QUILT INDEX RECORD

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Who documented this quilt?

Michigan Quilt Project

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Michigan State University Museum

Michigan Quilt Project Number:

85.1201

Owner's name for the quilt:

Friendship Chain

When was the form filled out?

6/20/1985

Quilt top made by:

Engle, Sarah

Quilted by:

Engle, Sarah

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:

1930-1949

When was the quilt finished?

1942

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's city:

Lansing

Quiltmaker's county:

Ingham

Quiltmaker's state:

Michigan (MI)

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Climenhaga

Quiltmaker's birth date:

11/9/1859

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

about 1953

Quiltmaker's educational background:

Grade School

Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:

River Bretheren

Quiltmaker's occupation:

Housewife

Quiltmaker's father's name:

Climenhaga, Peter

Quiltmaker's father's ethnic/tribal background:

German

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

Engle, John Herbert

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

German (Penn.)

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

Sunday School Superintendant

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

Sarah made a quilt for each of her 10 grandchildren.

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

74"

How long is the quilt?

90"

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:

50

Number of borders:

1

Describe the borders:

2 1/2", 3"

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Hand Piecing

Materials used to make the back:

Cotton

Number of pieces of fabric in the quilt back:

4

How is the binding made?

Straight grain

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:

5

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:

5

Describe the quilting designs used:

Outline/Ditch, Half Circles

Person filling out this form is:

Quilt owner

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's name:

Unis Engle Southwell

Quilt owner's city:

Suttons Bay

Quilt owner's county:

Leelanau

Quilt owner's state:

Michigan (MI)

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Michigan State University Museum