QUILT INDEX RECORD

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Who documented this quilt?

Michigan Quilt Project; Frankenmuth Historical Museum Collection

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Michigan State University Museum

Michigan Quilt Project Number:

10.0315

If this quilt is owned by a museum, enter the accession number:

1988.35.1

Quilt's title:

Crazy Quilt

Quilt top made by:

Bird, Julia

If you are the quilt owner, how did you acquire this quilt?

Received as a gift

Where the quilt was made, city:

Saginaw

Where the quilt was made, county:

Saginaw

Where the quilt was made, state:

Michigan (MI)

Where the quilt was made, country:

United States

Time period:

1876-1900

When was the quilt finished?

1894

Quilt is presently used as:

Museum collection

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's birthplace, country:

Germany

Quiltmaker's occupation:

seamstress and furrier

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

62"

How long is the quilt?

77"

Type of inscription:

Date

What is the date inscribed on the quilt?

1894

Method used to make the inscription:

Embroidery

Location of inscription:

on block

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Number of quilt blocks:

12

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Side by side

Describe the techniques used to make the quilt top:

feather stitches, blanket stitches, French knots, chain stitches, stars and sheaves

Embellishment techniques used to make the quilt top:

Embroidery

Embellishments used:

Cotton thread

What color is the back of the quilt?

Red

Person filling out this form is:

Quilt owner

Source of the information on this quilt:

Museum employee

Ownership of this quilt is:

Public-Other

Quilt owner's name:

Frankenmuth Historical Museum

Quilt owner's city:

Frankenmuth

Quilt owner's county:

Saginaw

Quilt owner's state:

Michigan (MI)

Quilt owner's country:

United States

How was this quilt acquired?

Gift

Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:

The quilt seems to have passed from aunts to nieces or nieces-in-law: Mrs. L.S.Amberger, Mrs. Howard R. Peters, and Mr. & Mrs. Gary Peters. The quilt was donated to Frankenmuth Historical via the St. Lorenz Church’s Lutheran World Relief Blanket Committee in 1988.

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

MSU Board of Trustees