pieced during period of recuperation from surgery, birth of a baby and death of her husband. It was quilted after retirement from teaching.
Quiltmaker's gender:
Female
Quiltmaker's city:
Amity
Quiltmaker's county:
Clark
Quiltmaker's state:
Arkansas (AR)
Quiltmaker's maiden name:
Hawkins
Quiltmaker's birth date:
3/3/1906
Quiltmaker's educational background:
Masters degree
Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:
Methodist except for 5 years of her marriage to J.K. Hobbs. Southern Baptists those years.
Quiltmaker's father's name:
Hawkins, Thomas Aaron
Quiltmaker's father's ethnic/tribal background:
English
Quiltmaker's mother's name:
Hayes, Hattie Ella Rucker Hawkins
Quiltmaker's mother's ethnic/tribal background:
English, French, German
Quiltmaker's spouse's/spouses' and/or partner's/partners' ethnic/tribal background:
1. English
Quiltmaker's spouse's/spouses' and/or partner's/partners' occupation:
1. Millright; 2. Mailman
Number of children:
2
How many of the quiltmaker's children were girls?
1
How many of the quiltmaker's children were boys?
1
Other notes on how the quiltmaker learned, and how and why they quilt:
Making quilts seems to have been a family skill and tradition. The quilt provided warmth, beauty, the center of a social time, an opportunity to creatively use left-overs, gifts for special people and a focus for pride.
Does/did the quiltmaker sell quilts?
yes
This is a:
Finished quilt
How wide is the quilt?
72"
How long is the quilt?
86"
Shape of edge:
Scalloped
Shape of corners:
Rounded
Quilt's condition:
Very good/almost new
Describe the quilt's layout:
Block pattern
Arrangement of quilt blocks:
Straight
Spacing of quilt blocks:
Side by side
Fiber types used to make the quilt top:
Cotton
Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:
Hand Piecing
Embellishment techniques used to make the quilt top:
Embroidery
Materials used to make the back:
Cotton
What color is the back of the quilt?
Yellow
Number of pieces of fabric in the quilt back:
2
What kind of filling is used in the quilt?
Polyester
How are the layers held together?
Hand quilting
Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:
12
Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:
13
Describe the quilting designs used:
Outline/Ditch
Where did the maker get their materials?
Sewing scraps
Describe the sources of the quilt's materials:
Used scraps from family dresses which can be identified as "Mama's, Amy's, Mine, etc."
Contests entered:
Clark County Fair , Arkadelphia, AR, 1970s
Ownership of this quilt is:
Private
Quilt owner's name:
Emily Hobbs Wolf
Quilt owner's city:
East Lansing
Quilt owner's county:
Ingham
Quilt owner's state:
Michigan (MI)
How was this quilt acquired?
Gift
Access and copyright information:
Restricted
Copyright holder:
Michigan State University Museum
Cite this Quilt
Matthews, Grace Hawkin. Double Wedding Ring. 1970s. From Michigan State University Museum, Michigan Quilt Project; Quilts and Health. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=12-8-4720. Accessed: 03/28/24