QUILT INDEX RECORD

12-8-6976

Who documented this quilt?

Michigan Quilt Project

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Michigan State University Museum

Michigan Quilt Project Number:

85.0844

Owner's name for the quilt:

Belle's Crazy Quilt

Biography of the quiltmaker?

The Vary-Godfrey-McCrory families all settled in the Marshall-Ceresco-Battle Creek area, and like most Michigan settlers of the early 1800s the majority came from New York state, from families who in turn had moved from the coastal states as settlements moved westward.

When was the form filled out?

6/26/1985

Quilt top made by:

Godfrey, Isabella

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:

Ceresco

Where the quilt was made, county:

Calhoun

Where the quilt was made, state:

Michigan (MI)

Time period:

1876-1900

When was the quilt finished?

1890

Why was the quilt made?

Gift or presentation

Details about why the quilt was made:

Made by Isabella McCrory Godfrey (1816-1892) for her daughter Isabell Godfrey Allen

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's country:

United States

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

McCrory

This is a:

Finished quilt

What is inscribed on the quilt?

Belle

Method used to make the inscription:

Embroidery

Location of inscription:

on block

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Side by side

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Silk

Fabric types used to make the quilt top:

Velvet

Embellishment techniques used to make the quilt top:

Embroidery

Description of the back:

Brocade

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

Letter and photo from Mary Vary. Clippings or photocopies

Person filling out this form is:

Quilt owner

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's name:

Vary Anna Robbins

Quilt owner's city:

Manitowoc

How was this quilt acquired?

Inheritance

Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:

Isabell Godfrey Allen, mother of Matilda Allen Coffin, (who was named for her aunt Matilda Godfrey Vary.) Now owned by Anne Vary Robbins a great grandniece of "Belle".

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