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:

85.0669

Quilt's title:

Michigan's Square Dance National, 1982

When was the form filled out?

3/23/1985

Quilt top made by:

Moffett, Esther

Quilted by:

Moffett, Esther

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

Made the quilt

Where the quilt was made, city:

Kenmare

Where the quilt was made, county:

Barnes

Where the quilt was made, state:

Wyoming (WY)

Time period:

1976-1999

When was the quilt started?

1981

When was the quilt finished?

1982

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's city:

Iron River

Quiltmaker's county:

Iron

Quiltmaker's state:

Michigan (MI)

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Corner

Quiltmaker's birth date:

6/2/1931

Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:

Episcopal

Quiltmaker's occupation:

Secretary, DJ, Interior Decorator, Round and Ballroom Dance Instructor

Quiltmaker's father's name:

Corner, James Thomas

Quiltmaker's father's ethnic/tribal background:

Farmer

Quiltmaker's mother's name:

Corner, Elsie May

Quiltmaker's mother's ethnic/tribal background:

Farmer

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

Moffett, Philip S.

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

Forester

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

U.S. Forest Ranger

Number of children:

3

How many of the quiltmaker's children were girls?

2

How many of the quiltmaker's children were boys?

1

How did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

From Friend

When did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

Age 50 or over

Estimated number of quilts made by this quiltmaker:

1-5 quilts

Does/did the quiltmaker sell quilts?

no

Does/did the quiltmaker teach quilting?

no

This is a:

Finished quilt

Shape of edge:

Straight

Shape of corners:

Straight

Quilt's condition:

Excellent/like new

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Number of quilt blocks:

30

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Separated by plain sashing

Number of borders:

1

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

What kind of filling is used in the quilt?

Polyester

Describe the quilting designs used:

Outline/Ditch

Where did the maker get their materials?

Purchased new

Where did the maker find their pattern?

Commercial/Published source: Kit

Commercial name of the pattern for the top:

Offered by National Square Dance Comm.

Exhibitions where this quilt was displayed:

A square dance festival, Kemmerer, WY

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

Kemmer Gazzett, front page

Publications (including web sites) where this quilt or maker was featured:

Photos of quilter

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's name:

Esther Moffett

Quilt owner's city:

Iron River

Quilt owner's county:

Iron

Quilt owner's state:

Michigan (MI)

How was this quilt acquired?

Made by owner

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

This was the first quilt I ever made in my whole life but because I was born raised in Mason, Michigan and loved the state, I wanted to try my skill at something I knew nothing about. The quilt was also done in the colors of Michigans state flag. My husband in a Square dance caller and I am a round dance teacher.

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:

This quilt I made was a kit offered by the National Square Dance Comm. You bought the material and a paper pattern with square dancers, the state of Michigan and the square and Round dance logo. Then it was up to me to figure out how to do it and make it.

Copyright holder:

Michigan State University Museum