QUILT INDEX RECORD

12-8-4794

Who documented this quilt?

Michigan Quilt Project

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Michigan State University Museum

Michigan Quilt Project Number:

86.1980

Owner's name for the quilt:

Sunbonnet Sue

When was the form filled out?

11/14/1986

Quilt top made by:

Treman, Lula

Quilted by:

Treman, Lula

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?

Received as a gift

Where the quilt was made, state:

Idaho (ID)

Time period:

1901-1929

When was the quilt started?

1920

When was the quilt finished?

1930

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's state:

Idaho (ID)

Quiltmaker's birth date:

1883

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

1972

Quiltmaker's occupation:

housewife

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

Treman, Art

Number of children:

2

How many of the quiltmaker's children were boys?

2

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

63"

How long is the quilt?

76 1/2"

Shape of edge:

Straight

Shape of corners:

Straight

Overall color scheme:

Multicolor

Quilt's condition:

Good/moderate use

Describe the damage:

Embroidery stitches broken or missing

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Number of quilt blocks:

20

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Sashing width:

3 1/2"

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Describe the techniques used to make the quilt top:

Applique

Embellishment techniques used to make the quilt top:

Embroidery

Materials used to make the back:

Cotton

Number of pieces of fabric in the quilt back:

2

How is the binding made?

Back turned to front

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?

Cotton

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting

Quilting designs used, decorative motifs:

Feathering

Quilting designs used, background fills:

Grid/crosshatch

Describe the quilting designs used:

Outline/Ditch

Person filling out this form is:

Quilt owner

Source of the information on this quilt:

Granddaughter of quiltmaker

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's name:

Roxine Treman Poe

Quilt owner's city:

Muskegon

Quilt owner's county:

Muskegon

Quilt owner's state:

Michigan (MI)

How was this quilt acquired?

Gift

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