QUILT INDEX RECORD

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Who documented this quilt?

Michigan Quilt Project

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Michigan State University Museum

Michigan Quilt Project Number:

06.0042

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Nine Patch

When was the form filled out?

3/15/2003

Quilt top made by:

Lockwood, Asenath Fish

Quilted by:

Lockwood, Asenath Fish

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:

Caro

Where the quilt was made, county:

Tuscola

Where the quilt was made, state:

Michigan (MI)

Time period:

1930-1949

When was the quilt started?

1941

When was the quilt finished?

1941

Why was the quilt made?

Gift or presentation

Details about why the quilt was made:

Christmas 1941

Quilt is presently used as:

Doll quilt/toy

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's city:

Caro

Quiltmaker's county:

Tuscola

Quiltmaker's state:

Michigan (MI)

Quiltmaker's birth date:

c1885

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

c1950

Quiltmaker's ethnic background/tribal affiliation:

Caucasian

Quiltmaker's educational background:

elementary

Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:

Methodist

Quiltmaker's occupation:

Farmer's wife

Number of children:

5

How many of the quiltmaker's children were girls?

4

How many of the quiltmaker's children were boys?

1

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

19 1/2"

How long is the quilt?

25 7/8"

Shape of edge:

Straight

Shape of corners:

Straight

Overall color scheme:

Multicolor

Quilt's condition:

Fair/worn

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Number of quilt blocks:

12

Size of quilt blocks:

4 1/2"

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Sashing width:

1 1/2"

What is the shape of the quilt blocks?

Squares

Number of borders:

1

Describe the borders:

1 1/2"

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Machine 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 is the width of the binding (measure on the top only)?

less than a half inch

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

8

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:

8

Quilting designs used, overall motifs:

Single parallel lines

Where did the maker find their pattern?

Original to maker

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:

Phylinda Waker

Quilt owner's city:

Grand Rapids

Quilt owner's county:

Kent

Quilt owner's state:

Michigan (MI)

How was this quilt acquired?

Gift

Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:

Christmas 1941

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

Three cousins (mother's were sisters) each received a set of quilts, sheets, and pillowcases from our maternal grandmother to with the doll bed we were receiving for Christmas.

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