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Auntie Catherine's Birth Quilt; Mohawk Trail, Path of Fans, Chinese Fan, Baby Bunting

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QUILT INDEX RECORD

12-8-6959

Who documented this quilt?

Michigan Quilt Project

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Michigan State University Museum

Michigan Quilt Project Number:

85.0821

Quilt's title:

Auntie Catherine's Birth Quilt

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Mohawk Trail, Path of Fans, Chinese Fan, Baby Bunting

Brackman # or other source & #:

3369

When was the form filled out?

5/17/1985

Other people who worked on this quilt:

Grandmother of Catherine Laden Crawford

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

Quilt owner

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

Inherited

Where the quilt was made, city:

Palo

Where the quilt was made, county:

Ionia

Where the quilt was made, state:

Michigan (MI)

Time period:

1876-1900

When was the quilt finished?

1878

Why was the quilt made?

Gift or presentation

Details about why the quilt was made:

Made for birth of Catherine Laden Crawford,.

Quiltmaker's country:

United States

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

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:

1

How is the binding made?

Back turned to front

What kind of filling is used in the quilt?

Cannot tell

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting

Describe the quilting designs used:

Across each fan 3 rows up center, 3 in center of fan 1 row of stitching from center of fan to square corner.

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's name:

Patricia A. Zander

Quilt owner's city:

Saranac

Quilt owner's county:

Ionia

Quilt owner's state:

Michigan (MI)

How was this quilt acquired?

Inheritance

Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:

Grandmother of Catherine Laden Crawford, Mabel Reed Laden, Patricia A. Zander

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

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

Made entire quilt

Copyright holder:

Michigan State University Museum

Cite this Quilt

;. Auntie Catherine's Birth Quilt. 1878. From Michigan State University Museum, Michigan Quilt Project. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=12-8-6959. Accessed: 03/29/24