QUILT INDEX RECORD

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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:

86.0688

Owner's name for the quilt:

Pine Tree

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Tree of Life

When was the form filled out?

6/14/1986

Quilt top made by:

Love, Henrietta

Quilted by:

Love, Henrietta

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

Received as a gift

Where the quilt was made, country:

United States

Quilt is presently used as:

Museum collection

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's city:

Gaylord

Quiltmaker's county:

Otsego

Quiltmaker's state:

Michigan (MI)

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Appleton

Quiltmaker's educational background:

high school

Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:

converted to Catholicism when married

Quiltmaker's occupation:

housewife

Quiltmaker's father's name:

Appleton, _________

Quiltmaker's father's ethnic/tribal background:

English

Quiltmaker's mother's name:

Suller, ___________

Quiltmaker's mother's ethnic/tribal background:

English

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

Love, John

Number of children:

5

How many of the quiltmaker's children were girls?

3

How many of the quiltmaker's children were boys?

2

How did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

From Relative

When did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

Under 10 years of age

Estimated number of quilts made by this quiltmaker:

5-20 quilts

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

69"

How long is the quilt?

85"

Shape of edge:

Straight

Shape of corners:

Rounded

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Alternating with plain squares

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Fabric styles used in the quilt top:

Solid/plain

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

Describe the quilting designs used:

Outline/Ditch

Exhibitions where this quilt was displayed:

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

Contests entered:

Michigan State Fair, sometime before 1940

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?

Gift

Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:

Henrietta Love gave quilts to daughter Frankie Love Visnaw, who in turn gave it to her daughter, Edith Visnaw Crouchman when she married in 1940. She gave it to her son William two years after he married. Donated to museum by Judge William Crouchman

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