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12-8-7075

Who documented this quilt?

Michigan Quilt Project

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Michigan State University Museum

Michigan Quilt Project Number:

85.1206

Owner's name for the quilt:

Bars

When was the form filled out?

6/20/1985

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, country:

United States

Time period:

1876-1900

When was the quilt finished?

1880-90

Quiltmaker's country:

United States

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

72"

How long is the quilt?

84"

Shape of edge:

Straight

Shape of corners:

Straight

Quilt's condition:

Poor/very worn

Damage:

Wear to edge or binding

Describe the quilt's layout:

Vertical strip

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Separated by vertical strips

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:

Silk

Number of pieces of fabric in the quilt back:

Many

How is the binding made?

Edges turned in/ no separate binding

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, background fills:

Parallel lines

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)

How was this quilt acquired?

Inheritance

Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:

Inherited by Unis Southwell from her maternal grandparents estate in 1963 from Mattawan, MI, Emma and Lewis E. Towers

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Michigan State University Museum

Cite this Quilt

;. Bars. 1880-90. From Michigan State University Museum, Michigan Quilt Project. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=12-8-7075. Accessed: 03/29/24