QUILT INDEX RECORD

12-8-6399

Who documented this quilt?

Michigan Quilt Project; Grand Rapids Public Museum Collection

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Michigan State University Museum

Michigan Quilt Project Number:

13.0201

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

154221

Owner's name for the quilt:

Nine Patch with Flower Basket Border

When was the form filled out?

June 1, 2012

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

Received as a gift

Time period:

1850-1875

When was the quilt finished?

c1820-1860

Quilt is presently used as:

Artwork/wall hanging

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

71"

How long is the quilt?

83"

Shape of edge:

Straight

What color is the quilt?

Brown; Pink; Teal

Quilt's condition:

Good/moderate use

Describe the damage:

Frayed binding, drop out in fabrics

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Separated by pieced pattern sashing

Describe the quilt setting:

130 Nine Patch blocks lattice around 24 plain squares

Number of borders:

1

Describe the borders:

10" flower baskets set on point on three sides only

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Hand Piecing

Materials used to make the back:

Cotton

Number of pieces of fabric in the quilt back:

3

Materials used in the quilt binding:

Cotton

How is the binding made?

Separate binding applied; Straight grain

What kind of filling is used in the quilt?

Cotton

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:

Patches outlined/in the ditch

Describe the quilting designs used:

Slant lines with chevrons on blocks

Source of the information on this quilt:

Museum employee

Ownership of this quilt is:

Public-Other

Quilt owner's name:

Grand Rapids Public Museum

Quilt owner's city:

Grand Rapids

Quilt owner's county:

Kent

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:

Acquired from Mrs. Julia McVicker, Ionia, MI, May 22, 1971.

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

MSU Board of Trustees