QUILT INDEX RECORD

12-8-5159

Who documented this quilt?

Michigan Quilt Project

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Michigan State University Museum

Michigan Quilt Project Number:

00.0547

Quilt's title:

Bachelor's Puzzle

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

The Pinwheel, Building Blocks, Road to Jerusalem

Brackman # or other source & #:

2537

When was the form filled out?

4/1/2004

Quilt top made by:

Ernsberger, Irene

If you are a relative of the quiltmaker, how are you related? The quiltmaker is my:

Quilt owner

Where the quilt was made, country:

United States

Time period:

1930-1949

When was the quilt finished?

1930s

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

1995 at 80 years old

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

59"

How long is the quilt?

70"

Shape of edge:

Straight

Shape of corners:

Straight

Overall color scheme:

Multicolor

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Description of the back:

Feedsacks

What kind of filling is used in the quilt?

Cotton

Quilting designs used, overall motifs:

Outline; In-the-ditch

Source of the information on this quilt:

granddaughter of quiltmaker

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's name:

Mindy Shearer

Quilt owner's city:

Niles

Quilt owner's county:

Berrien

Quilt owner's state:

Michigan (MI)

Quilt owner's country:

United States

How was this quilt acquired?

Inheritance

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

Grandma made she died at (1995) 80 years old. Irene Ernsberger

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

MSU Museum