QUILT INDEX RECORD
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