QUILT INDEX RECORD

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Who documented this quilt?

Michigan Quilt Project; Quilts and Health

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Michigan State University Museum

Michigan Quilt Project Number:

85.0904

Owner's name for the quilt:

Windmills and Tulips

Quilt top made by:

Finch, Yvonne M.

Quilted by:

Finch, Yvonne M.

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

Made the quilt

Where the quilt was made, city:

Mt. Morris

Where the quilt was made, county:

Genesee

Where the quilt was made, state:

Michigan (MI)

Time period:

1976-1999

When was the quilt started?

1984

When was the quilt finished?

10/31/1989

Why was the quilt made?

Therapy

Details about why the quilt was made:

Did a lot of work on this while I was in the hospital during September 1984.

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's city:

Mt. Morris

Quiltmaker's county:

Genesee

Quiltmaker's state:

Michigan (MI)

Quiltmaker's birth date:

2/16/1938

Quiltmaker's educational background:

12th

Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:

Catholic

Quiltmaker's occupation:

Housewife

Quiltmaker's father's name:

____, Wm.

Quiltmaker's father's ethnic/tribal background:

French Italian

Quiltmaker's mother's name:

_____, Mary

Quiltmaker's mother's ethnic/tribal background:

Irish German

Quiltmaker's marriage date(s):

2/18/1956

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

Finch, Donald

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

English

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

Carpenter

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 Relative

When did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

Age 30-39

Does/did the quiltmaker sell quilts?

no

Does/did the quiltmaker teach quilting?

yes

Does/did the quiltmaker belong to a group? Name of the group?

Mt. Morris Quilt Club

This is a:

Finished quilt

Shape of edge:

Straight

Shape of corners:

Straight

Quilt's condition:

Excellent/like new

Type of inscription:

Initials

What is inscribed on the quilt?

Y.F.

Describe where the inscription was found:

Corner

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Alternating with plain squares

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton or polyester blend

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Machine Piecing

Materials used to make the back:

Cotton

How is the binding made?

Bias grain

What kind of filling is used in the quilt?

Polyester

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting

Describe the quilting designs used:

Outline/Ditch, Leaf

Where did the maker get their materials?

Purchased new

Describe the sources of the quilt's materials:

Fabrics purchased at T.G.Y., Clio,

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's name:

Yvonne M. Finch

Quilt owner's city:

Mt. Morris

Quilt owner's county:

Genesee

Quilt owner's state:

Michigan (MI)

How was this quilt acquired?

Made by owner

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