QUILT INDEX RECORD
12-8-7067
Who documented this quilt?
Michigan Quilt Project
Where are the records for this quilt housed?
Michigan State University Museum
Michigan Quilt Project Number:
85.1199
Owner's name for the quilt:
T Block
Names for quilt's pattern in common use:
T 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:
Muse, Scynthia
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?
Received as a gift
Where the quilt was made, country:
United States
Time period:
1876-1900
When was the quilt finished?
1875-1900
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?
41"
How long is the quilt?
70"
Shape of edge:
Straight
Quilt's condition:
Poor/very worn
Repairs:
Cut down to smaller size
Describe the quilt's layout:
Block pattern
Number of quilt blocks:
36
Arrangement of quilt blocks:
Straight
Spacing of quilt blocks:
Side by side
Fiber types used to make the quilt top:
Cotton
Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:
Machine Piecing
Materials used to make the back:
Cotton
Number of pieces of fabric in the quilt back:
3
How is the binding made?
Back turned to front
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:
6
Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:
7
Quilting designs used, overall motifs:
Grid/crosshatch
Person filling out this form is:
Quilt owner
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)
How was this quilt acquired?
Gift
Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:
Scynthia Muse to daughter Ethel Muse Wells to family friend Marlene Bradshaw
Describe anything about the history of the quilt that wasn't already recorded in a previous field:
Had assumed Ethel Muse Wells had made this quilt, but because of the estimated date of construction, it's a pretty fair guess that her mother Scynthia A. Muse did it, although probably daughter Ethel helped. She would have been at most 10 years old.
Access and copyright information:
Restricted
Copyright holder:
Michigan State University Museum
Cite this Quilt
Muse, Scynthi. T Block. 1875-1900. From Michigan State University Museum, Michigan Quilt Project. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=12-8-7067. Accessed: 03/29/24