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
Cite this Quilt
Godfrey, Isabell. Belle's Crazy Quilt. 1890. From Michigan State University Museum, Michigan Quilt Project. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=12-8-6976. Accessed: 04/18/24