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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