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12-8-4929

Who documented this quilt?

Michigan Quilt Project

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Michigan State University Museum

Michigan Quilt Project Number:

06.0017

Owner's name for the quilt:

Dutchman's Puzzle

Brackman # or other source & #:

1339a

When was the form filled out?

3/16/2002

Quilt top made by:

Myrant, Fannie Elizabeth

Quilted by:

Rittenbery, Helen

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, city:

Flint

Where the quilt was made, county:

Genesee

Where the quilt was made, state:

Michigan (MI)

Time period:

1976-1999

When was the quilt started?

1940s

When was the quilt finished?

1989

Quilt is presently used as:

Keepsake/memento

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's city:

Flint

Quiltmaker's county:

Genesee

Quiltmaker's state:

Michigan (MI)

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Carroll

Quiltmaker's birth date:

6/16/1890

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

1968

Quiltmaker's ethnic background/tribal affiliation:

White caucasian

Quiltmaker's educational background:

8th grade education

Quiltmaker's occupation:

homemaker

Quiltmaker's father's name:

Carroll, Jasper Newton

Quiltmaker's mother's name:

Carroll, Mary Jane Huffsteader

Quiltmaker's spouse's/spouses' and/or partner's/partners' occupation:

Factory worker, farmer, lumberman

Number of children:

4

How many of the quiltmaker's children were girls?

2

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?

Age 11-19

Why does the quiltmaker quilt?

Gifts

Other notes on how the quiltmaker learned, and how and why they quilt:

Birthdays, Christmas, weddings

Estimated number of quilts made by this quiltmaker:

5-20 quilts

Does/did the quiltmaker sell quilts?

no

Does/did the quiltmaker teach quilting?

only informally

Does/did the quiltmaker belong to a group? Name of the group?

Church group

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

66"

How long is the quilt?

79"

Shape of edge:

Straight

Shape of corners:

Straight

Overall color scheme:

Multicolor

Quilt's condition:

Excellent/like new

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Number of quilt blocks:

30

Size of quilt blocks:

8 1/2"

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Separated by sashing with cornerstones or connecting blocks

Sashing width:

3"

Number of borders:

1

Describe the borders:

3"

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Hand Piecing

Materials used to make the back:

Cotton

Number of pieces of fabric in the quilt back:

1

Materials used in the quilt binding:

Cotton

How is the binding made?

Bias grain

What kind of filling is used in the quilt?

Cotton

Thread type used for the quilting:

Color

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

6

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:

6

Quilting designs used, overall motifs:

Outline

Quilting designs used, decorative motifs:

Cables

Describe the quilting designs used:

Hearts, leaf

Where did the maker find their pattern?

Another quilt

Person filling out this form is:

Quilt owner

Source of the information on this quilt:

Granddaughter

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's name:

Carol J. Rittenbery

Quilt owner's city:

Kentwood

Quilt owner's county:

Kent

Quilt owner's state:

Michigan (MI)

How was this quilt acquired?

Gift

Describe anything about the history of the quilt that wasn't already recorded in a previous field:

Fannie made this quilt for use in her home. She made the top. The top was quilted in 1989 by my mother Helen. Fannie was Helen's mother and Carol's grandmother.

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

How did the quiltmaker participate in the creation of the quilt?

Made entire quilt top

Copyright holder:

Michigan State University Museum

Cite this Quilt

Myrant, Fannie Elizabet. Dutchman's Puzzle. 1989. From Michigan State University Museum, Michigan Quilt Project. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=12-8-4929. Accessed: 03/29/24