QUILT INDEX RECORD

12-8-7066

Who documented this quilt?

Michigan Quilt Project

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Michigan State University Museum

Michigan Quilt Project Number:

85.1198

Owner's name for the quilt:

Rose Quilt

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Posie's in the Square

Biography of the quiltmaker?

Being skilled with a needle, it wasn't long before color combinations were selected carefully and artistry began to show through. Using what materials she had at hand the utilitarian quilt developed into lovely hand made household items worthy of whatever need arose be it personal or as a gift.

When was the form filled out?

6/1985

Quilt top made by:

Wells, Ethel

Quilted by:

Wells, Ethel

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

Quilt owner

Where the quilt was made, country:

United States

Time period:

1901-1929

When was the quilt finished?

1920

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's city:

Harbor Springs

Quiltmaker's county:

Emmet

Quiltmaker's state:

Michigan (MI)

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Muse

Quiltmaker's birth date:

11/9/1890

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

12/19/1984

Quiltmaker's educational background:

Masters Degree in Math-Business Administration

Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:

Presbyterian

Quiltmaker's occupation:

Certified Public Accountant/secretary

Quiltmaker's mother's name:

Muse, Scynthia A.

Quiltmaker's mother's ethnic/tribal background:

English

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

Certified Public Accountant

When did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

Under 10 years of age

Other notes on how the quiltmaker learned, and how and why they quilt:

When a family needed bed coverlets during those years and beyond -- the housewife made them. So in this case as in a thousand others, the first reason was to supply the needs of the family.

Estimated number of quilts made by this quiltmaker:

more than 50

Does/did the quiltmaker sell quilts?

no

Does/did the quiltmaker teach quilting?

no

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

89"

How long is the quilt?

89"

Shape of edge:

Straight

Shape of corners:

Straight

Quilt's condition:

Good/moderate use

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Number of quilt blocks:

16 appliqued, 16 plain

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Alternating with plain squares

Number of borders:

1

Describe the borders:

8"

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Machine Piecing

Applique techniques used to make the quilt top:

Hand Applique

Materials used to make the back:

Cotton

Number of pieces of fabric in the quilt back:

3

How is the binding made?

Straight grain

What is the width of the binding (measure on the top only)?

less than a half inch

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:

9

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:

10

Quilting designs used, background fills:

Grid/crosshatch

Describe the quilting designs used:

Outline/Ditch

Related items such as diaries, obituaries, wills, household inventories, or pictures of the quiltmaker:

Petoskey News Review, 11/24/1976, page 7

Person filling out this form is:

Quilt owner

Source of the information on this quilt:

Friend of quiltmaker

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's name:

Marlene Bradshaw Bunker

Quilt owner's city:

Harbor Springs

Quilt owner's county:

Emmet

Quilt owner's state:

Michigan (MI)

Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:

Ethel Muse Wells to family friend (since high school) Marlene Bradshaw Bunker

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