QUILT INDEX RECORD

12-8-4746

Who documented this quilt?

Michigan Quilt Project; Selinsky-Green Log House Museum Collection

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Michigan State University Museum

Michigan Quilt Project Number:

86.0686

Owner's name for the quilt:

Ocean Waves

When was the form filled out?

6/14/1986

If you are the quilt owner, how did you acquire this quilt?

Purchased the quilt

Where the quilt was made, country:

United States

Quilt is presently used as:

Museum collection

Quiltmaker's country:

United States

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

75"

How long is the quilt?

84"

Shape of edge:

Straight

Overall color scheme:

Multicolor

Quilt's condition:

Poor/very worn

Damage:

Tears or holes

Repairs:

Rebound

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Number of quilt blocks:

73

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Alternating with plain squares

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Hand 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:

2

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:

8

Quilting designs used, decorative motifs:

Floral

Describe the quilting designs used:

Outline/Ditch

Exhibitions where this quilt was displayed:

Part of collections, St. Clair Shores, MI, Selinsky-Green Log House Museum

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

Muskrat Tales, Vol. 3, Spring, 1983, p.27, published by St. Clair Shores Historical Society

Person filling out this form is:

Quilt owner

Ownership of this quilt is:

Public-Other

Quilt owner's name:

Selinsky-Green Log House Museum

Quilt owner's city:

St. Clair Shores

Quilt owner's county:

Macomb

Quilt owner's state:

Michigan (MI)

How was this quilt acquired?

Purchase

Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:

An antique store in HIggins Lake, MI

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Michigan State University Museum