QUILT INDEX RECORD

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Who documented this quilt?

Michigan Quilt Project; Iron County Museum Collection

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Michigan State University Museum

Michigan Quilt Project Number:

85.0617

Quilt's title:

Employee Bicentennial Signature Quilt

When was the form filled out?

3/24/1985

Quilt top made by:

Groop, Olga

Where the quilt was made, city:

Caspian

Where the quilt was made, county:

Iron

Where the quilt was made, state:

Michigan (MI)

Time period:

1976-1999

When was the quilt finished?

1976

Quilt is presently used as:

Museum collection

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's city:

Iron River

Quiltmaker's county:

Iron

Quiltmaker's state:

Michigan (MI)

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Today

Quiltmaker's birth date:

6/7/1913

Quiltmaker's educational background:

12th graduated in 1934

Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:

Lutheran

Quiltmaker's father's name:

Today, Steve

Quiltmaker's father's ethnic/tribal background:

Croatian

Quiltmaker's mother's name:

Widas, Ann

Quiltmaker's mother's ethnic/tribal background:

Yugoslavian

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

Groop, William

Quiltmaker's spouse's/spouses' and/or partner's/partners' ethnic/tribal background:

Swedish Finnish (Vasa, Finland)

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

miner

Number of children:

6

How did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

From Relative

When did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

Under 10 years of age

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

82"

How long is the quilt?

84"

Shape of edge:

Straight

Shape of corners:

Straight

Quilt's condition:

Excellent/like new

What is inscribed on the quilt?

All employees at F.W. Means Co. (Commercial Laundry): Olga Groop made this in 1975-1976 although the dates show her employment 1962-1976. Some blocks have but one date (year) and may be student summer help. Others have day/mo/year so are probably date signed.

Describe the method used to inscribe the quilt:

textile paint

Describe where the inscription was found:

top

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Number of quilt blocks:

12 bicentennial comemorative 13x(4 small blocks in each) 52 signature blocks in center, 42 signature blocks around edge

Number of borders:

3, one plain, one row of signature blocks another plain

Describe the borders:

4 1/2", 6", 4"

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Machine Piecing

Describe the techniques used to make the quilt top:

Ink drawing/Painting

Materials used to make the back:

Cotton

Number of pieces of fabric in the quilt back:

1

How is the binding made?

Edges turned in/ no separate binding

What kind of filling is used in the quilt?

Polyester

How are the layers held together?

Tied or tufted

Where did the maker find their pattern?

Commercial/Published source: Kit

Commercial name of the pattern for the top:

Artex, painted blocks probably a kit

Exhibitions where this quilt was displayed:

Carrie Jacobs Bond Memorial Threaders Quilt Show, Iron River, MI, 1978

Related items such as diaries, obituaries, wills, household inventories, or pictures of the quiltmaker:

F.W. Meana Co. Newsletter

Ownership of this quilt is:

Public-Other

Quilt owner's name:

Iron County Museum

Quilt owner's city:

Caspian

Quilt owner's county:

Iron

Quilt owner's state:

Michigan (MI)

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

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

Made entire quilt

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

Textile paint blocks show US map, Betsy Ross, drum, liberty bell, Minute Men, early gun, medallion of BiCentennial, Declaration of Independence, eagle

Copyright holder:

Michigan State University Museum